Win Amp Files

Party_Animal

I bought a cd recently, downloaded it to my pc and tried to copy it, as it wouldn't copy using Nero. The cd wouldn't play in the car. I've just realised theyre winamp files. Can I convert them to mp3 so they'll play in the car and if I can will the quality suffer?
Thanks

gremlin666_2

why dont you use windows media player it will convert the file so it can be played as a normal CD as it burns.

superscaper

Party_Animal wrote: »

I've just realised theyre winamp files.

No such thing as far as I know. Winamp rips into various formats, including MP3 but it doesn't have it's own format. Are you sure your car cd player can play mp3 format? Not all can.

And I don't think there's much if anything windows media player can do that winamp can't.

Party_Animal

Thanks type of file when I look in properties is win amp file and the car does play mp3s. Haven't got Windows media player. I use winamp I've also got I Tunes.
Thanks again

madnlooney

what are the format of the songs? they may of been ripped as wma or something else instead of mp3. There is software which can covert it to mp3 or you could use nero to burn and audio cd

superscaper

Party_Animal wrote: »

Thanks type of file when I look in properties is win amp file and the car does play mp3s. Haven't got Windows media player. I use winamp I've also got I Tunes.
Thanks again

If the filetypes are associated with win amp then that is what they'd come up with but there's no such thing as a "win amp" filetype. I've just checked myself on files that I know to be mp3 and wma and they come up as "winamp media files" because winamp is my default player and is associated with those files.

Menu>open with>choose program take a look at the extension after the file name.

Party_Animal

Thanks, the format says winamp media file. I bought the cd on e bay. I tried using nero but it didn't work.
Thanks

Conor_3

There is no such thing as a Winamp file. All it is telling you is that the type of file is associated to the Winamp program - in other words when you open it, Winamp will be the application that plays it.

We need to know the extension. Open up Windows Explorer. Click on Tools, Options. Click on the View tab and untick "Hide Extensions for known file types." Click Apply then OK. Browse to the CD and you'll now see the files in the format:

filename.xxx

xxx will be one of the following:

mp3
wma
ogg
aac
mp4

Come back and let us know which one it is.

Party_Animal

Thanks, when I click on Windows Explorer it opens My Documents and not Explorer for some reason. I'm running XP.

madnlooney

yeah my documents is fine. if you carry on the steps it will work

Party_Animal

Cheers done, theyre WMA. Can I convert to MP3?
Thanks