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Old January 29th, 2004
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Morgwen wrote:

Which extensions have these files? A blank document means only that you havenīt selected a standard player/viewer for this format (at least on Windows).

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They have none. It's just a blank icon, with the file name under it and NO extension. If you do not have an extension on a file, the Finder will not know what programs to run it with. The quickest solution for anyone running the classic mac OS with this problem, is to just go and get the freeware .mp3 player, SoundApp. You go into it's preferences and make the creator type (file association) 'SoundApp', and it will automatically change the file icon to an .mp3 icon when you play it. If you open a playlist and drag and drop the blank icon DL'ed files into it it will play them. If it can't, you know you've got a bunk file. I prefer that to QuickTime, as it is a better player - also it makes playlists and can expand .mp3's to *true* uncompressed, non-DRM (Digital Rights Managed)'ed, .aiff CD files.

Sometimes older IS better, in this increasingly digitally locked and restricted world.
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