It is odd… The problem has persisted for me across different versions of EAC and LAME, as well as two different CD drives. I’m currently using the latest EAC (I forget the version number, I’m not at my home PC) and LAME 3.9.0.2 at preset standard. For tagging I usually use the tags from EAC or a tagger I wrote myself. But I have the same problems with files ripped and tagged by others (who generally also use EAC/LAME). And furthermore, it’s persisted across the different versions of emplode, the empeg software and now the USB driver. So it’s pretty hard to pin down.

Do you know if the CRC error detection does more than just ensure that the file is uploaded exactly? What could be wrong with an mp3 file that could cause a CRC error?

I’d be happy to e-mail one of the files to any empeg guys that are willing to look at it, or to anyone willing to try uploading it onto their own player. I think the smallest I have right now is about 4.5MB.

Thanks