How to repair bad tagged files ? Possible freezes caused by those

playrosso

I've been checking my collection with mp3val & mp3 scan+repair (on both pc/laptop) and got plenty of files with problems even though i used mp3tag to delete everything related to tags (unchecked read-only files and redo the process). Repaired them and still have the same problem. Files downloaded from beatport/traxsource (mp3 or wavs).

I'm using traktor 4.0.2 with m1 pro macbook (2020 model)

saradis

Unless traktor specifically gives you a warning about a file, you're pretty safe, and if you ever face a problem with one of those files just re download it. Traktor is no longer that fragile and can handle bad frames/sync problems easily without you ever noticing. Removing tags with mp3tag was a good (not needed) move for getting rid of tag junk, after all Traktor already has scanned the useful information on first import, and will rewrite them in the tags whenever you edit a file. Could it be you're worrying for a hypothetical problem?
You can always use a good converter to re-encode problematic files, especially wav ones won't have the slightest drop in quality.
PS I just used mp3val for the first time ever on my collection, I only had like 50 problematic files in a 20k+ song collection, and I've played those files dozens of times without a problem in traktor.

saradis

Unless traktor specifically gives you a warning about a file, you're pretty safe, and if you ever face a problem with one of those files just re download it. Traktor is no longer that fragile and can handle bad frames/sync problems easily without you ever noticing. Removing tags with mp3tag was a good (not needed) move for getting rid of tag junk, after all Traktor already has scanned the useful information on first import, and will rewrite them in the tags whenever you edit a file. Could it be you're worrying for a hypothetical problem?
You can always use a good converter to re-encode problematic files, especially wav ones won't have the slightest drop in quality.
PS I just used mp3val for the first time ever on my collection, I only had like 50 problematic files in a 20k+ song collection, and I've played those files dozens of times without a problem in traktor.

DJ-Andre

If you have freezes on corrupt files, please file a bug report and include the corrupted file. Although the files are out of spec, you don't want Traktor to crash/freeze. I have done the same with corrupted FLAC files in the past.