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calberga
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Posted: Dec. 28 2007,16:13
This may be off-topic, but perhaps someone can shed some light.

I have been using the program mp3Utility to check for "sync errors" (which, usually, seem to indicate data drop-outs).  I had been getting some files flags as "Error: Can't locate second frame header for VBRI file" -- note that this in turn seems to be an error, as a new version of mp3Utility has just appeared which doesn't throw this error on the same files).

When I saw this I tried running the repair function (with "only real VBR" checked), even though Mp3/TS didn't show an error.  The result was that mp3Utility now reports a sync error at 0:00 seconds.  Is this some weirdness in mp3Utilities?  Or does running the repair on a file (which doesn't show red) change something that could cause this to show?
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Posted: Jan. 01 2008,14:18
VBR headers are very badly standardized, so it could very likely be some small detail that the two programs have a slightly different opinion about how it should be done.

The files still play good in any player, right?

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calberga
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Posted: Jan. 01 2008,16:01
The play well, and when I let CoolEdit convert them there is no obvious defect at the start.  When MP3Utility reports a sync error at any other point in a file I can see a short "flatline" at the location when using CE to examine it.  I don't think I have an example of "sync error at 0.0%..." on a file without a silent lead-in, so I can't be sure that there isn't something funny about the files, but since the drop-outs are all very short I doubt that I could hear it in any case.

I haven't gotten a response from the author of the program.
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