memorex mp3 player

[donovan]

Hi,
I have a memorex mp3 player and it is setup as a removable device on my computer. It only plays files with xxx.mp3 or xxx.wav extensions. However, I am noticing that a lot of podcasts have a xxx.mp3.mpga extension. My memorex player doesnt recognize these files and will not play them. How can I get these files to just an xxx.mp3 extension without the mpga? What's the point of having this file extension. Thanks for any help.

don

[timn]

hmmm, I've downloaded several hundred podcasts and never seen the ".mpga" -- but I'm on a Windows box. Are you possibly on a Mac?

Maybe see:

http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/18403

[tdkyo]

Well, change the extension of those podcasts back to .mp3. Try to play it with your computer, and if that doesn't work then try to redownload the Podcasts using a different method.

[donovan]

sorry..should have mentioned that im using windows 98 and I'm using bloglines to subscribe to podcasts..thanks for that link, considering it's a fairly uncommon problem and doing a little thinking..bloglines is probably the problem I'll use ipodder. again, thanks..

don