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Originally Posted by sandeep3in  I initially thought of a virus infection, but wasn’t sure so I thought I ask the experts . |
OK, I can assure you that there cannot be a virus in a MP3 file, but there could be some errors, or non-standard frames (frames are blocks of encoded audio). Some of the encoders use non-standard encoding features, which may cause problems in the decoder.
PC-based decoders like winamp and itunes may not have any problems, since they are designed to be error resilient, and continue decoding even if there are errors. So, even if it plays fine on say, winamp, it does not really prove that the MP3 file is good.
If you have the original CD, then just re-encode it with another encoder. However, if you dont have the original, you can still try re-encoding it, but the quality will not be as good (multiple encodings will lose some audio quality).
Another rare problem that I see sometimes is that MP2 files get renamed with the MP3 extension. This would cause problems on certain embedded players (like your HU), but play fine on PC.