# What Things Can Mess Up The Intergrity of MP3s?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-things-can-mess-up-the-intergrity-of-mp3s/7458
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-things-can-mess-up-the-intergrity-of-mp3s/7458 "2008-11-11T21:28:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@DasFox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DasFox)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-things-can-mess-up-the-intergrity-of-mp3s/7458/1 "2008-11-11T21:28:20Z")
Has there ever been any issues with tagging, ripping, or encoding, showing that at times any of these methods can result in a loss of Intergrity, most likely due to user error or bugs?
I'd like to know because some people seem to think there is no such thing as having any problems, which I find hard to believe when dealing with software.
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-things-can-mess-up-the-intergrity-of-mp3s/7458/2 "2008-11-30T22:32:31Z")
Ripping, yes...there is a very high chance for errors. Encoding and tagging would most likely only damage files in the case of some kind of hardware defect or failure.
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### Author:  [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-things-can-mess-up-the-intergrity-of-mp3s/7458/3 "2008-12-01T01:39:12Z")
Yes. Always. In most cases, the user _is_ the error. Sometimes, the programmer.
Also, lost user integrity is almost impossible to be gotten back. 😃
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-things-can-mess-up-the-intergrity-of-mp3s/7458/4 "2008-12-04T05:25:54Z")
You can check your mp3 file integrity with something like mp3utility
[http://www.geocities.com/mp3utility/](http://www.geocities.com/mp3utility/)
> [@DasFox](#):
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> Has there ever been any issues with tagging, ripping, or encoding, showing that at times any of these methods can result in a loss of Intergrity, most likely due to user error or bugs?
>
> I'd like to know because some people seem to think there is no such thing as having any problems, which I find hard to believe when dealing with software.