Hi folks, I’m not certain if you would be able to help, be willing to help.
I’ve got about 40-50 .ape files from <2006 which were created with a long lost download of Monkey Audio from WAV files ripped from 12” singles long since lost too (Group A). I also have some which were created post 2007, seemingly with the same version of Monkey Audio, but I have no way to tell (Group B).
Now then, here is my predicament. For some reason ALL of the older Group A files are unplayable, they start up in Media Jukebox, but just loop through the player with no output in quadruple quick time. In Media Jukebox the artist/track titles seem to appear correctly. The Group B files play perfectly.
It would appear that the Group A files are corrupted somehow, but I have no way of telling HOW or WHY they’ve become corrupted. I’ve tried to re-encode back to WAV files, but Monkey Audio just spits them back as corrupt.
So, what I am asking for is a little technical help with this. If necessary I can send you log files, or even a sample of one of the files to do some diagnostics on.
TIA