Merge Failed

[mroran]

Hello,

I used your software to record a 40-minute video, but the merging process was interrupted due to insufficient storage space on my phone. When I tried merging the files to an external USB drive, the resulting video was unplayable.

Additionally, the alibi app is occupying 16GB of storage, but I could only find two files totaling about 7GB (likely split video segments). Does this mean the recording failed?

Could you please advise how to:

Recover or properly merge the video files?

Free up the storage taken by alibi without losing data?

Thank you!

[Myzel394]

Hi @mroran,

first off, I am sorry that this happened. Normally, Alibi should show you a warning if you're low on space.
Where Alibi stores the batch files (that's the temporary short files Alibi keeps writing and deleting), depends on your settings. If you did not change anything, Alibi stores them internally. This folder can not be accessed by users on Android (unless you have a rooted device).
If you changed the batches folder location, Alibi will store the batches there. If you're facing issues with Alibi merging the files, I'd advise you to change the batches folder to a folder you can access.
If you have changed the batches folder to a custom folder (or media folder) already, you should be able to simply copy the video files, then you can merge them together manually.
If the files are stored internally still, unfortunately, you will likely not be able to recover them :/

Free up the storage taken by alibi without losing data?

Ideally, Alibi should automatically delete old recordings once you start a new record. If that's not the case, please let me know, and I will take a look at this.

I hope this helps you with your questions. If you have any more questions, please let me know

[mroran]

I tried merging the video files once more, but the output was still unplayable. However, I managed to repair it using a tool called "untrunc"—though there are some framerate issues, the video is now viewable. So excited!

If possible, I’d like to suggest two feature additions:

Adjustable lens zoom/wide-angle settings during recording.

A toggle for the preview window (to temporarily enable/disable it), as currently, I can’t monitor the recording in real time.

Thank you again for sharing this recording tool—it’s been really helpful!