On Sep 29, 3:17*pm, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"ChrisCoaster" wrote in message
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On Sep 29, 10:00 am, "Arny Krueger" wrote: "ChrisCoaster" wrote in message
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A Genesis track that clocked in at over 4 minutes is now only
0:10(plays the first 10 sec).
The same thing happened to a Rihanna and a Fleetwood Mac song on my
computer. The Rihanna played the first 30 sec.
WTF is going on with my music collection??!?
Have the files been updated in any way?
Are they the same length in bytes as always?
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Unsteady: *Nope - first 10 sec plays on PC as well as on iPod.
Arny: *Updated: *Not as far as I knowd * *Length: *Did not notice
length in bytes(size?) - just the length in min:sec.
If your music files are all coded at similar bitrates and in similar
formats, then the quotient between mm:ss length and length in bytes is
pretty constant.
It's happening slowly, like they are somehow "eroding".
Sounds like a sick hard drive.
Every once in
a while a song file completely VANISHES from the PC and the player.
If they vanish in synch, then the problem more likely to be a software
problem.
All I know is, I've got a lot of CDs to start burning b4 my
entirecollection disappears!!
Burning to DVDs in data format might be a favorable available option.
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I just don't know what is perpetrating this. I found this article
http://www.macworld.com/article/1348...startstop.html
about how "Start and Stop" times can either really make your day or
can actually be a powerful ally(as in the case of ringtones). But it
would take me a month to check every song in my iTunes(assuming being
at it for 5 hours per day, to make sure start/stop times are unchecked
on every song. And the funny part of it is these songs that suddenly
end in the middle are both on my PC harddrive and in iTunes. So again
I don't know who is the aggressor here.
DVD? Arny we're talking music here - I want it in a common format. I
have 2,200 songs = avg 15 per CD = 147 CDs!! Podcasts, avg length
20min, 2 to 3 per CD, 290podcasts = 90+ CDs just for those. The great
solar storm of Dec. 2012 will have come and gone before I get them all
copied!!!
-ChrisCoaster
-CC