Non-playable Music Files?

KatanaSky

Hi all,

Thought I'd post this here since I've been wondering if there's a way to do this for a while now.

Is there any way I can scan all of my music files in my computer and pull all of the tracks that cannot be played so I can delete them without having to click and listen to every single song to see if it will play?

rohan2kool

A very complicated workaround i can think of is.. first load all your music files in the iTunes library. Also, set the iTunes library to keep a copy of the files in it's own folder. When you do this, music files that don't play will NOT be loaded into the library and only the playing files will be stored in the iTunes music folder.

Once you've done that.. delete ALL the music files on your computer EXCEPT the music files in your iTunes music folder. Once you've deleted it, all you have is proper, playing music files in your iTunes music library.

Other music libraries, like Winamp for instance don't support two features: firstly, it loads all files, invalid or not and secondly, it does not allow you to store files in some other location.

FunDa

badai

for mp3, you can use mp3checker.

http://www.convivea.com/product.php?id=1

note that, it check for damaged mp3, not unplayable. you can still play damaged mp3.