Topic: Weird FLAC encoding error

[MattD]

I've been trying to encode a specific set of 24/96 WAVs to FLAC for a few days now and have no idea why it's not working. I followed my usual workflow (get 24/96 w64 on PC, open in sound forge, split and save as 24/96 WAV, FLAC). I have always run FLAC with the 'verify' option. I get random errors in the files that a certain chunk did not verify as it was encoding. This is not repeatable (different places and different files each time). I have some files that will go to completion after a few tries, and others that simply will not run to the end without an error.

Is this a sign that my drive might have bad sectors/is dying? I am using the latest version of FLAC, and this is the first and only show I've had problems with. I suppose I should run scandisk on this drive.

[scb]

try it on the powerbook and see if it works there...

[MattD]

But soooooo slow ... I know, I know - I'm saving for one come fall/winter.

[scb]

but try it anyway, it could help solve the issue