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Originally Posted by mattstrike
Hopefully this will be the last question regarding this subject:
What happens if the checksum finds an error? Is there anything you can do about it?
For example:
I just checked the md5 file for Disc 4 in the Jewels and Binoculars 1966 (26 cd set) - which I got here.
This is the error I got from xACT (checking the file(s) that I b/u'd to DVD-R):
d04.md5: FAILED
Track01.flac: OK
Track02.flac: OK
Track03.flac: OK
Track04.flac: OK
Track05.flac: OK
Track06.flac: OK
Track07.flac: OK
Track08.flac: OK
md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 9 computed checksums did NOT match
This Disc only has 8 tracks, so what's the 9th checksum refer to?
I get the same error when I check the file on my HD.
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The filename before the colon indicates what it is checking. Whoever created this md5 file also included the md5 file itself among the files to generate a md5 for. This is more or less impossible -- or extremely improbable -- to be able to generate a md5 for a file and then output the md5 of the final file back into the original md5 itself.
More or less you can just ignore any checks against a md5 file.
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