Do You Have Bit Rot?

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Do You Have Bit Rot?

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29-Jan-2017, 07:20 AM (This post was last modified: 05-Feb-2017, 10:59 AM by agent_kith.)

Bit rot is a form of data degradation. The files you created and copied to your storage medium (HDD/SSD/USB/etc) may not last forever. The previous music you painstakeingly ripped and tagged over the years will get corrupted over the passage of time.

Read the bit rot article for a primer, and test if your files are affected by this phenonomen.

Quote:Click to read Bit Rot, And How Important Is This For Audiophiles

Download the testflac module (refer to the Bit Rot article page 12 for usage instructions):

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testflac-1_0_1-generic.fw (Size: 656.29 KB / Downloads: 9)

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Do You Have Bit Rot? - by agent_kith - 29-Jan-2017, 07:20 AM

RE: Do You Have Bit Rot? - by realysm42 - 27-Nov-2017, 02:32 PM

RE: Do You Have Bit Rot? - by agent_kith - 27-Nov-2017, 04:29 PM

RE: Do You Have Bit Rot? - by agent_kith - 24-Sep-2021, 08:43 AM

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