Thread: files to Audio mp3's

Hi,
Can you see the file extension on other files like .jpg or .pdf in other folders?

I seem to remember there was a preference somewhere that would show/hide this.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

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file extension turned on for that folder.

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Can you see the file extension on other files like .jpg or .pdf in other folders?

I seem to remember there was a preference somewhere that would show/hide this.

Cheers

Hopefully that answers that question.

BUT!! being pedantic for a moment ..
You say file extensions turned on for that folder .. does that mean that file extensions aren't on system wide?
If not, then maybe there's some corrupted doodad somewhere in 'electron land' on the PC, and even tho it's turned on, it may not really be fully turned on .. or something else to that effect.

If file extensions aren't on for the entire PC .. that may be the first thing to try at least.

if extensions are on for the entire PC .. I apologise for the rambling.

Originally Posted by AK83

Their problem is that playing games, useless apps, and wasting time on social media is just as easy now on the new fangled phones with as much processing power as many PCs ...
Hence lack of need for a proper computery device.

I wish... He can take great photos with mobile or camera but he dont like gaming... But take him out into the paddock and he is in his element... Learns to operate machinery that quickly you would think he was born in them... Hunting, camping, fishing so long as he is out bush he is happy(even fixing or building fences)... Just a plain old bush kid, you know, work hard, play hard and drinks harder... I have become very proud of him but wish he would learn a bit about electronics... Anyway he does love the landy, so he aint that bad...


On the subject of extensions, I dont know if pedro has win 10, but from what I can gather, its been developed on a non microsoft kernel... In linux, you dont need extensions for a lot of files, just the name... The file type is able to be found in the file properties thus you can add it if not shown in the name... I am wondering if windows has gone the same way and if so then looking up the properties of the file will show the file type and then you can add it to the name so another device/os can recognise it from the name of the file containing the extension...
Just an idea!

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My apologies to ALL,, I have been away,,
and now off to work,,

will attack this in the arvo,,

is that word still ok to use?
there's no NEW uptodate word for the time after midday?

Originally Posted by Wraithe

Right click on one of the files and see what the properties bring up..

Should have something like this "MP3 audio (audio/mpeg)" or maybe "MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)"...

Just copy and paste what it shows..

Changing file extensions without knowing exactly what the extension should be can be fatal but most times just inconvenient...

to change extensions in bulk, you can use a wild card like "*.mp3" with out the quotes... The asterix is the wild card for all the files thus the extension is changed... Not sure of the windows command to rename files so you are on your own there... In Linux its "rn" so may be something simular...

as you can see,, some file names have spaces before text,, this will be deleted song numbers etc,,

Originally Posted by AK83

Hopefully that answers that question.

BUT!! being pedantic for a moment ..
You say file extensions turned on for that folder .. does that mean that file extensions aren't on system wide?
If not, then maybe there's some corrupted doodad somewhere in 'electron land' on the PC, and even tho it's turned on, it may not really be fully turned on .. or something else to that effect.

If file extensions aren't on for the entire PC .. that may be the first thing to try at least.

if extensions are on for the entire PC .. I apologise for the rambling.

no idea if this makes global decisions,,
you would think so seeing where it is,,

Originally Posted by AK83

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Back onto Pedros' issue.
I'm thinking some other process may be using that folder, or some of the files in it for him to get access not allowed.

Files appear to be on the PC itself(not the NAS), and mostly likely on another HDD(the 1Tb black going by the screenshot).

the access not allowed would imply you're not allowed access(unlikely considering that the files can be played) .. so the obvious issue is then a process may be using one or more files, or that permissions for your use may be set to read only.

Check the permissions for the entire folder and that you have full access(or at least the write access) allowance.

should be nothing else using the folder,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

as you can see,, some file names have spaces before text,, this will be deleted song numbers etc,,

Could you click on the tabs "Details" and the other tab "Security" on the properties of that file, Please...