RE: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread Tom Kaufman
Well I don't understand; this file is a piece of music that a friend of mine wanted to c heck out! So I'm not understanding how they got it to play...yet I cannot! All I know to do then is to write to them (they're not necessarily "computer sabby" so if I were to tell them something like "not

Re: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread John Covici
If its just a file name you are out of luck, if its an URL, you could put the text on the clipboard and open it in the browser and see what happens. On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:45:31 -0500, Tom Kaufman wrote: > > Hello to all who have responded to my question so far: I successfully > changed the file

RE: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread Tom Kaufman
Hello to all who have responded to my question so far: I successfully changed the file name, but can't find a direct link that would allow me to play the file! It does seem to be a wma file in there somewhere...but seems to be no way to play it! Any thoughts or suggestions? Tom Kaufman

Re: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread Chris Skarstad
While you're focused on the file in your list, press the f2 key and change the .wpl extention to .txt. Windos will ask you if you really want to do this, so press the space bar on the yes button and it'll be changed to a .txt file, which you can open in notepad, and find out what file this is

Re: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread John Covici
Why doon't you look inside the file with notepad and find the URL or whatever and play it directly. On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:08:44 -0500, Tom Kaufman wrote: > > Okay Joe and list...I was able to change and attempt to get the file to play > in Windows Media Player (no soap) it says that Windows

RE: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread Tom Kaufman
Okay Joe and list...I was able to change and attempt to get the file to play in Windows Media Player (no soap) it says that Windows Media encountered a problem! So then I had to go back into Winamp and finally figured out how to tell it to play my MP3 files in Winamp again! At this point, I'm

RE: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread Tom Kaufman
Hmmm! Interesting as it's supposed to be a piece of music! I have Winamp set to play Windows Media files as I like that player! What puzzles me is that Switch doesn't even show that file! Tom Kaufman P.S. Thanks for your explanation! -Original Message- From: Pc-audio

Re: A 2-part Question Concerning Converting A File To MP3

2016-12-14 Thread Joe Paton
Hello Tom, wpl is a playlist file for windows media player. It contains filenames and paths for other media files. My understanding is that it does not contain audio content. If you open the file in windows media, does the audio play? If it does, then you need to see to which directory and