"malcolm" wrote in message
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"Bill Miller" wrote in message
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Is there a utility that can look at a directory full of wav files and
report if any of them are corrupt in any way?

Ideally, it would also report the sampling rate and bit rate of the
files.



I missed the original post so I'm not sure what you mean by corrupt but they
certainly can be corrupt: missing or fouled headers; headers that are
correct but the data is corrupt; etc. The second kind is the hardest to
detect because the OS thinks they are fine and will even open them and they
will "play" somewhat (even though it's usually ear crunching noise). I don't
know of a program that will detect the second type but you might be able to
either copy the files to another directory and see if the copy fails. That
would be my first step. That might tell you which files are physically
corrupt. Secondly you might be able to use something like Windows Media
Player and just play the whole directory (like a playlist). If any files
fail to open or if they play noise you'll know they are corrupt. Of course
someone while have to sit and monitor it but you can "fast forward" to the
next one when you know the file is OK.