Audio file types?

Question

Recently when I tried to play a song that I downloaded,the message came that "The file you are attempting to play has an extension that does not match the file.Playing the file may result in unexpected behavior".
This came in both Real Player and W.M.Player.The former attempted to fine the extension from the net but could not.
I could not determine the file type from the 'properties option'.
How can I find the file type and download the correct extension/plug in/codec and make the player play it?
I have directX 8.1 in my computer which is using w2k professional+sp4 and IE6 though I usually use the Firefox browser.

Answer 1

The newer Windows are very bad about that. To make things more "user friendly," they make it to where you can't see the extensions of files in normal use.



Try this. See if you can get to it in the command prompt. I'm not sure if you know how to get around in the command prompt, but I will give you detailed instructions anyway.



1. Click "Start" and go to "Run."



2. In the Run dialog box, type in "cmd"



3. It should, by default, begin in "C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]"



3.5. If not, type in cd\ This will bring you to the base. From there, type in cd\Documents and Settings\[your user name]



4. I'm going to assume that you get the idea of how to get to different folders. So, let's say that your music is in a folder called My Music that is inside of My Documents. From the place in 3, you would type cd\My Documents\My Music. I suggest at this point that you make a new folder and place the file in question there. It will make this process easier. Then, navigate to that folder.



5. When you have gotten there, type in dir, or you can type in dir/w/p. These will show what files are in that folder, along with their extensions.



At least, at this point, you can find out what extension it is.



From here, you can try renaming it to the standard conventions, ie. .mp3, .wav, .m4p, etc. If you need a list of ones to try, you can probably find a list looking it up on Google. To rename the file use this:



rename



Remember that the extension is what you are really interested in changing, and it always as a period before, as in song.wav



Hope this helps, or at least sheds a little light on the problem!

Answer 2

In this case, the extension may be misleading because it's actually a different file type than the extension shown. Be careful as this could be a trojan or virus of some sort. Unscrupulous people alter the extension to something innocuous in the attempt to load a piece of malware or infection on your computer. Scan it with your virus scanner and delete if you're not sure what it is.

Answer 3

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