MP3Test

MP3Test is an approachable software application that gives you the possibility to detect MP3 audio tracks with errors, so that you can free up space and declutter the disk.

Hassle-free installation and user-friendly interface

Setting up this tool is a fast and easy job that shouldn't impose any difficulties. As far as the interface is concerned, MP3Test adopts a classical-looking window with a clear-cut structure, where you can begin by selecting a drive or directory to scan for damaged MP3s.

Find, delete, move or rename MP3 songs with errors

You can enable recursive scanning mode, ask the app to show additional information and log its activity to file, as well as check out results with all songs, damaged ones, and error-free tracks. Details reveal the name, number of errors, artist, title and duration of each track.
The application lets you play songs in the default audio player, remove them from the disk or move them to a different location, open their location in Windows Explorer without leaving MP3Test's interface, as well as copy the entire results list to the Clipboard or export it to file for closer examination and safekeeping.
There is also the possibility to seamlessly rename multiple files in batch mode by taking into account their tags, ID3v2 metadata, or APE.

Configure app settings easily

As far as program options go, you can minimize MP3Test to the system tray area, switch the player from default to Winamp, specify the number of files to keep in the folder history, choose the CPU priority level, indicate the log file path, switch to another UI language, make the program ignore files with few errors and search for zero-byte tracks, move error files to a specific location or rename them automatically and set the file naming pattern, and so on.

Evaluation and conclusion

The utility didn't put a strain on computer performance during our tests, thanks to the fact that it needed low CPU and RAM to work properly. It had a good response time and carried out scan jobs rapidly, without hanging, crashing or showing error messages.
All in all, this software application offers a fast and effective solution to finding MP3 tracks with errors and it can be quickly figured out.