Ok guys im trying to burn a triple cd but most of the tracks havent got a running time so wont burn..is there anyway round this?

some tracks have got running times but most havent

any ideas guys?

 

To be honest, I have never heard of an MP3 that doesn't have a track time! Being a digital media type, it kinda can't not have a track time

Well confused byt that...

 

hi thrush yeah its got me aswell mate..it wont let me play it either on itunes or media player and it says it has a file extension that doesnt match the file format..and it says the extension is mp3

the songs will play on winamp but they skip a little

 

sorry correction most wont even play on winamp either

 

are you sure they are even mp3's?

 

rename as .zip or .rar and see what happens.

 

i thought that aswell mate but the file is listed as a mp3 file...and what is strange is when you move your cursor over some of the songs it lists a running time for the track and those are the ones that play while the rest only give a file size and no running time for the track highlighted.

but the album in question plays fine on my ipod so im confused..i wonder if its a codec problem ..but if it was none of em would play surely?

 

Ahh, think I see what you are saying - I have had a couple like that as it goes.... You try to open em in WMP and either get "cannot play blah blah" or it doesn't do anything and turns red (in the right pane listing)

Here's what I do, which more often than not surprisingly works;

Download SWITCH from here : http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

And convert the files into MP3 (at say, 192k or whatever) and select a new place to save em (create a new folder, or whatever, so long as not in the same location)

If it starts working then let it run. Sometimes of course, the files are completely fucked and you can do nothing. But often, the info part is fucked, but the actual music part is okay (just the packaging is fubar) so they will convert, and then play fine)

Worth a shot anyway

 

cheers thrush ill give it a go dude

 

Bear in mind that the version of switch you download from that site only converts 75% of the audio, unless you are wise in the ways of the internet and it's tools.

Also,

Where did you get the .mp3's from ? Did you "backup" them from a cd ? Or aquire them in the way that most of the planet do ? Either way, it may of not been "backed" up correctly in the first instance

 

Dan - I have been running that version of switch for some time and it has always converted 100% of the audio for me

 

got it from here mate
http://www.torrentbox.com/torrent_de...id=39564&hit=1

 

Perhaps the version I had was fucked, either way I use Musicmatch pro to backup cd's

Aduz,

I'm not home until tomorrow night, but I'll download that album and see what happens

 

I just d'loaded a few of these tracks (first 4) and tried em.

Work fine for me? All play, no probs (Windows Media Player 10) and I get this when I hover over them with the mouse;

 

yeah i didnt think there was anythin wrong with the original torrent to be honest mate so fuck knows

im going to transfer the file to my laptop and see what happens

 

here you go thrush..
hope these come out clear

here's what i get on most of the songs...just a file size


and when i try play with media player 11 for example




and on a few songs i get this and plays fine..notice the details giving track length etc




and i know i have all the correct codecs so fook knows just gave a excuse to put a few screen shots up

oh yeah the duff songs do play on winamp but skip and jump a lot

 

Then sounds like the files have been corrupted I guess....

Have you tried converting them like I initially said?

If not, download the torrent again to a new location...