Posted by fred-bloggs on 05/30/06 10:42

markjamesdavies@googlemail.com wrote in news:1148968002.368755.257830@
38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> The problem
> =================
> Music lovers that convert their music collections digitally run the
> risk that many of their songs that have defects (I am referring to the
> type of defects that especially disrupts the hearing pleasure).
>
> It is possible to manually identify such poor tracks and attempt to
> re-rip / clean (with mp3 cleaning applications) if you only have an
> album or two. However, finding the defective tracks amongst ones
> lifetime's album collection is a daunting task (it would take several
> weeks of dedicated and methodical manual work).
>
> And so I hold onto my CD collection "just in case" I discover yet
> another defective mp3.
>
> But I'd much rather free up the space in my flat if I had the quality
> assurance of my collection (and I'd get brownie points from the missus
> too :> ).
>
> The solution ?
> =================

This is not what you want to hear but it is the quickest method. Rip the
CDs without error in the first place - use Exact Audio Copy in Secure Mode.
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de


> An application that analyzes mp3s for defects and produces a report of
> the defective tracks (with details such a path and the location within
> tracks of the suspected defect).
>
> My question
> =================
> Does any such application exist?

No. Mp3utility checks for errors in the encoded mp3 stream. The errors you
are talking about are due to bad ripping and occur before encoding - the
only way to discover such is by thorough listening.

--
fred

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