Warning: WMP12 beta could corrupt your MP3s

Windows 7 build 7000, which leaked less than two weeks ago, has a data corruption issue when playing back MP3s using Windows Media Player 12. The problem only happens under the following circumstances: the first few seconds of an MP3 file will be cut if the header of the mp3 file is larger than 16 kilobytes and if metadata is written to the file. The corruption will occur either when the user edits the metadata from inside WMP12 or Explorer, or if WMP12 is set to automatically fill in missing metadata using the online service.

The changes are irreversible, so if you plan on playing back your MP3s with WMP12, make sure to back up your music library. Microsoft is currently hard at work readying a Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) patch that will be distributed by Windows Update. A Microsoft employee has confirmed the bug and said that the company will be addressing the problem in the beta program. While many builds have leaked so far, most beta testers still haven't received builds to test.

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[Xjester]

thanks slimy.....i think ill wait for this problem to get fixed before i update my version of WMP...

 

[mbmalone]

I read about this, I think Microsoft did it on purpose.
How about that Zune year "2009" freeze bug?

I guess they figured by 2009, everyone would have already switched over to Ipods.

Michael

 

[dmex]

I read about this, I think Microsoft did it on purpose.

Did what on purpose? release software for beta testing to a small group of people?

It only affects a beta OS (Windows 7) using beta software (WMP12) so it was expected and the whole point of beta software is finding bugs like this one before the general public start using it...There is less than 1000 people using that beta version of WMP12 so its not an issue unless it was released to the public then thats a different story.

 

[Slimy]

Well there more than 1000, but that's because it was leaked

 

[Blue Texas]

So, it really isn't Microsoft's fault, is it? Either way thanks for the warning.