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FLAC corruption problem ?

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(b) look on the web and it mentions corrupted ram causing these erros so you had better check with -v. yea yea and and sep 11th was a cia plot - typical forum junk.

I've actually had this exact same problem with an older PC. I got decoding errors with FLAC on random files, it seemed like once every so often this would happen. I did a memory test, realized I had defective RAM and replaced it. The problems magically went away! So I don't think this is forum junk, this is a legitimate problem and should be ruled out. If it were me this would be the first thing I would test.

I like the irony in (b).

Regarding the upload and the results (based on private conversation):
  • The uploaded file is the exact same one that was tested earlier in the thread.
  • There was no error during the transfer (CRC of the download matched the one Jose uploaded).
  • dBpoweramp was used to re-encode and apparently fails to inform that there was a decoding error (besides the md5 mismatch).
  • foobar2000 still gives the decoding error when re-encoding.
  • flac.exe gives both a decoding error and an md5 mismatch when decoding (using -F).
  • flac.exe only gives a decoding error when re-encoding.