i have downloaded a couple of songs and i cant manage to get anything to play. i have tried to transfer files to itunes and that isnt currently working either. any suggestions are welcome. also im not running windows i have mac.

Check your sound system & test the MP3s in windows media player (if you have it) to make sure they play and are not corrupt. are they in MP3 file format?

Well, I can play most things, but I've noticed that lately there's certain things that have numbers in parentheses between 1 and 99, and if I download those then they won't make noise, but they'll play...any reason for that?

Not sure. Usually, I download oldies and not the popular songs. I've never had any trouble playing music or experienced any corrupted files. What is the bit rate? is it 128? 192? 160? etc. I usually stick with 128. What kind of sound card do you have?

they shouldnt have numbers unless they were ripped from a CD and were numbered by the track.

It could be spam: Corrupt Audio - T3 Spammers; mp3 Bit-Rates Versus File Sizes

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