Are you sure they were playable before renaming? Could be a codec problem, not renaming, you could google 'k-lite' codec pack, and install any package you prefer, (full, standard, minimum) and see how it goes, that might help On Sep 19, 2011 9:41 AM, "Siphamandla Mhlongo" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 September 2011 00:38, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > >> well, i'll assume that you remove the extension by mistake, so i want to >> ask you something to make sure if that's the case or not, did you try to do >> right click -> open with -> media player for example to one of the files >> that were corrupted ? does it play when you do that or not ? >> do you rename them from windows explorer normally like any other file? >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Warvorine <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> i have windows home installed on my home pc, and lately when i try to >>> rename media files like music and movies it corrupts them, in such a >>> way that no media player can play them; except for VLC media player. >>> what could be causing this, and how can i fix it and prevent it from >>> happening again? >>> >> Well what happens is i have tried every way possible to play them by right > clicking them and selecting open with windows media player , and it doesn't > work. the only way for me to be able to use those audio or video files is to > convert them again into either .AVI or .Mp3 files using "anyvideo conveter > software" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. >
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