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mouserty
03-31-2014, 03:16 PM
I have recently acquired perfect tune and have been going through my old ripped flac files. On a recent directory scan Perfect Tunes seemed to hang on a scan of over 300 albums. It is now showing these file as corrupt even though I know nearly all of them were good rips. What has happened to my flac files?

Spoon
03-31-2014, 04:11 PM
Try playing a flac file, if you have dBpoweramp try converting one of them to 'Test Conversion' to see if any errors are reported.

kg648
04-17-2014, 02:43 AM
I have exactly the same issue, I have 2965 files corrupted apparently ( I cancelled it after it was running for 6 days as it was not even 1/4 of the way through it ) my library is 65k tracks., I have selected 20 at random and ran the "test conversion" which worked without errors.

All the 20 files I selected also play without issue and no blips or anything.

Am I going wrong, I am a little concerned that a fair chunk of my music library has issues.

dbfan
04-17-2014, 05:09 AM
Your files are on a network share?

kg648
04-17-2014, 06:01 PM
Your files are on a network share?

Indeed they are.

Spoon
04-17-2014, 06:31 PM
It is likely a network error which makes them appear as corrupted, try bringing the files to the local computer if possible.

luipun
06-25-2014, 05:05 PM
Spoon,

1) Isn't bringing files to the local computer impractical? I have over 12,000 files that fill a terabyte of a network attached storage. Is there any other alternative to determine whether files reported as corrupted by Perfect Tunes are in fact corrupted?

2) When you convert a file using "test conversion", if it doesn't report an error, does that mean the file is not corrupt?

3) How do you clear the cache in Perfect Tunes in order to eliminate the reported corrupt file errors caused by changes to album art on a subsequent re-run of Perfect Tunes?

4) Is there any way to filter the results of Perfect Tunes to not display Mp3, M4a and hi def (e.g. 24 bit) files as albums that cannot be checked?

Spoon
06-26-2014, 06:08 AM
1) Bring just those files reported as corrupted
2) Depends on the file type
3) Run the main PerfectTunes application and there is a clear cache button
4) No

Also update to the latest perfecttunes version released today 1.7

luipun
06-28-2014, 01:40 PM
1) Bring just those files reported as corrupted
2) Depends on the file type
3) Run the main PerfectTunes application and there is a clear cache button
4) No

Also update to the latest perfecttunes version released today 1.7

Thanks!

Thg6276
08-31-2014, 05:58 PM
Good day,

I don't know why but two days ago I have done a scan with only 7 corrupted files in my library.

Today, there is 38 of these corrupted files !

All flac files are stored on a HDD.

1) why a flac file which was OK by the past became suddendly corrupted ?
2) How to repair a corrupted file ?

Thanks for your usual help

Spoon
09-01-2014, 04:24 AM
HDDs can corrupt files, once corrupted it is not possible to repair the file, the information has been lost.

Thg6276
09-01-2014, 01:58 PM
Thanks Spoon
If I re-rip again tracks corrupted files, did have I a chance that all flac files could be OK after or not ?

Spoon
09-01-2014, 06:14 PM
check your hdd first for errors

Then re-rip. To replace the ones with errors.

shunternz
06-10-2015, 05:00 AM
I have recently acquired perfect tune and after the first scan of my music file I ended up with 77 corrupt files. I cleared the cache and after another scan I end up with 77 corrupt files. However, I can find the files and they play fine...so are not corrupt. I don't want to delete. How to I address this issue please? Thanks.

Dat Ei
06-10-2015, 05:34 AM
Hey shunternz,


However, I can find the files and they play fine...so are not corrupt.

even if the files play fine, they can be corrupt. Some errors can't be heard (minor defects in forma), some can hardly be heard and some can clearly be heard. That perfect tunes finds 77 corrupt files in your case repeatedly, is no issue of perfect tunes, but a clear sign, that 77 files are corrupt.


I don't want to delete. How to I address this issue please?

