Fixing a corrupted .MP4 file. which might be a 3gp file

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I have a file called input.MP4 and it is corrupted. It's from a CCTV camera. I tried everything, ffmpeg, VLC convert, no luck. However, I used mediainfo and exiftool and extracted the following info. I am wondering if someone can figure out if I can use any of this info to fix it or convert it to a usable format. I have a copy of it here on my Google Drive

mediainfo gave me this:

General
Complete name                       : input.MP4
Format                              : MPEG-4
Format profile                      : 3GPP Media Release 5
Codec ID                            : 3gp5 (3gp5/3gp4/avc1/mp42/isom)
File size                           : 5.77 MiB
IsTruncated                         : Yes

exiftool gave me this:

ExifTool Version Number          : 10.80
File Name                        : input.MP4
Directory                        : /home/tendi/Downloads
File Size                        : 5.8 MB
File Modification Date/Time      : 2018:07:21 19:09:03-04:00
File Access Date/Time            : 2018:07:21 19:30:48-04:00
File Inode Change Date/Time      : 2018:07:21 19:30:48-04:00
File Permissions                 : rw-rw-r--
File Type                        : 3GP
File Type Extension              : 3gp
MIME Type                        : video/3gpp
Major Brand                      : 3GPP Media (.3GP) Release 5
Minor Version                    : 0.0.0
Compatible Brands                : 3gp5, 3gp4, avc1, mp42, isom
Movie Data Size                  : 5899106
Movie Data Offset                : 44

Any suggestions?

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I received a mp4 video with codec '3gp5', which seems to be a predecessor to isom/mp41 codec. I transcoded it with:

ffmpeg -i input-3gp5.mp4 -vc mp42  output.mp4

I was then able to play the video with html5 video tag.