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/