All of my FLAC files have a corruption in them. Even though they are playing fine, they all have an MD5_MISMATCH. Seems that WinAmp does something screwy when encoding the file that doesn't 100% meet the specification, probably with the tags. Now, after having download the real FLAC, I have to re-encode the existing FLAC files (FLAC.EXE -f {file}). All 7,129 of them, in 671 directories. Time to crank up the old VBScripting skills...

Why go through all this? Because I then need to turn around and convert the files from FLAC to M4A files using dBpoweramp, so that I can then secretly load them onto an as of yet unpurchased iPod for my wife's birthday. If only Apple would natively support the FLAC format, this would never have been an issue...

On a side note, the Eagles have released their new album Long Road Out of Eden in FLAC format (including the deluxe edition).

So I recently found out that my mother has not one, but TWO CDs from the Backstreet Boys. *shudder*

Sonos upgraded their software to version 2.3, which now includes Sirius Radio integration. It also has a 30 day free trial, and I truly love their free trials. No questions, no email accounts, no credit cards -- just say start and it goes. Did that with the Rhapsody trial when I got the Sonos, but have not yet done that with the Pandora Music trial. If the merger between XM and Sirius does go through, this may end up being a VERY good thing.