Can't play song/album

[Guest]

Hi, I d/l'd a full album on WinMX and I cant get it to play.. I tried playing it in my windows media player.. but it said it didnt support the format.. it's just an mp3 file. can you help me? rachel

[dap OLD werewolf]

I don't think Windows media player is the optimal player for music, you'd be better off using Winamp or something more designed specifically for music...

A guess is that you might be missing a codec, for instance mp3 lame.

[Beeza]

it might be an incorrectly named file - you get that error when windows cant play certain formats. Could try playing it in irfanview - Quicktime and RealPlayer (alternatives to the real programs ie: quicktime and realplayer, can be found here http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm)

[UNHOLY_LIVING_DEAD]

get dbpower amp music converter. it works great
should make it into mp3 lame and wma will work
http://www.dbpoweramp.com

[Canada Joe]

When wmp won't play what is advertised as an mp3 (album or not) first investigate whether it is an ALBW (wrapped album) before ruining what MAY be a misnamed albumwrap. This string might help
http://vladd44.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=388&start=0

If you play it with winamp you will probably ruin it's extractability (assuming it was ALBW) and if convert it to lame with dbPowerAmp you will for sure ruin it.