They are outgoing phone calls that were recorded at a prison. :-).I have a client who sent me 36 hours of sound files that have an. The way of the paladin is to see the binary (maybe the hexadecimal) code of your file in search of the magic numbers looking in a reference table to understand which file is. Some of them are able to overcome the wrong extension too.īut the path of an heroic champion pass through the hard way.

You can use an online service to identify the song.

You can use an ID3 tag renamer, yes you can change not only the extension but even the filename compliant with the information included in the ID3 tag !.

more ideas'? I can read with ID3 and that gives me another idea (see below). You have only to add it to your file.ĭo you remember 'more you know. so this is an mp3 file and this is the extension that your file has somehow lost. Then from a shell (execute the program cmd.exe), you can arrive to your file ( cd yourpath) then write the command file MyUnknowFileĪudio file with ID3 version 2.3.0, contains: MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 192 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo But fortunately you can download and install it. Unfortunately, windows 7 by default do not include the gnu file command. Many tools, as for example TrID, can identify them for you and eventually automatically rename all the files.

If you have many files, it can be time consuming to repeat with a GUI that operation each time.

Vlc can do it, as suggested in another good answer.

More you know about the file more ideas car arise after. That is the reason because vlc can play even a part of a file (not yet fully downloaded). It is often possible because many standards require identification codes in specific parts of the file, usually in the beginning. A wiser way to proceed is to recognise which kind of file it is and which tools can help you.īut this is another quest(ion), many time asked, answered and closed before, :-). If you feel unconfortable reading the above answer maybe you want to read some lines more.

The problem, if present, will remain but you will not be aware. Note that even if it was not an mp3 file probably each version of VLC will play it anyway even if you rename it with a wrong extension.

If you convert it you will loose something in term of quality. You have not to convert it, you have simply to rename it adding the extension. You stated that yours is an mp3 file without the extension (vlc played it).

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