computer wizards.......

[twistysnovagte]

PLEASE HELP,im having trouble with some music files ive downloaded through a site called "vuze" the problem is,that when i try to play them on media player, it wont!a box appears saying " windows media player cannot play the file,the player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file"
ive just right clicked on the file and added to rar.thinking that it should play but still the same, ive no idea from here onwards,any help would be much appreciated as this is a large file(8.4Gb)and dont want to lose it:thumb:

[Spudly]

D/L VLC media player bud ive not found anything that it wont play as yet:thumb:

[Dar]

whats the file extension? i.e. the bit after the .

[twistysnovagte]

whats the file extension? i.e. the bit after the .im not sure tbh,rightclicked the file ie explore, open,add to windows mediaplayer etc and a just under that is like three files stacked in which it says to the side "add to"old skool house and dance ultimate collection.rar"i clicked this and it took a few minuates kinda transfaring,i done this as other files i have a "rar" and play straight away:confused: ive checked the properties etc and just say its in c/files etc

cheers spud ill have a look at that:thumb:

[Iain]

Rar is an archive format. Try extracting the files out of it using Winzip/Winrar/7zip/etc and adding the extracted files to the media player.

[Dar]

If you can't tell us what your trying to play then it will be very hard to workout what your doing wrong.

I reccomend a Mac-in-toss for a future computer purchase. They make things like this very easy.

[twistysnovagte]

this is the file ive downloaded but just baffled as to why it wont play?
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1571359
i have winrar and i cant seem to extract the file from the folder as it wont allow me to it:confused:

edit:when i ask for web help it say this
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0.6001.7000&id=C00D1199&contextid=83&originalid=80040218

[phazer]

Go to http://www.winrar.com

Download the free version and use it to extract the music files from the .rar. Without teaching you how to suck eggs, a .rar file is an archive format, a way of storing lots of files in one single package. In this case to make downloading easier.

[twistysnovagte]

ive gone back to were i downloaded the files and noticed that there is a little "padlock" in the box with the musical note and the mp3 sign?

[Novaboi_1991]

if its not unzipped, unzip it, if it still wont work, download a thing called

k-lite codec pack,

should sort it :)

[Jack]

im not sure tbh,rightclicked the file ie explore, open,add to windows mediaplayer etc and a just under that is like three files stacked in which it says to the side "add to"old skool house and dance ultimate collection.rar"i clicked this and it took a few minuates kinda transfaring
You just compressed it into a rar archive.

On the original file, if you still have it, right-click, go to properties and tell us what the top two things are under the general tab - File type and Opens with.

[Breeny]

LOL @ you lot going off on a tangent!

They're just normal .mp3 files according to the torrent information, try a different media player.

[brainsnova]

your best downloading from soulseek. mininova is full of viruses be sure to read all the comments before downloading.

[twistysnovagte]

You just compressed it into a rar archive.

On the original file, if you still have it, right-click, go to properties and tell us what the top two things are under the general tab - File type and Opens with.its in "documents",under "azureus downloads"
properties says:

type: file folder

location:c:/users/twistysfamily/documents/azureus downloads

size: 4.24 GB

size on disk: 4.24 GB

contains: 374 files, 0 folders

brainsnova,i always check the comments and scan the files.

[Jack]

Ok, so its a folder - whats in it? They all MP3s?

[twistysnovagte]

yes there all MP3s,since you mention properties,ive just gone into the properties of a couple of the tracks in the download and it comes up with

under file this is:
length: 00:00:confused:
bit rate -
everything else just has a dash at the side same as bit rate^^^

also says:this file is missing media usage rights:confused: (in properties of the track)

edit:ive just finnished installing the latest k-lite codec package that says it will play 99.9% of audio downloads, and what a complete FAIL!

[Dar]

under file this is:
length: 00:00:confused:
bit rate -
everything else just has a dash at the side same as bit rate^^^


The files are currupt or you haven't finished downloading the torrent yet.
Or possibly your computer is running 3 value binary on that file. It's either that or the file has a fuzzy bomb attached to it.

[Iain]

Ah yes, that would make sense. The three value binary would equate to the CPU calculating the octal length of the MPEG Layer 3 file as 00 due to the insufficient virtual memory on the temporary disc partition, given the R/W speed of 30ms.

[twistysnovagte]

right im now totaly lost with this,i fully appreciate the time support given,but ive decided to delete this totaly from my computer and files:( :cry: ,theres another link for what i want so i will try that one, if its the same then ill be gutted.

[Adam]

Ah yes, that would make sense. The three value binary would equate to the CPU calculating the octal length of the MPEG Layer 3 file as 00 due to the insufficient virtual memory on the temporary disc partition, given the R/W speed of 30ms.
No text typing :thumb:


EDIT-Oh, my bad, it isnt text typing, i just couldn't understand a word you wrote lol lol lol

[Southie]

By the sounds of this it has been compressed on a Mac, so if you uncompress it with winzip it should give you a folder. Then try downloading itunes and dropping the folder into this.

Whoever made it may have split the files already, so all the tunes will be named.

[Iain]

By the sounds of this it has been compressed on a Mac

Why?

[Dar]

Maybe compressed by a pac-a-mac?

[Southie]

Why?

Had downloads which don't always work on pc's, but were recognised straight away on a mac as soon as they were put in itunes.

Why ask why?

[Iain]

Just curious to see your reasoning, nothing wrong with asking questions is there?

[Southie]

Just curious to see your reasoning, nothing wrong with asking questions is there?

Nothing at all :)

[Jack]

No tech typing :thumb:
better :p