You don't have to delete them. In case of minor defects in format, you can try to convert them and fix the defects. In case of defects in the audio data you have to re-rip those CDs.


Dat Ei

monsterjazzlick
04-03-2018, 06:48 AM
Hi,

If I have a question regarding this issue then should I post it here? Or would it be better to start a new thread? I only ask because this thread dates back to 2014.

Many thanks,

Paul

Spoon
04-03-2018, 07:55 AM
Here is fine if relevant to the title.

monsterjazzlick
04-03-2018, 10:28 AM
Here is fine if relevant to the title.

OK, thanks Spoon. I just wanted to check first simply because the thread is a little dated.

monsterjazzlick
04-03-2018, 12:06 PM
Hi,

I am currently ripping my 600 x CD collection to FLAC (using 'dBpa').

Yesterday I experienced an issue of which I have not encountered before. It concerns PerfTunes and 'corrupted files'. I ran a PerfTunes scan (as I do every so often) and it came up with 5 errors.

The scan took about 3 hours! (instead of the usual 10 mins).

All of the rogue FLACs (there are 5 of them to date) seem to play fine. All of the rogue files are ONLY on my SD-card (everything seems to be fine on my C-drive). I always rip to my C-drive first, and then transfer to the SD-card afterwards.

Now I have cleared the cache of PerfTunes and am at this moment running a fresh scan. The trouble is, it says it is going to take: 2 days & 19 hours!

I have an up-to-date version of PerfTunes. My files are NOT on a network share. I have run 'Test Conversion' for one of the rogue files (and no 'error' messages appeared).

Please see u/l screenshots & text-file via Drive:


https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ijecdgq5mVbAzplEzmuaDrMIdH7jKqeC?usp=sharing

Many thanks in advance for any kind assistance offered here.

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-03-2018, 04:55 PM
... and all of my CODECs are up-to-date. Cheers.

Spoon
04-03-2018, 05:36 PM
These files it identified, right click >> Convert To >> Test conversion, does dBpoweramp say they are corrupted?

monsterjazzlick
04-03-2018, 06:10 PM
These files it identified, right click >> Convert To >> Test conversion, does dBpoweramp say they are corrupted?

Hi Spoon,

I just ran another TEST CONVERTER for you.

I assume, if there WERE any such 'corruption' of the file, then this/these would be displayed as part of the 'report' after the scan has completed (ie. like a pop-up message)? If so, no such pop-up message appeared in either of the scans:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b3QojYhIj4SAJ9O3BPAZlH-hH-0BI8rF/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ObuBBibWl1rHP5xNkHnwEXlSsLDSPqU/view?usp=sharing

However, PerfTunes lists them as being 'corrupted'.

Many thanks.

Spoon
04-04-2018, 04:34 AM
The rescan detected also as corrupted? try this version of PerfectTUNES:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?40224-PerfectTUNES-R3-Windows

monsterjazzlick
04-04-2018, 11:17 AM
The rescan detected also as corrupted?

Hi Spoon,

I ran a PerfTunes scan last night on just the PC C-drive, and an external-HD (both of which contain identical FLAC files of my ripped CD collection - approx. 130GB). The SD-card (with the previously discussed 'corrupt' files on) was NOT plugged into the PC during the scan. Here are the results (the scan, for the C-Drive and external-HD, took about 3 hours):


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bPaO6zX2CEUVCi3_PFeoDzRyf1L03h3W/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1saAtvjeQ0-yAwSZwtwD1DG4fQW4ZRtf1/view?usp=sharing

I am guessing that, because the C-Drive and external-HD (ie. 'C' & 'F') are NOT appearing in the list of circa 3500+ 'corrupt' files that the FLACs on these two storage-devices are OK? I am not sure how/why the SD-card (ie. 'G') has the results for 3500+ files because the SD-card was not even inserted during the scan? Having performed a cache clear, it is the SD-card scan which PerfTunes approximates will take circa 2/3 days to complete.

Thanks,

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-04-2018, 11:19 AM
try this version of PerfectTUNES:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?40224-PerfectTUNES-R3-Windows

Thanks, I will look into this ...

monsterjazzlick
04-04-2018, 11:36 AM
try this version of PerfectTUNES:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?40224-PerfectTUNES-R3-Windows

Hi again,

Using the above version of PerfTunes for the SD-card FLACs, the scan did not estimate as taking 2/3 days. Instead, it completed the scanning process in the typical time-frame (not sure if this indicates anything?).

However, the results were that ALL the files (3500+), on the SD-card, are 'corrupted':


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZiQVZvmwlX32rT9hga5yMughMDePW24/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FaJyGiIbmn0WhpiorTPGNRntv0eKV7C_/view?usp=sharing

Paul

Spoon
04-04-2018, 03:58 PM
And if you use Batch Converter, and convert all 3500 tracks from the SD drive to Test Conversion, no errors are shown at the end?

monsterjazzlick
04-04-2018, 03:59 PM
And if you use Batch Converter, and convert all 3500 tracks from the SD drive to Test Conversion, no errors are shown at the end?

OK, I will try this ...

(It says the Test Conversion will take 2 hours ...)

monsterjazzlick
04-04-2018, 05:52 PM
Hi again Spoon,

The Test Conversion of the SD-card has completed (4,000 files actually!). As far as I can see, there are no 'errors'? Please see screenshots:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fj-gjx5BnMIfdn-I2w5av27APXq7yr3H/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZINN28lJCNnudRcH-lpU1c1qbQ9IZTI/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yHgU8z1rRb9RO5hZtpjA1Auis3JkqPy/view?usp=sharing

Hope this helps.

Paul

Spoon
04-05-2018, 06:35 AM
Something is stopping PerfectTUNES from reading the SD card, perhaps anti-virus? or security permissions?

monsterjazzlick
04-05-2018, 08:07 AM
Something is stopping PerfectTUNES from reading the SD card, perhaps anti-virus? or security permissions?

The only such s/w I use is MalwareBytes (the free version which I installed when I purchased this new laptop last June). I am just trying to work out how to DISABLE it ...

garym
04-05-2018, 09:47 AM
I just ran PerfectTunes on about 50,000 FLAC files and no files showed as corrupted. In my case, the files are on a normal internal HDD in my windows computer. I suspect reading from the SD card is causing the issue???

Jailhouse
04-05-2018, 10:49 AM
Windows could be treating the files on the SD card as being downloaded from an outside source (usually, that means the internet) and blocking them.

monsterjazzlick
04-05-2018, 11:25 AM
I just ran PerfectTunes on about 50,000 FLAC files and no files showed as corrupted. In my case, the files are on a normal internal HDD in my windows computer. I suspect reading from the SD card is causing the issue???

Hi Garym,

I have emailed MalwareBytes as I can't figure out how you DISABLE the s/w temporarily (in the latest version). I think you can only access the 'Advanced Settings' if you are a 'Premium' (ie. paid) customer.

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-05-2018, 11:27 AM
Windows could be treating the files on the SD card as being downloaded from an outside source (usually, that means the internet) and blocking them.

Hi JH,

I have just brought my work laptop home with me this afternoon; so I will test the SD-card out on this device later ...

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-05-2018, 12:05 PM
Hi again,

Just running PerfTunes on the SD-card using my work PC. It says the scan will take 2+ hours ...

Cheers

monsterjazzlick
04-05-2018, 12:11 PM
... a newer version of MalwareBytes is available, so I am currently d/l it onto my regular PC.

monsterjazzlick
04-05-2018, 03:12 PM
Hi,

The completed scan - of the suspect SD-card on my work PC - reports nothing whatsoever in relation to any 'corrupted' files!

Thanks.

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 08:41 AM
Hi,

I have spoken to Microsoft this morning.

They have suggested clearing the SD-card and starting over; but copying everything (now 130BG) with MalwareBytes disabled. They also advised me to edit the 'permissions' (ie. sharing) on the SD-card, which I have done.

Once everything has been copied across I will re-run PerfTunes.

Cheers.

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 11:14 AM
Hi,

Having performed all of the above procedures, all FLACs on the SD-card are showing as being 'corrupted':


https://drive.google.com/file/d/10M_b3J-WsPQ0PuEJnY2SLPLvPEbEZRan/view?usp=sharing

Thanks.

Jailhouse
04-06-2018, 11:52 AM
Try copying a file from the SD card to a location on your PC apart from the music folders and testing that. Is it still shown as corrupt?

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 12:14 PM
Try copying a file from the SD card to a location on your PC apart from the music folders and testing that. Is it still shown as corrupt?

Hi JH,

Thanks a lot. I am at my wits-end here!

Please see screenshot relating to when I try to manipulate the file in any way:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YgB3-63RG8CianhwtqH3dz0j3FHrt8wc/view?usp=sharing

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 12:32 PM
JH,

I am just running a 'Binary Comparison' test between my C-drive and the SD-card. I use this s/w ('Beyond Compare') for all my back-up copying/transfers:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W1EvFxLf_1ZvCCO0LJTEoFmgT1xMID54/view?usp=sharing

It's going to take an hour and I want to leave the folders alone while it's running, if you know what I mean. But I will try your kind suggestion after, thanks.

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 01:54 PM
Hi,

'Binary Comparison' indicates that the contents of both FLAC folders are identical:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C7NUS7TPjRKcQIXfbKlDM5egF1B2Nich/view?usp=sharing

Cheers.

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 02:12 PM
Try copying a file from the SD card to a location on your PC apart from the music folders and testing that. Is it still shown as corrupt?

I tried this twice:

Created a new folder on my desktop. Copied across (from the SD-card) a few albums. Then I ran PerfTunes. The only 'corrupt' files reported were (still) those on the SD, and NOT those in the desktop folder.

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 02:21 PM
The files on the SD still show as 'corrupted' even with MalwareBytes disabled.

I do seem to be able to DELETE files now, which is something I suppose!

Jailhouse
04-06-2018, 03:16 PM
The binary comparison went off without a hitch. So, the SD card would seem to be in order, but PerfectTUNES won't have any of it. Odd.

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 03:30 PM
The binary comparison went off without a hitch. So, the SD card would seem to be in order, but PerfectTUNES won't have any of it. Odd.

Yes, that's exactly how it is. Bizarre!

Obviously I don't want to start cross-threading, but I posted a quickie here (verbatim-03) just to try to eliminate all possibilities. It may or may not be a factor (I don't that it is as I still believe the problem lies within Windoze):


https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?40653-Bought-dBpoweramp-Reference-R16-Single-PC-What-now

I phoned Amazon who said that (because I purchased it directly from Amazon) I can return the SD for a like-for-like replacement. So that is one option. Though I doubt the SD is at fault and I may run into the same scenario with the replacement.

monsterjazzlick
04-06-2018, 05:16 PM
I'm now FORMATTING the damn thing as a last ditch attempt ...

Jailhouse
04-07-2018, 12:43 AM
Amazon ... said that ... I can return the SD for a like-for-like replacement. So that is one option. Though I doubt the SD is at fault and I may run into the same scenario with the replacement.

The problem seems to be only with PerfectTUNES. I recall from a couple of pages ago that running Test Conversion on the SD card files found no corruption.

monsterjazzlick
04-07-2018, 01:02 PM
The problem seems to be only with PerfectTUNES. I recall from a couple of pages ago that running Test Conversion on the SD card files found no corruption.

Hi JH,

I deleted everything from the SD-card and then formatted it. It took 3 hours! Should it really take so long to format a blank SD?

I then transferred all of FLACs back onto the SD (took another 3 hours!).

I cleared the cache of PerfTunes; and now I am running PerfTunes on the SD. It's going to take, it estimates 2/3 hours ...

If this fails, I think the only other thing I can do is uninstall MalwareBytes (as opposed to just disabling it).

Paul

garym
04-07-2018, 02:58 PM
Hi JH,

I deleted everything from the SD-card and then formatted it. It took 3 hours! Should it really take so long to format a blank SD?

I then transferred all of FLACs back onto the SD (took another 3 hours!).

I cleared the cache of PerfTunes; and now I am running PerfTunes on the SD. It's going to take, it estimates 2/3 hours ...

If this fails, I think the only other thing I can do is uninstall MalwareBytes (as opposed to just disabling it).

Paul
Wow, reading off SD card must be very slow. I recently ran perfecttunes on about 50,000 FLAC files and it a little less than 2 hours. Reading files directly from an internal HDD (spinning not an SSD drive).

monsterjazzlick
04-07-2018, 03:08 PM
Wow, reading off SD card must be very slow. I recently ran perfecttunes on about 50,000 FLAC files and it a little less than 2 hours. Reading files directly from an internal HDD (spinning not an SSD drive).

Hi Garym,

You posted the very second my most recent PerfTunes completed!

I think one of the many things I have tried over the last 12 hours may have worked because, as I interpret it, the FLACs on the SD are no longer appearing as being 'corrupted'?:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sJpkfEroWm1MLw_6NRK79oIfq1ePItOa/view?usp=sharing

I can't pinpoint which factor though!

Paul

(The scan shows results for C-drive and SD-card.)

garym
04-07-2018, 03:13 PM
Correct. none of these files are now being reported to you as corrupt.

monsterjazzlick
04-07-2018, 03:26 PM
Correct. none of these files are now being reported to you as corrupt.

Cheers Garym.

Any guesses as to what may have been the root cause, please? SD, MalwareBytes, Windoze, PerfTunes? Could it be related to my earlier question (please see verbatim-3):


https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?40653-Bought-dBpoweramp-Reference-R16-Single-PC-What-now

And would you (permanently?) uninstall MalwareBytes and well as accepting a replacement SD from Amazon?

Many thanks.

garym
04-07-2018, 05:15 PM
Cheers Garym.

Any guesses as to what may have been the root cause, please? SD, MalwareBytes, Windoze, PerfTunes? Could it be related to my earlier question (please see verbatim-3):

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?40653-Bought-dBpoweramp-Reference-R16-Single-PC-What-now

And would you (permanently?) uninstall MalwareBytes and well as accepting a replacement SD from Amazon?

Many thanks.

no clue.

monsterjazzlick
04-07-2018, 06:19 PM
... have completely uninstalled MalwareBytes now.

mville
04-08-2018, 07:28 AM
Any guesses as to what may have been the root cause, please? SD, MalwareBytes, Windoze, PerfTunes?

In which mobile devices are you using the SD Card?

monsterjazzlick
04-08-2018, 09:36 AM
In which mobile devices are you using the SD Card?

mville,

I transfer all recently ripped FLACs via my PC to the SD-card (as I go along). Then I predominantly use the SD-card in my Amazon Fire-Tablet (ie. my playback device) using 'VLC'. The Amazon Fire has only 16GB onboard storage.

Thanks.

mville
04-08-2018, 10:28 AM
I transfer all recently ripped FLACs via my PC to the SD-card (as I go along). Then I predominantly use the SD-card in my Amazon Fire-Tablet (ie. my playback device) using 'VLC'. The Amazon Fire has only 16GB onboard storage.

What OS is the Amazon Fire-Tablet?

Do you plug the SD-Card into the PC, copy files to it and then plug into the Amazon Fire-Tablet?

monsterjazzlick
04-08-2018, 11:14 AM
What OS is the Amazon Fire-Tablet?

Do you plug the SD-Card into the PC, copy files to it and then plug into the Amazon Fire-Tablet?

Mville,

The Amazon Tablet is running on (latest): Fire 5.6.0.1

Correct; I am wondering if, after the tablet has 'parsed' the FLACs, that, maybe, this very process is corrupting them?

Incidentally, when I spoke to Amazon on Friday about getting a replacement SD-card I also asked them if it could be the Fire Tablet. They said all they could offer, in this regard, is a factory-reset of the device; which I don't really want to perform as the tablet is set-up to my liking (and I do not even know, yet, what the root cause is).

Thanks.

mville
04-08-2018, 11:28 AM
The Amazon Tablet is running on (latest): Fire 5.6.0.1

Correct; I am wondering if, after the tablet has 'parsed' the FLACs, that, maybe, this very process is corrupting them?

Incidentally, when I spoke to Amazon on Friday about getting a replacement SD-card I also asked them if it could be the Fire Tablet. They said all they could offer, in this regard, is a factory-reset of the device; which I don't really want to perform as the tablet is set-up to my liking (and I do not even know, yet, what the root cause is).

My suspicions revolve around the Fire OS and/or Windows, corrupting the SD Card e.g. not using safely remove hardware wizard when removing the SD Card from your PC.

monsterjazzlick
04-08-2018, 11:35 AM
My suspicions revolve around the Fire OS and/or Windows, corrupting the SD Card e.g. not using safely remove hardware wizard when removing the SD Card from your PC.

When I remove the SD-card from either my PC or Fire, I always do so when the devices are powered off. If I ever (now and again) need to remove the SD, then I wait for the: "safely remove device now" prompt.

mville
04-08-2018, 12:33 PM
When I remove the SD-card from either my PC or Fire, I always do so when the devices are powered off. If I ever (now and again) need to remove the SD, then I wait for the: "safely remove device now" prompt.

The safely remove hardware example was just one example of a potential cause of the corruption. I'm no expert when it comes to SD cards and mobile devices, but I've seen a few mobile devices especially android devices and support of SD cards, causing problems.

You asked earlier:
Any guesses as to what may have been the root cause, please? SD, MalwareBytes, Windoze, PerfTunes?. Well, this is my guess, but of course, it doesn't mean I'm right.

Jailhouse
04-09-2018, 12:23 AM
The Amazon Tablet is running on (latest): Fire 5.6.0.1 [...] I am wondering if, after the tablet has 'parsed' the FLACs, that, maybe, this very process is corrupting them?

If it was corrupting the audio, the files wouldn't have subsequently passed Test Conversion.

Perhaps the Fire tablet is changing non-audio data. Are the files on your PC the same size as those on the SD card?

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 07:21 AM
If it was corrupting the audio, the files wouldn't have subsequently passed Test Conversion.

Perhaps the Fire tablet is changing non-audio data. Are the files on your PC the same size as those on the SD card?

OK, Cheers JH.

I will check your kind suggestion ...

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 07:30 AM
Here are the 'properties' of both the C-drive and SD-card:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W3EdIikVGyZ6vpIQI-3sinkXUEdn5iBv/view?usp=sharing


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNLyVIsFsTLQTzTrGL6u_x-I3Xl4NXNt/view?usp=sharing

Unless my eyes deceive me, they do seem to look identical. But I could always run a 'binary comparison' again?

Many thanks.

mville
04-09-2018, 07:58 AM
Here are the 'properties' of both the C-drive and SD-card:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W3EdIikVGyZ6vpIQI-3sinkXUEdn5iBv/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNLyVIsFsTLQTzTrGL6u_x-I3Xl4NXNt/view?usp=sharing

Unless my eyes deceive me, they do seem to look identical. But I could always run a 'binary comparison' again?

The file and folder counts are the same and the file sizes are the same. However, that doesn't mean the files are identical, due to metadata padding.

But, haven't you reformatted the SD card, so currently there is no corruption?

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 08:05 AM
The file and folder counts are the same and the file sizes are the same. However, that doesn't mean the files are identical, due to metadata padding.

But, haven't you reformatted the SD card, so currently there is no corruption?

Hi mville,

Yes, the SD was reformatted on Saturday.

I was thinking of trying out putting it back into the Amazon Fire, letting it 'parse', then putting it back into the PC to see how it behaves. I know this may be pointless (as already comment on earlier), but it will definitely eliminate all possible angles undoubtedly.

Paul

mville
04-09-2018, 08:10 AM
Yes, the SD was reformatted on Saturday.

I was thinking of trying out putting it back into the Amazon Fire, letting it 'parse', then putting it back into the PC to see how it behaves. I know this may be pointless (as already comment on earlier), but it will definitely eliminate all possible angles undoubtedly.

What do you mean by letting it 'parse'?

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 10:08 AM
The file and folder counts are the same and the file sizes are the same. However, that doesn't mean the files are identical, due to metadata padding.

But, haven't you reformatted the SD card, so currently there is no corruption?

Mville,

Just for the sake of doing so, I ran another 'binary scan' and the results indicate that all is 'identical':


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWl1LirAlkY2mf3qfrr8xfaiYhBJiFBg/view?usp=sharing

Paul

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 10:17 AM
What do you mean by letting it 'parse'?

Mville,

As I understand it, the term relates to when (say) a storage device is inserted into (say) a PC. If it contains new files (ie. of which the PC has not seen before), then the PC will scan/parse the (say) SD-card.

For example, if I have new files (ie. FLACs) on the SD-card, when I insert it into the Amazon Fire, a message appears:


"Please wait while the device is parsing ..."

Then, when it has parsed/scanned/synced - call it what you will - I am able access the FLACs on the Amazon Fire.

That's the gist of it anyway.

Paul

mville
04-09-2018, 10:34 AM
As I understand it, the term relates to when (say) a storage device is inserted into (say) a PC. If it contains new files (ie. of which the PC has not seen before), then the PC will scan/parse the (say) SD-card.

For example, if I have new files (ie. FLACs) on the SD-card, when I insert it into the Amazon Fire, a message appears:

"Please wait while the device is parsing ..."

Then, when it has parsed/scanned/synced - call it what you will - I am able access the FLACs on the Amazon Fire.

That's the gist of it anyway.

Thanks, understood.

mville
04-09-2018, 10:40 AM
Just for the sake of doing so, I ran another 'binary scan' and the results indicate that all is 'identical':
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWl1LirAlkY2mf3qfrr8xfaiYhBJiFBg/view?usp=sharing


I guess the thing to do here, as it isn't clear what caused the original problems with the SD card, is to keep an eye on things as you go.

Hopefully, you'll get no more problems, but if you do, let's hope it becomes clearer as to what the cause is.

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 11:03 AM
Thanks, understood.

No problem.

That was in simple layman's terms (and in the only basic way that I understand it to work). Someone else actually mentioned 'parse' within this, or a similar thread of mine, not so long ago.

monsterjazzlick
04-09-2018, 11:05 AM
I guess the thing to do here, as it isn't clear what caused the original problems with the SD card, is to keep an eye on things as you go.

Hopefully, you'll get no more problems, but if you do, let's hope it becomes clearer as to what the cause is.

Cheers.

I am going to try inserting the SD-card into the Amazon Fire (again) next (as I have not done so since the former has been formatted) ...

monsterjazzlick
04-14-2018, 07:47 AM
Hi,

I have spoken to both Hewlett Packard and Microsoft. They both took remote access of my PC.

HP thought that the issue had nothing to do with a (mechanical) fault on the PC (eg. faulty SD-port) and that it was a driver issue. MS said that very often, when a (Windows) system-update is performed, certain functions on a PC can become unstable if incompatible with the latest Windows update. And so one has to manually update such outmoded drivers to combat the issue.

Anyway, this is where I am at at the moment.

Cheers.