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    From Mayayana@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 9 15:15:05 2022
    Anyone know about converting MP3s? I just got 2 new ones that
    won't play in Media Player Classic, but they will play in Audacity.
    It says in the EXIF data that it's "Version 2", LAME 3.96.1. An MP3
    that works fine is Version 1, LAME 3.1. I don't see any way in Audacity
    to convert to the older format.

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Sat Sep 10 10:11:30 2022
    On Fri, 9 Sep 2022 15:15:05 -0400, Mayayana wrote:
    Anyone know about converting MP3s? I just got 2 new ones that
    won't play in Media Player Classic, but they will play in Audacity.
    It says in the EXIF data that it's "Version 2", LAME 3.96.1. An MP3
    that works fine is Version 1, LAME 3.1. I don't see any way in Audacity
    to convert to the older format.

    ffmpeg should be a catch-all solution.

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  • From Paul in Houston TX@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Fri Sep 9 22:52:51 2022
    Mayayana wrote:
    Anyone know about converting MP3s? I just got 2 new ones that
    won't play in Media Player Classic, but they will play in Audacity.
    It says in the EXIF data that it's "Version 2", LAME 3.96.1. An MP3
    that works fine is Version 1, LAME 3.1. I don't see any way in Audacity
    to convert to the older format.

    Mayayana, where can I find an example of a mp3 that will not play for
    you using MPC?

    I use MPC 64 as one of my mp3 players and have never found a mp3 that it
    would not play. Also, I have 4 different versions of Lame installed and active, including Lame_enc64.

    My fav player / stream recorder is still FreeAmp, written in year 2000
    although sometimes I use Screamer 64 bit for stream recording and
    playing. I use Goldwave 32 bit for all music manipulation / editing.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Sat Sep 10 09:05:30 2022
    On 9/9/2022 3:15 PM, Mayayana wrote:
    Anyone know about converting MP3s? I just got 2 new ones that
    won't play in Media Player Classic, but they will play in Audacity.
    It says in the EXIF data that it's "Version 2", LAME 3.96.1. An MP3
    that works fine is Version 1, LAME 3.1. I don't see any way in Audacity
    to convert to the older format.



    The software has a history, that is about as long as
    a copy of War and Peace.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Player_Classic

    While not every version will run on WinXP, you might
    still be able to bump your version along enough to fix it.

    Paul

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  • From rmaniacnyc@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Sat Sep 10 07:10:54 2022
    On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 3:16:08 PM UTC-4, Mayayana wrote:
    Anyone know about converting MP3s? I just got 2 new ones that
    won't play in Media Player Classic, but they will play in Audacity.
    It says in the EXIF data that it's "Version 2", LAME 3.96.1. An MP3
    that works fine is Version 1, LAME 3.1. I don't see any way in Audacity
    to convert to the older format.
    try VLC

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  • From Mayayana@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 10 10:49:27 2022
    Answering all here for clarity. Thanks for your efforts.
    I have the last MPC. I've had trouble with VLC on XP and
    finally gave up on it.

    Weird thing: Yesterday I downloaded MP3s. Each one
    would start for a few seconds, then jump to the end. Ohther
    audi ran OK in MPC. The downloads played OK in Audacity.
    Today they seem to be fine. I can't explain it. Maybe MPC
    loaded funky? Apparently the Lame version wasn't an issue.

    Thanks anyway.

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  • From DK@21:1/5 to Mayayana on Sun Sep 11 19:52:05 2022
    In article <tfg3di$1431e$1@dont-email.me>, "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
    Anyone know about converting MP3s? I just got 2 new ones that
    won't play in Media Player Classic, but they will play in Audacity.
    It says in the EXIF data that it's "Version 2", LAME 3.96.1. An MP3
    that works fine is Version 1, LAME 3.1. I don't see any way in Audacity
    to convert to the older format.

    Decompress to WAV and re-encode with whatever you like.

    DK

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