I cannot play my MP3

[Guest]

I have just installed win XP Pro and all the drivers etc. but all my MP3's
have now turned into media files and when played they turn every track into a
high speed version by Pinky and Perky. Any idea how I can make them
automatically MP3?

Thanks

 

[User1]

I have NO idea(s)

However - the question is begged by the wording of your post: What business does a 'security' upgrade (sp2) have in messing with ones personal files?

I have a slightly higher than average IQ, am just moderately educated and am fairly computer literate and yet I have not the capacity to understand why people would want to risk a working computer system on the fiasco that is sp2. I've read, literally, thousands of posts regarding sp2 problems, viewed many dozens of sites/pages related to sp2 problems and their 'supposed'(?) cures and have read many tech industry related columns and articles on the subject and I can state that if I had read/had available 1/10 that number I wouldn't touch sp2!

I understand the want to have the latest-and-greatest tech stuff. I set up an ISDN connection back in the windows 98 beta days so I could get the nightly cab files in minutes to a couple of hours instead of 5 to 10 hours that most dialup connections took. I spent three years in the Office betas and 5 years in the MSN betas and a few months into the XP betas.

I like testing new things and solving computer problems as much as most that do so. But I NOT a masochist!
I have just installed win XP Pro and all the drivers etc. but all my MP3's
have now turned into media files and when played they turn every track into a
high speed version by Pinky and Perky. Any idea how I can make them
automatically MP3?

Thanks

 

[Rock]

I have just installed win XP Pro and all the drivers etc. but all my MP3's
have now turned into media files and when played they turn every track into a
high speed version by Pinky and Perky. Any idea how I can make them
automatically MP3?

Thanks

What do you mean by "turned into media files"? Have you intalled
current XP drivers for the sound card?

 

[Rock]

I have NO idea(s)

However - the question is begged by the wording of your post: What business does a 'security' upgrade (sp2) have in messing with ones personal files?

I have a slightly higher than average IQ, am just moderately educated and am fairly computer literate and yet I have not the capacity to understand why people would want to risk a working computer system on the fiasco that is sp2. I've read, literally, thousands of posts regarding sp2 problems, viewed many dozens of sites/pages related to sp2 problems and their 'supposed'(?) cures and have read many tech industry related columns and articles on the subject and I can state that if I had read/had available 1/10 that number I wouldn't touch sp2!

I understand the want to have the latest-and-greatest tech stuff. I set up an ISDN connection back in the windows 98 beta days so I could get the nightly cab files in minutes to a couple of hours instead of 5 to 10 hours that most dialup connections took. I spent three years in the Office betas and 5 years in the MSN betas and a few months into the XP betas.

I like testing new things and solving computer problems as much as most that do so. But I NOT a masochist!
I have just installed win XP Pro and all the drivers etc. but all my MP3's
have now turned into media files and when played they turn every track into a
high speed version by Pinky and Perky. Any idea how I can make them
automatically MP3?

Thanks

What in the world does your post have to do with the OP's question?

 

[Alex Nichol]

What do you mean by "turned into media files"? Have you intalled
current XP drivers for the sound card?

MP3 files *are* media files. What this sounds like to me is that there
is a default sampling rate being assumed for them that does not match
the actual one for the files. A r-click on a file, Properties and
summary page should tell you the bit rate it should be; Check in Media
Player for a setting that should match and does not