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Old September 18th, 2008
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Probably, here's some sizes to stay away from http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...tml#post327233

To know whether the file is deliberately corrupt is not simple but requires some visual deliberation. Compare files of same bit rate & check the file sizes. If the file sizes for the same bit rate are quite different, then chances are they are corrupt. Once downloading they appear as 32 kbps bit rate & play high speed or something lol.

iTunes will not play mp3pro files, however chances are those were deliberately corrupt files, else viruses pretending to be mp3's or aiff.

Don't forget there's other alternate osx programs out there too: Alternate Audio Players & support plug-ins. I like Toolplayer even though it's very simple player, it has a very wide range of formats it can play. More than SoundPlayer at a guess, though I haven't used that program for a couple of years.

Another one is Audion though it is much more limited than Toolplayer in the formats it can play. It does have some decent encoding options, playlist options, record options, visualise options, streaming, etc.

Not forgetting VLC can actually play a wide range of audio formats also.
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