On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 13:47 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:

I need a command line tool to validate mp3 file(s).... just something that scans the file and looks for structural errors and reports it.

background, I've recovered a few 1000 MP3 files off a dying disk drive for a radio station, some of the other files I recovered had several K byte long blocks of zeros splatted in the middle where the dying drive did bad sector remapping (SMART reported 1900+ sectors had been remapped)... this particular library was the playlist for an internet radio station run as a pet project by the program director of a FM station... said PD passed away from cancer last year, and the station management wants to put this internet station back online as a legacy to her.

its a very obscure bunch of music, all old 'cowboy' songs. :)

Have a look at mp3val...http://mp3val.sourceforge.net/

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John R Pierce wrote:

I need a command line tool to validate mp3 file(s).... just something that scans the file and looks for structural errors and reports it.

Peek at checkmate:

http://checkmate.linuxonly.nl/

Regards, Max