last update: 05 Jun 2007

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  CheckWavpackFiles  -  free utility to check Wavpack files / directories / drives.

Current version: 1.1(a)   history: 1.0 (original release)
      1.1 updated to Wavpack 4.41 code / reduced .exe size.
      1.1a (Win2k/XP/Vista version only)
fixes Unicode support (non-OS language files wouldn't open)

This free, easy-to-use & stand-alone Windows utility can check single Wavpack encoded audio files, or an entire directory tree (or drive) of them for errors.  Be sure to read the included ReadMe file for details.

 Download 1.1a   for Win2k/XP/Vista
 Download 1.1   for Win98/SE/ME (Win95 is not supported and probably won't work)

 Usage:
    just copy the .exe to the directory to scan from, and double-click.
    ... or just drop a file, folder or drive icon onto it (or a shortcut to it).
    ... or right-click a folder in any Explorer window/file dialog -> CheckWavpackFiles.
    ... or pass the scan path manually:   CheckWavpackFiles <path>
    ... or place it somewhere in your %PATH%, then you can invoke it anywhere on the command-line.

It will make a list of all Wavpack files found there, and then test each one for errors.  Any bad files will be written to 'BadFiles.txt' (this is even auto-launched into Notepad for you at the end).


I originally wrote this as I'd ripped my CD collection at a time when my CPU was overheating - I had around 1500 files and a few of those had bad blocks (resulting in short playback dropouts).