Music file problems

300zxfairman

300zxfairman

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Germany
Srweber88
Srweber88
Ok i have a little problem i got a new mp3 player today .I started to put music on it everything went fine .then i realized that some of the music files where a html doc that the mp3 player wouldnt pick up i so heres the question how to i convert the html doc music files to an mp3 file is that possoble or hard to do ?
 
html is a web page, not a music file. No converter exists, like Spock said.
 
Woah.....forgive me for sounding slightly rude, but kill the negativity! :)

It should be a case of: "Why have you got music inside a HTML file, as HTML files are generally known as a text file and it is not actually able to produce music?"

You might find that the original poster has saved a webpage with the music inside it in which he uses to load up the music for his own use. I mean, it could be a internet radio station he could be referring to? Or a website with the links to music?

300zxfairman, you do know that all mp3 players are basically usb thumb drives which means that you can basically put any files in it and use it to transport files around to any computer you like? So if you want to use the html file to access your music database online or whatever the html file that supposely has music links inside it, you just simply plug it into the computer and away you go.
 
Just because an mp3 player has an HTML file on/in it doesn't mean it knows what to do with it. Besides, HTML doesn't store the mp3 media itself, only a link to it.

This is some code for a 30 second mp3 clip from walmart.com for STP's Core album:

HTML: 
<a href="/swap/SwapEntry.do?isBuyCD=false&dslURL=%2Fswap%2FLoadMain.do&closeWindow=false&niURL=%2Fthird_party_redirector.gsp%3Fvendor%3DLIQUID_AUDIO%26service%3DCATALOG_SERVICE%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmusicdownloads.walmart.com%252Fcatalog%252Fservlet%252FAlbumServlet%253Fid%253D45334"> Plush</a>

The long string of blue text is where the mp3 file is located. The "Plush" at the end of the text string is the link that you see on the web page. Obviously no sound comes out of the HTML code.
 
Ah, that what I was referring to. HTML having a link that leads to the music file online. Sorry for not making that clear. Hm, I need to make my post more clearer in the future. :)

I wasn't meaning that the mp3 player can play it, I was meaning that if the OP transferred the file to a computer that has a working internet, it would still be able to access the music link as a web page that the user would have to click on in order to get it to work for that computer.


:)
 
That still doesn't work. The links point to a specific location on the web server. Once you have save the html code onto your computer the file the link points to no longer exists.

Save and open the html file, mouse over the link for Wicked Garden and you get this:
Code: 
file:///swap/SwapEntry.do?isBuyCD=false&dslURL=%2Fswap%2FLoadMain.do&closeWindow=false&niURL=%2Fthird_party_redirector.gsp%3Fvendor%3DLIQUID_AUDIO%26service%3DCATALOG_SERVICE%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmusicdownloads.walmart.com%252Fcatalog%252Fservlet%252FAlbumServlet%253Fid%253D45334

and the same link on Walmart's site:
Code: 
http://www.walmart.com/swap/SwapEntry.do?isBuyCD=false&dslURL=%2Fswap%2FLoadMain.do&closeWindow=false&niURL=%2Fthird_party_redirector.gsp%3Fvendor%3DLIQUID_AUDIO%26service%3DCATALOG_SERVICE%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmusicdownloads.walmart.com%252Fcatalog%252Fservlet%252FAlbumServlet%253Fid%253D45334

As you can see, the "walmart.com" server is replaced by "file" so it's looking for the linked file on your computer. If that file doesn't exist in the correct location, nothing will happen as it is a dead link.
 
See I downloaded the songs from myspace music pages since im no longer allowed to use limewire !And instead of showing up with the windows meadia player logo asan icon it shows up with the internet little e with like a paper behind it .im not that good with this stuff so bear with me please.
 
I too have a music file problem.... Not that I encourage piracy, but I have a wma file that won't play. WMP won't download the codec for it. How can I convert this file into a mp3 format? Bare in mind it is copy protected
 

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