Hi,

I am trying to download MP3 files; however, the files I am downloading come to me formatted as "text documents" and I cannot get them to open.

Why don't theses songs come to me formatted as MP3 files that I can listen to and load into iTunes?

WHAT DO I DO TO CONVERT THESE DOWNLOADED SONGS ARRIVING AS TEXT FILES THAT I CAN'T OPEN...INTO LISTENABLE MP3 format?

Gunther in NYC

I had the same problem about a year ago when I first downloaded Limewire but
not now with the upgrade for some reason.

Here's what worked for me then.
Try putting ".mp3" in the title. You might have to delete some of it in order to make
it fit. Don't forget the . dot. It will convert to a Quicktime file that you can put into your
mp3 player.

Let me know if that works.

Hello!

If each and every mp3 file that you download show up as text documents then something is wrong with your computer but hopefully that is not the case.If it is not then there can be two reasons for this behaviour and they are the following:

1.You have downloaded an actual text document from a cheating Freeloader that puts up a lot of text files filled with a lot of junk just so he can get better download results for him/her self.

2.You have downloaded a music file that misses the proper extension so your computer wont recognize it if it originally came from a PC computer or the file has a proper extension and is originally from Audiogalaxy (www.audiogalaxy.com) these files are binary and in raw data format so you manually have to put them in your iTunes library.To do that do the following:

Open up iTunes
Go to File>Add to library now browse to the file in question and highlight it when you find it then click the add button then from the script window that appears click OK now browse trough your iTunes library and you will find the file once you find it double click it and it should play just fine.

Notice!You should upgrade to the most recent version of LW and you will get less of this kind of problems.The newer versions writes better code if the file name lenght is longer then 32 characters which is the maximum in classical Mac OS.This can also be the cause for some files that just wont play right if the special characters that LW incorporates instead of some of the original letters is incorrect.This function in LW is there so that you can have more then 32 characters in LW library.The newer versions work better in this aspect.

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