can ne one tell me y i play this one mp3 in WMP10 i GET this error

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."

however when i play the mp3 in QUICKTIME it works? *censored*? i REALLY thought an mp3 is an mp3 until now...Sounds like a codec issue to me. As I understand it, different programs, e.g. WMP10 and quicktime, use their own codecs. So, just because quicktime will play a particular mp3 does not mean Windows Media Player or some other program will play it.

I've experienced this with video. I either use Windows Media Player or PowerDVD, the software that came with my DVD-ROM drive, to play videos. I recall a case where a vidoe would play on one but not the other. The one which would not play it displayed a message saying something about a codec.

You can probably resolve this issue if you can determine what codec you need and where to get it. Sorry, I don't think I can help you much in that matter. The whole codec arena is still a BIT of a mystery to me. I would probably use Google to do some searching.alright, thanks for the info. Honestly, you'd be best off getting Winamp to play your mp3s. http://www.winamp.com Even with the free package, it has more features and I've ALSO never ran into problems with it.Here's a MS PAGE with a good explanation of What Is a Codec?