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I just managed to recover lots of mp3 from a bad HDD.
Is there a way to test all these files if they are playable? I don't want to hit next a few thousand times.
Jakob Cosoroaba
Posted 2010-05-13T20:26:59.930
Reputation: 1 661
How to test thousands of MP3 files whether they're playable?
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Here are a couple of options.
mp3check - free, source code only
MP3 Tester - free to test, small cost to buy, Windows
Mike Fitzpatrick
Posted 2010-05-13T20:26:59.930
Reputation: 15 062
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mp3Utility, mp3val, and foobar2000 with the foo_verifier plugin can all help.
afrazier
Posted 2010-05-13T20:26:59.930
Reputation: 21 316
5Hitting next a few thousand times might not be enough, either. Once when I recovered a lot of music years ago I went through each song manually and verified it was playable. I didn't find out until later that many of the songs were messed up in the middle, like they got spliced with another song for anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute. Fun. – indiv – 2010-05-13T22:53:50.893