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However, it still seems likely that a rerip to correct a single skip in a song could easily be missed. Somone should probably run a test.



i totally disagree. the skip that is encoded will certainly change the mp3 at some point. it will change the sequence of frames, and will alter the bitstream from that point.

what X every Y interval will do is catch a song that has been mp3trimmed. if there was a corrupt frame that was taken out, 10k from begin/end will not see it.