Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/15/05 11:28

On 10/5/2005 5:27:36 AM, "fred-bloggs" wrote:
>"HHN" <nochance@hotmail.com> wrote in
>news:4342e77d$0$25339$edfadb0f@dread14.news.tele.dk:
>
>> Hi there, i hope someone her can help me with a "small" problem :)
>>
>> Im in the process of converting ALL (and thats a lot) of my CDs into
>> mp3 for use on my media server. But of course i cant check all the
>> files manually by listening to them, that would take weeks!
>> So I was wondering if any of you know of any programs/software, where
>> i can select a library with lots of music, and have it to analyze the
>> mp3 files for such things as sound missing right in the middle of the
>> music, known as dropouts, or if theres any *blops* or other anomalies?
>> The most important part here are to check for dropouts, the *blops*
>> are secondary.
>>
>> I have tried Ashampoo and EncSpot 2.0, but i dont really find any use
>> of those, since they only report if the files are defect by some way,
>> and not playable.
>>
>> I have files which they report as 'ok' but when listening to the
>> files, i find
>> *blops* here and there + dropouts of 1-2 secs .. not often, but it
>> happens.
>>
>> As an addition to my request, it would be nice if it was somehow
>> possible to type in what I expect each of the mp3 files to last in
>> minutes and seconds, so the program could use that for an error check
>> as well. Fx. if I know a song
>> to last 3:43 it should be possible to somehow put that in as a
>> parameter in the
>> error checking for that specific file.
>>
>> I really hope its is possible to get some good feedback here, else I
>> can look
>> forward to a winter with endless sound listening :)
>>
>> Best regards
>> The AudioMaster
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Rip with ExactAudioCopy
>http://www.ExactAudioCopy.de/
>
>
>--
>fred

Definitely rip with a secure ripper (either Exact Audio Copy or CDex).

To check existing MP3's, you can always try MP3Utility.
http://www.geocities.com/mp3utility/

- NRen2k5

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