tracks that work in VLC & WMP show as 0:00 in winamp

[KNOWFEAR]

this is the first time this has happened to me and i have done a clean install of winamp already and it just did the same thing, if anyone knows whats going on or how i can get round it i'd love to know.

i thought the tracks were broken but they play fine in VLC and WMP i just don't want to use either of those as my media player

thanks

[MrSinatra]

mp3? winamp ver? OS?

try running them thru mp3val.

[DrO]

providing a small example file which shows the issue would be preferable.

[KNOWFEAR]

mp3? winamp ver? OS?

try running them thru mp3val.

yes they are mp3
the latest version of winamp, as i said i did a clean install
and win 7

and i would have to say i don't know what that is

as for an example of the files it is "Culprate - The Great Expedition EP" all the songs

[MrSinatra]

DrO means to upload a file to a site like 4shared.com so he can test it himself, b4 you try to fix it.

mp3val is a program (google it) that fixes errors in mp3 headers that can cause the incorrect length issue you're reporting.

do the songs otherwise play, and its just the length that's wrong?

[KNOWFEAR]

DrO means to upload a file to a site like 4shared.com so he can test it himself, b4 you try to fix it.

mp3val is a program (google it) that fixes errors in mp3 headers that can cause the incorrect length issue you're reporting.

do the songs otherwise play, and its just the length that's wrong?

well i have a dropbox link

and no they don't play at all in winamp it just instantly goes to the next track, but they show as the right length and play perfectly on VLC & WMP

also mp3val said the problem is an unknown file type ?!?! and won't fix it

[KNOWFEAR]

This is the 4th time writing this post

The tracks play perfectly in VLC & WMP, they show as the right length and play fine,
in they show as 0:00 and don't play other than a pause to skip to the next track.

mp3val said
"Analyzing file "E:\Music\Culprate - The Great Expedition EP\01 Scarred.mp3"...
ERROR: "E:\Music\Culprate - The Great Expedition EP\01 Scarred.mp3": Unknown file format"

!?!? it won't / can't fix it either

and i have a dropbox link as well

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ui6mr4tc1bihons/2ZpSylgo6U

[MrSinatra]

hey man, i'm just a user trying to help you, a stranger. if that's not appreciated, i'll happily bow out.

[KNOWFEAR]

it is appreciated, what isn't is the forum not posting my post 3 times, also after using this program, i saw the same error on a couple of other tracks as well, and they are all mp3's so i don't know how to fix it

[MrSinatra]

ok, lets move forward then.

I DL'd your first file, and my beta would not play it either.

WMP did. mp3tag can't even begin to figure it out tho.

so my guess is it isn't a mp3 at all. try gspot or SUPER or MediaInfo to identify the actual codec used to create these files.

[KNOWFEAR]

i don't know what those programs are ? :/

[MrSinatra]

they are programs that identify the codecs used to create audio and video files. your files are likely not mp3s, but something else and just mislabeled. winamp will probably play them once the right extension is on them, which the programs above will help you identify. just google em, like "mediainfo codec" etc

[KNOWFEAR]

it looks like they are all mp4's
"General : E:\Music\Culprate - The Great Expedition EP\01 Scarred.mp3
Format : MPEG-4 at 283 Kbps
Length : 8.32 MiB for 4mn 6s 967ms

Audio #0 : AAC at 256 Kbps
Infos : 2 channels, 44.1 KHz
Language : en"

[KNOWFEAR]

my posts keep not being approved :/
looks like they are all mp4's
General : E:\Music\Culprate - The Great Expedition EP\01 Scarred.mp3
Format : MPEG-4 at 283 Kbps
Length : 8.32 MiB for 4mn 6s 967ms

Audio #0 : AAC at 256 Kbps
Infos : 2 channels, 44.1 KHz
Language : en

[MrSinatra]

correct.

I renamed the file I DL'd to Scarred.m4a and it works in winamp fine. (m4a is basically the audio ver of a mp4)