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0005580MMW v4Help / Docs / Localizationpublic2011-05-11 21:41
Reporterpeke Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version3.1 
Target Version4.0 
Summary0005580: MP3 with bad CRC not Playable
DescriptionI noted that there are still there is some MP3 files that can't be played in MM but play just fine in AIMP and gSpot.

Example file apps that play it are uploaded to FTP.
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Fixed in build

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peke

2009-05-05 03:02

developer   ~0017680

Tested in 1242

Ludek

2009-05-05 10:00

developer   ~0017682

Last edited: 2009-05-05 10:09

Peke,
the file has a bad CRC (checksum) protection field. That allows the decoder to check the file on the fly and mute (or lower) the output if it detects corruption as players like MediaMonkey and WMP does.
Players like iTunes, WinAmp ignores the bad CRCs and therefore play the file anyway, but without being protected.
If you hit 'Alt+3'(View File Info) in WinAmp then you can see whether CRC is enabled (CRCs: Yes/No).

All my MP3s have CRCs disabled. It's a choice you have when you encode an MP3.

Bad CRCs can be fixed by using the mpTrim PE, see:
http://www.mptrim.com/mpTrimPE-moreinfo.html

I guess that this should be added to KB.

peke

2009-05-05 11:15

developer   ~0017683

I wonder if MM should be capable of fixing Bad CRC for MP3 files but at least it should be possible to be ignored as file is fully playable.

MP3Trim PE is not free for fixing bad CRC, but http://www.gromkov.com/faq/repair/mp3_validator.html

jiri

2011-05-09 08:54

administrator   ~0024953

We can't influence whether CRC is taken into account or not, the decoder makes the decision - which depends on the codec installed. I suppose that by installing an alternative plug-in (in_mpg123?) this would be fixed.

As for possible fixing of CRC in MM - I'd say that it isn't a task for MM, but rather for some Add-On, e.g. a script based interface to the mp3 validator.

rusty

2011-05-11 21:41

administrator   ~0025106

Updated KB.