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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Mp3 corruption?Re: Mp3 corruption?
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:07:09 +0000 voodoo - LOL Virus? Knackered hard drive? Very weird stuff! Do you never lose any other filetypes? Dead exe's, random crashes, corrupt spreadsheets etc.? >Voodoo! >Voodoo! lol >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nathan Gray" <sanguination_at_hotmail.com> >To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 12:29 AM >Subject: Mp3 corruption? > > >Hey all, > >Not sure what kind of problem this is, but I've experienced it to some >degree over the last six years on many pcs and filesystems ranging from >win95 && fat16 to ntsf && XP. > >Problem: After some amount of time, songs seem to corrupt themselves and >exchange frames with seemingly unrelated mp3s. Let me give an example: some >mp3, say xxyy.mp3 in subfolder xxyy up and mixed with wwpp.mp3 in subfolder >wwpp. > >The locations of the mixing files is random, and it appears that at some >point memory bits in the filesystem freaked out and so mixed with those of a >song. It does not go both ways though - only one song is affected at a time, >which makes it really hard to track down which files are screwed up! Indeed >it makes for a rude awakening when you are listening to say Bach and a >portion of a Godsmack song kicks in at the 3 minute mark. > >This usually happens when I have a large number of song files on a partition >say 10-15gb...Also, text and other file formats don't get corrupted. > >Anyone had this problem? Is it a result of cross-linked files? If so, how do >I avoid this? It's a horrid waste of time to have to go back and rip the cd >or find the mp3 someplace on the net. You know? > >Nathan > >_________________________________________________________________ >Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar - includes FREE pop-up blocking! >http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > > >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-03-15 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |