# Audio Check & Repair Tools
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-check-repair-tools/7414
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [November 3, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-check-repair-tools/7414 "2008-11-03T05:47:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@DasFox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DasFox)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-check-repair-tools/7414/1 "2008-11-03T05:47:12Z")
Is it worthwhile to have a few applications to check the integrity of audio files and repair them if errors are found, can these things be trusted?
Are any of the ones I list below good, or what's the best apps for this?
[MP3 Validator](http://www.gromkov.com/faq/faq2004-0086.html)
[MP3 Repair Tool](http://www.drtag.de/en/downloads_mp3rt.htm)
[MP3 Checker](http://72.167.21.235/product.php?id=1)
THANKS
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### Author:  [@DasFox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DasFox)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-check-repair-tools/7414/2 "2008-11-03T18:00:33Z")
By the way I just download my mp3s, I'm not doing any ripping and encoding.
I used MP3 Validator to see what it would do and it showed me quite a few files with errors on them. Here is what some of them said:
**Stereo Rock & Roll.mp3" (offset 0x8a9): MPEG stream error, resynchronized successfully**
18 Carat Love Affair.mp3" (offset 0x367e2b): It seems that file is truncated or there is garbage at the end of the file
Fast Cars.mp3": Wrong CRC in 1 frames
Pulling Punches .mp3": Wrong number of MPEG data bytes specified in Xing header (9022682 instead of 9022292)
Wrong number of MPEG data bytes specified in VBRI header (5997173 instead of 5997069)
When I See You.mp3" (offset 0): Garbage at the beginning of the file
While I'm Still Alive.mp3": Non-layer-III frame encountered. See related INFO message for details.
While I'm Still Alive.mp3": Different MPEG versions or layers in one file. See related INFO message for details.
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### Author:  [@Andy\_D](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Andy_D)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-check-repair-tools/7414/3 "2008-11-04T15:54:34Z")
I only know Mp3 Validator, but i didn't use it often. Maybe it's good in repairing header and something else, but it can't repair sync errors, of course.
I check my Mp3s with [Mp3 utility](http://www.geocities.com/mp3utility/). If there are sync errors I will delete them and wrong VBR headers I try to repair with foobar.