Music files

[anotheoldgit]

Today I got a message to update my Nokia OVi Player, I am operating on XP and my browser is Firefox..

I carried out the update but then found that all my music files had changed from MP3s to OVis.

Considering I have have many music files on my computer i thought it was going to be a mammoth task to convert each and every one back to MP3s using Switch Sound File Converter.

I loaded about 50 that took ages, but after they had all been through the file converter, I found they were still OVis.

Is there a quick and successful way of doing this? I had to do a system restore to get things back to normal, at least they are all back to MP3s now.

Any help would be very much appreciated

[AB Editor]

Hi AOG, is the file extension .ovi ? Or is it just the icon that has changed? I didn't think Nokia used their own file extension is all and it might be a case of resetting your default music player (or the default program for opening these files).

[ChuckFickens]

Ed's got it..

All that's happened is the default program to open MP3 files has changed from what ever it was before to the nokia program.

Simply right click on any one of the files, select open with > choose program, then find the program that used to open your MP3s, select it, make sure there is a tick in the always use selected program tick box and click OK and they'll revert back to as they were.

[AB Editor]

To change the default program for opening the files find one of the files on your computer (probably in My Documents > My Music > ...) and right click on an individual track.

Choose properties from the menu that drops out.

Click "Change" below the file name

Select your program (windows media play, itunes, whatever...)

And click apply.


(if this isn't the issue, my apologies)

Spare Ed

[AB Editor]

Excellent, let us know how you get on AOG.

Spare.

PS. Out of interest, what music player do you use AOG?

[Old_Geezer]

Try setting your Windows to always show the file extension. One doesn't need the hassle of MS confusing you at every chance they get.

[ChuckFickens]

Problem with doing that OG is it then becomes too easy to accidentally change or remove the file extension all together resulting in the file no longer opening in anything. I never suggest anyone, other than advanced users, display the files extension or hidden/system files and folders.

[ummmm]

One of these Ed..!!

http://t3.gstatic.com...S0K6x4JH9zsWT3dld32yh

[anotheoldgit]

Thank you ED & Chuck, yes I bet it is just the icon that had changed,

Will I have to highlight each and every file separately , because I have hundreds scattered all over the place on both my computers hard drive and also my portable hard drive?

But as I have said since the system restore, they are all back to normal, but it is useful to know if it happens again.

Thanks.

[NazNomad]

Just choose one file and set the default player as described above .. the rest of the files (of the same type) will automatically follow suit.

[ChuckFickens]

You would only have to do one file and it would change the program that is associated with all files of the same type.

And system restore was a bit excessive for this sort of thing.

[anotheoldgit]

Wow while I was typing my last post, others have appeared (all to the good) to which I thank you for.

Spare, In answer to your question 'Windows Music Player'.I got rid of that one that ummmm provided us with.

I couldn't find where to plug my headphones in.

[ChuckFickens]

Try this for your Ipod then AOG, all the style and somewhere to plug your headphones in :)

http://www.wearepriva...ads/Phonofone-III.jpg

[ummmm]

That's cool chuck...like it.

[anotheoldgit]

Come up with another related problem, amongst my MP3s I have a few with a different icon called 'CD Music Tracks'

And I have tried the suggestions, but they are already set to play with Windows Music Player, but they don't, sorry to be a nuisance.

[anotheoldgit]

Great Chuck, must get one, but Amazon don't seem to stock them.

[ChuckFickens]

Right click on on of the "CD music track" files and select properties, and what are the sizes of them?

I suspect the size will be only a few Kb in which case they are useless and you can just delete them.

[Old_Geezer]

Fair comment Chuck, but it isn't difficult to change it back. Personally I find it exasperating to have MS hide information from me, amazed others don't feel the same.

[NazNomad]

Heck no, I never show the file extension unless I need to change it ... world of pain waiting to happen there.

[anotheoldgit]

Chuck, The size is 44bytes, and the size on disc is 32.0 KB (32,768 bytes)

Are they ready for the 'scrap bin' which will be a shame.

The blank disc that I copied them onto, plays ok on my CD player.

[ChuckFickens]

Bin them.

they are not music files themselves they are just a shortcut to a track on a CD, if you double click any of them they shouldn't play anything other than, possibly, a track on a CD already in the drive!