Vista - window media player cannot read MP3 format

Whenever I use total video convert to convert a WMA to MP3 format,window media player cannot read it and show an error that ' codec 50 mpeg-1 is missing' although my CD player can still read it(when I copied file to USB and plugged it to the CD player).Anyone also suffered from similar problems ?

Hi,

You might to check Control Panel>Default Programs>Set Associations and see if media player is set as default for mp3

See Method Two in this tutorial

Default Programs

Hope it helps

SIW2

My default program for MP3 is already WMP.Notice that file which were already in MP3 ,WMP reads very well.But with MP3 format derived from WMA,It cannot read.

Hi,

A quick google indicates an incompatibility between some third party converters and wmp11 on Vista.

You may like to download K-Lite codec pack and try a different conversion app. in future

Free-Codecs.com : Download K-Lite Codec Pack 4.1.7 FULL, K-Lite Codec Pack 4.1.7 STANDARD, K-Lite Codec Pack 3.8.0 BASIC : K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools

Hope this helps

SIW2

Yes, you are right.That 's problem with convert software.I suprise that the older version of total video convert used to work well.