About us
We build the tool
we needed ourselves.
Mission
Damaged footage deserves a tool that takes it seriously.
The video-repair world splits into two halves: cheap tools with cluttered UIs and a low success rate on modern codecs on one side — and expensive concierge services with cloud upload and a 48-hour wait on the other. For a long time there was nothing in between that took pro codecs seriously, ran locally, and showed you the result before you paid.
Haven came out of a real card-crash with a Sony FX3 in 2026. After three weeks of reverse-engineering and countless tests across different codec profiles, one thing became clear: what started as a script for one specific kind of damage was really the foundation for a proper standalone tool.
Our standard: if your footage can be repaired, Haven should repair it. If it can't, you should know that in 30 seconds — before you spend any money. And no file ever leaves your machine.
Principles
What sets us apart from the competition
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Local
No file leaves your machine
We don't know what you're repairing, and we don't want to know. Wedding footage, documentary takes, NDA shoots — it all stays on your own hardware.
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Honest
You see the result before you pay
Repair is non-deterministic. Some damage can't be fully repaired. Instead of hiding that, we show you exactly what comes out — audio in sync, picture stable — before we take any money.
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Focused
Built for modern pro codecs
HEVC 10-bit, Sony XAVC-I, Apple ProRes, Dolby Vision from iPhone Cinematic mode. We're not building a Swiss Army knife with 50 format options — we're building the best tool for the codecs that matter today.
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Per-repair
No subscription. Pay per repair.
Repair is a one-off need, not a recurring one. You need Haven when something breaks — not every month. We don't want to sell you a subscription you don't actually need.
Team
The people behind Haven
Thomas
Founder · Engineer
Built Haven after losing footage on a Sony FX3 shoot. Three weeks of reverse-engineering later he had the recording back — and decided to polish the tool for everyone else. Writes about the engineering deep end.
Container reverse-engineering · ISO BMFF · Codec internals
Lena Schmidt
Video Engineer · Editor
Over 15 years in post-production — from a wedding-film studio to documentary work. At Haven she handles the workflow guides and honest, practitioner-eye comparisons.
Post-production workflows · Everyday data recovery
Jonas Becker
Codec-Research · Tech Writer
A computer-science background with a focus on video containers and stream parsing. Writes Haven’s deep-dives — from HEVC NAL-unit structures to Dolby Vision RPU metadata.
HEVC · ProRes · Container standards · NAL-unit analysis
Stack
How Haven is built
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Core
Rust + Tauri. Native macOS and Windows. Optimized for Apple Silicon.
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Container engine
Bento4 (C++) via Rust FFI for ISO-BMFF parsing. Custom audio-sync pipeline with cross-correlation and per-50ms burst detection.
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Codec support
H.264 (avcC), HEVC (hvcC, hev1/hvc1), ProRes (all profiles including 4444), Sony XAVC-I/-L/-S, Dolby Vision profile 8.4 (RPU-preserving).
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Website
Astro + Tailwind, deployed on Cloudflare Pages. Self-hosted fonts (GDPR-compliant), no tracking, no Google Fonts.
30-day money-back
Get your footage
back.
The analysis is free. You see the result before you pay.
- Free diagnosis
- Pay only when it works
- No sign-up
- No subscription