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I know how to repair "broken" AVI files in VLC: How can I repair a broken AVI file?

But how can I detect that an AVI file is broken if I have thousands of AVI files, and I don't want to open them 1 by 1? I'm using Ubuntu, so are there any CLI methods to find them?

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DivFix++ does something similar that could solve your problem.

DivFix++ -w *

This just "fixes" the file regardless of their sanity and overwrites the originals with the fixed ones.

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This might be exactly what you are looking for: http://606u.dir.bg/avicheck/

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I didn't downvote, but one link answers are discouraged here. Why not write about how to use that tool? – slhck Jun 7 '11 at 15:25
@slhck It's not a tool, it is a tutorial, describing how to detect avi corruption using ffmpeg. – Let_Me_Be Jun 7 '11 at 15:30
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Typically when I was using Windows this error was present it was due to the file not being complete. I would assume the message with Ubuntu as well. I am currently using Ubuntu, but I do not have any .avi's to test with at the moment. I would check file sizes to make sure that it is the full .avi.

If you click "don't repair", it still should load and play but it'll most likely be incomplete.

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