Some CD-Ripped Songs Fail to Play--HELP!!!

Okay, I see that some people have trouble with songs purchased via the iTMS; however, I have a different problem.
I have songs that were ripped from CDs via Apple Lossless (uncompressed) that are now unplayable via iTunes (no error) or Quicktime Player (a generic error--no number). I was using iTunes v7.0.2 when I noticed this last night and I'm now using v7.1--no change. Also, this problem is rather random--only a handful of files have been noticed (of thousands) and never two from the same album.
First, I need a way to automatically (or procedurally) verify the health and playability of each song in my library. Doing this manually would be far too time consuming and apparently this is something that would need to be run periodically to very song file health.
Also, I need to fix the problem. I would prefer to fix the problem if possible since it would be far more convenient. BTW: Retrospect and Disk First has not detected a problem with the file... it is still referenced as a playable file (no exclamation points...) within iTunes.
Help! I need an AppleScript or something that could at least locate the songs that have crapped-out. Okay?
Thanks!
Robert

The indicates that iTunes cannot find the file
and has nothing to do with the 'health' of the file.
Exactly! There is no exclamation point ("!") since the file is being located by iTunes; yet, the file is NOT playable by iTunes or QuickTime Player...
Is your Quicktime up to date with v7.1.5?
Yes.
You can check Dougs Scripts to see if you can find a
script that will help you.
Where can I find Doug's Scripts?
Thanks,
Robert

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