file extention?

Question

what is a file extension? Why do I get this message when I try to listen to music on my PC ( file extention is not recognized by media player)--

Answer 1

File extension is also called file type... like in LALALA.mp3 the file extension is .mp3, showing it's a media player 3 type...some files are just bad or corrupted, while other files might not be usable with certain media players, as the file association to the player might not have been properly set up or it simply isn't able to play back such a file!

Hope that answered your question.

Answer 2

A file extent ion is usually 3 letters the computer uses to recognize different file formats. For example if your a playing an mp3, that file has such an extent ion song.mp3 What is happening is that your trying to play a file that the computer doesn't recognize by default. For example if your trying to play a quick time format file which can end with (filename.qt) under Windows Media player , it may not work depending on the codecs you have. Simply what ever file your trying to access isn't supported by the player without finding the appropriate software decoder. You may need to download quick time or real player

Answer 3

The file extension is the part in the name of a file that follows ater the "." character; in the file "application.exe", "application" is the file name and "exe" is the file extension.
Most programs use the file extension to recognize the type of data contained in a file ("txt" - text, "doc" - "Word" document and so on). If you have a file that you know for sure what type is and its extension is wong, rename the file with the correct extension.

Answer 4

typically, a file extension is used to associate programs to files. file extension tells the operating system, which program shall be used to open/use the specific file. for example, .txt files are opened with a text-viewer, xls files with a calc program, mp3 with some audio software. in your case, you have a file type which is associated with media player - but somehow the media player doesn't know what to do with the file. it might be that media player is missing a certain codec to decode the file, or that the file association is completely false (such as trying to open a word document with media player).

if you haven't messed up with file associations, my guess is that file type is correctly associated with media player, but media player is missing the right codec to decode the file.

Answer 5

A file extension is a part of the file name that hints as to what type of data is in the file. ... not all files have one though.