mciSendString - detecting faulty mp3s?

[tim]

Hopefully I posted this in the right section...

I'm working on a small program, which needs the ability to play mp3s. I'm using mciSendString, and it works completely fine for most mp3s. However, there are several mp3s on my computer that are corrupted or have a high kbps (320+). They do not generate an error when I play them, they simply do not output any audio.

I have tried several programs from various code sites (mostly planetsourcecode) and all of the applications have the same problem with these mp3s. However, they all play fine in Winamp and WMP.

I'm looking for some way to either a) detect that the mp3 is faulty and won't play with mcisendstring or b) detect and fix the problem with the mp3, then play it.

thanks for the help.

 

[tim]

any ideas?

 

[kulrom]

The issue comes from the codec, actually how they are compressed. I doubt that solution will be that simple ... hmm let me search around maybe we gonna find solution somehow.

Cheers

 

[tim]

thanks. i've been searching off and on for a couple weeks now, but i wasn't really sure what i was looking for to be honest.

 

[tim]

still no luck finding a good way to handle this bug. i kind of put the project aside for a month and worked on other things. need to finish it up now.

no ideas?