# Crashes and can not be restarted

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/crashes-and-can-not-be-restarted/57005
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [April 9, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/crashes-and-can-not-be-restarted/57005 "2022-04-09T04:22:53Z")
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#### Post date: [April 9, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/crashes-and-can-not-be-restarted/57005/5 "2022-04-09T10:27:19Z")

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There are some programs that write unvalid headers to wave-files. Mp3Tag refuses to handle them.  
What does MP3Tag say if you have a look at the extended Tag-view (ALT-t)?

If your wave-files are corrupted, the easiest way to rapair them is to re-encoe them with ffmpeg:

> [@User-defined Tools](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tools/966/7):
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> Example — Re-encode WAV using ffmpeg Some WAV files [have an invalid structure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633) or extra junk bytes at some RIFF chunks so re-encoding the file might fix the problems. You can use the excellent [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows) command line utility as a user-defined tool from within Mp3tag. Name wav2wav Path Please locate the path of your ffmpeg.exe Parameter -i "%\_filename\_ext%" "%\_folderpath%\%\_filename%\_out.wav"

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