Posted by name on 05/31/06 16:38

markjamesdavies@googlemail.com wrote:
> 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 ?
> =================

I think the best solution is to share your collection on p2p and state
in your userinfo that you would appreciate it if people notify you
about any missing or faulty mp3s in your collection. Sometimes an mp3
might be mislabeled for instance and you will only find out about it if
you encounter it yourself or someone else downloads it and notifies
you. Also, you can share your collection on ftp and state in the
welcome message that you appreciate it if people notify you if they
discover gaps in your collection etc..
Many people are grateful for downloading and will be glad they can help
you improve your collection for the benefit of other downloaders to
express their gratitude.
That way you have a kind of distributed processing power where many
people are helping you out to improve and complete your collection.

> 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?
>
> I have spent a fruitless hour searching the web for one. Surely a
> significant market must exist for such an app? Surely it is technically
> feasible to produce such an app? So (surely?) someone is capitalising
> on this market having produced such an app?...

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