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Unplayable Mp3 Files

#1 User is offline   Jak Spade 

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Posted 22 October 2007 - 02:17 AM

Hello there. I have several MP3 files which simply will not play. I have tried Windows Media, Irfanview, and Winamp, but these files stubbornly refuse to play. I have also tried using a repair tool on them to no effect. Any suggestions?

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Posted 28 October 2007 - 05:25 AM

Depends where you got them. If they were obtained through a filesharing application many of them are corrupted, often deliberately to put people off using such applications. These files cannot be repaired. Just dump them.

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Posted 29 October 2007 - 01:03 AM

I'm not sure of their origin, they just turned up in my inbox. I did sign up for newsletter at a site advertising CDs so perhaps that was the route to my mail inbox. Anyway, I have now deleted them.

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