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[MarkCoutinho]

Yesterday I bought a song on CDBaby.com. It is an mp3
The weird thing is I cannot play this file with MC, but with a very simple program like IrfanView it is no problem at all to play it.

What might be the cause of this?

[MarkCoutinho]

Bump... Anybody, please?
Problem is not just with MC. I've tried to play it with Windows MediaPlayer too and that didn't succeed either.
Again: it does play with IrfanView.

[MrC]

If it can't play in Windows Media Player either, this might indicate some problems with the file.  Can you make the file available for me to test/examine?

[MarkCoutinho]

If it can't play in Windows Media Player either, this might indicate some problems with the file.  Can you make the file available for me to test/examine?

Sure I'd like to do that! What/how/where do I do that?

[MrC]

If you can Dropbox it and PM the link, that would be great.

[JimH]

If you can load it in MC, try removing any album art and remove the tags.  Something is probably corrupt.

[MarkCoutinho]

If you can load it in MC, try removing any album art and remove the tags.  Something is probably corrupt.

No, that's the funny part: it isn't even shown in the Drives/Devices - Explorer part of MC.
I've uploaded the file to MrC. Maybe he can find out why/what.

[MrC]

Mark,

Your file is a Zip file.  Change the suffix to .zip, and unzip it.  You'll find the MP3 inside along with a text file and a jpg image.

[MarkCoutinho]

You've got to be kidding! Boy, do I feel stupid :-)
I guess when downloading the song I renamed the original name to my .mp3-name, without looking what the original extension was.

That probably explains why IrfanView could play it: it unzipped it before playing.

Thanks a lot, MrC

[MrC]

No problem.  VLC, MplayerX, and QuickTime also have the unzip/play feature.