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+---Topic: Corrupt MP3's started by OCTaylor


Posted by: OCTaylor on July 07 2003,05:33

I recently moved a large number of MP3's from one computer to another.  During the transfer something must have gone wrong.  About 90% of the MP3's are now corrupted.  Mp3/Tag Studio can still read info about them and some of the tags.  WMP9 doesn't like them though and tells me unknown error.

www.wennekerusa.com/Chicago - Colour My World.mp3
www.wennekerusa.com/Cold - Stupid Girl.mp3

There are two of the ones that corrupted.  There are hundreds more.  I can also post one or two that underwent the EXACT same process but turned out OK.  I've been working with hex editors and messing with tags.  I get different error messages and seem to get closer, but in the end...no luck.

Any ideas?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on July 07 2003,13:26

It is very hard to tell what's happened without having copies of the same files in their original state to compare with, do you have that? The data in the files seems to be pretty garbled anyway. My guess would be hardware failure of either a network card or your storage media during the transfer. :(


PS.
This thread should probably have been posted in the off-topic forum.
Posted by: OCTaylor on July 08 2003,02:58

Sorry about the forum.  You're probably right.

I uploaded the original of the Chicago mp3.

www.wennekerusa.com/Chicago - Colour My World2.mp3

One is before, one is after.  I compared them...and something is weird for sure.  I think either the zip or the XP encryption did something to it.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on July 08 2003,15:30

I've compared the two files, and there are no similarities between them at all. The corrupted file does not contain any valid mp3 headers, so it's pretty safe to say that it completely corrupted. My guess would still be a faulty storage media or network card. :(
Posted by: Disposable Hero on July 08 2003,20:37

OCTaylor - Sorry to hear about these problems  :( I hope that you had backups or copied the files.

As to what went wrong, I think Magnus is on the right track. I am interested in exactly how the files were transported: network, burned to optical disks, hard drive swap, or ? Knowing this could help trace the issue and prevent the same thing happening in the future, if not the immediate problem.

I had an issue somewhat similar to this a few years ago. Burned a bunch of data CD's, then tried copying their contents to a new system with new HD. Got CRC errors when copying, nearly freaked out  :p  Luckily it turned out that replacing my HD ribbon cable fixed the issue, but I remember well the feeling...
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