This MP3 Will Self-Destruct in 10 Days or After 5 Plays . . .

Sorry if the dramatic subject threw some of you off!

Question: Is it possible to program a MP3 - via its metadata or otherwise - to perform the following:

~Told in the first person~

"I am a MP3"

"I was downloaded at 7:30pm EDT on July 19th, 2012"

If ONE of the following conditions is met I will either (1)shorten my playback length to 1 minute 10 sec, or (2)disappear from the user's playback device entirely:

First condition: I am played fully 5 times.

Second condition: 30 days passes since the exact date and time of my being downloaded - even if I was played fully only once or twice.

Does such encoding exist? And how is it implemented?

iPod touch, Windows Vista, ipod touch itunes songs shortened

Posted on Jul 19, 2012 10:24 AM

18 replies

Jul 19, 2012 3:00 PM in response to varjak paw

Thanks for introducing me to mp3val. We'll see if i continue to have this issue now that I am running files through it. I have over 1500 to go! 🙂

varjak paw

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Jul 19, 2012 3:03 PM in response to iKLutzSupreme

Thanks. That indicates that the files have real damage, then, and it's not just a glitch in the QuickTime playback engine. Unless it's Audacity or some sort of tag editor that's causing the damage, then I'm rather stumped, I'm afraid. Hopefully MP3 validator can fix the current damage, and you can monitor as you obtain new tracks and see if you can determine where the damage is coming from.

Regards.

Sep 22, 2012 7:07 PM in response to varjak paw

Varjak: I was able to MP3Val 90% of my collection as of 2 weeks after this thread first posted.

At that point MP3Val's trial period ended and it told me to buy the full version to continue using it.

Well, I'm happy to report that a combination of several things has drastically cut down on sudden and mysterious random shortening of songs such as "Stairway to Heaven" from 8min to 3:47!:

#1 - I STOPPED downloading from "free" sites such as beeMP3 or MP3eye(Heaven knows WHAT I might have picked up from those sites - Iiwww!) ;)

#2 - Most of my MP3s are now ripped from CDs or purchased from Amazon, etc.

Keeping my fingers crossed,

Thanks!

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This MP3 Will Self-Destruct in 10 Days or After 5 Plays . . .