Problem syncing particular MP3s to N95

cormie wrote: »

Not too sure about that one, but the "media usage" would indicate that it may be DRM protected (I think that's what it's called) which means that particular song can only be played on the PC it was downloaded too and can't be transferred around.

yeah...

Or: have you tried transfering it to phone by just copying it ot mass storage/memory card?

And try converting it?

Could also be that the file is incomplete. i know that media player classic can handle incomplete vids downloaded via youtube when wmp pretends the clips is unplayable. Most pc suites like Nokia's etc offer to convert mp3s to aac before transfer. Give that a try.

I doubt that it's an mp3. There's a single copyright bit in mp3 files but it's never been used for anything.

I suspect that you have a different format (wma or similar) with a file extension set to mp3 in error. Windows media Player will still happily play it but it isn't an mp3 just because it has an mp3 extension. And whatever format it actually is has built-in DRM that actually counts for something and hence it won't play on the second device. It doesn't have a problem copying the file (or probably any file) but the phone knows it's not allowed to play it as the DRM won't allow it to play on anything but the original machine (on which I assume you created the file)

Options: Do something about the DRM built-in to the file (that's as far as I can go under forum rules), re-rip the track to mp3 (or at least remembering to untick the "copy protect music" tick box in WMP if you're using that).

That's assuming it's not just a corrupt mp3. Which is also possible with the information you've supplied. Rename the extension to wma (as the most probable alternative) and see if media player still gives you the same warning when you try to play it. I'd check the extended attributes to make sure what format it actually was but that's probably beyond your current tech abilities so pointless going into that.