how  to  compare  audio  files to know if its altered  or not?
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The kind of files do not matter to when trying to determine if they have been modified.   The obvious solution that insure that they are absolutely identical are to open them both and read them byte by byte and make sure they are the same all along.\n\nThat's not that bad if you compare only one pair of files, but obviously if you have many pair to do, It can be a bit long...\n\nTo speed up the process, you can use hash values.  It consist of computing a value that take into account each bye of the original files and store those somewhere.  (Look for CRC for ways to do that)  You then repeat the process on the final file and make sure it still compute to the same value.
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depends on music files you dwnload your audio codec is not compatable with certain files upgrade codec audio latest versions at windows for your player
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Check if it' s mute. start - settings - control panel - Sounds and Audio.
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check if the sound card driver are ok
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try to find out which one is not correct
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you can just change the file extension and poof...Is that what you mean?\n\nmyfile.xml --> myfile.mp3
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control panel --> Sounds and audio devices --> check the checkbox to add it to the system tray ( If its already checked , uncheck the box and then apply that and then check it again and re apply it and it should appear )
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I use Limewire and yeah some of the songs on there are messed up just delete it from you library and look to see if there is  another file of that song on there. You can also mark that download as junk so that no one else has to go through what you have. Hope you get the song you are looking for.
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Do you have any applications in the backround that might be monitoring your audio but not actually using it (such as Speech Recognition or a program bundled with your soundcard)?
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may want to check Itunes
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I downloaded something called Free CD Ripper.  The older versions work better because newer versions pick up the encoding on the CDs.
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check out http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=link%20checker&tag=srch
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Find where Limewire saved them. Do a search for a "shared" file and see if that works.
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I don't think you can do it. Windows stores the association of file types (based on extensions) with applications. If your file is sometime audio and sometime video, Windows will probably not understand it and hence can not differentiate.
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Try audacity.  It's a free program.  \nDon't bother paying for a program to edit audio, when you can easily find quality freeware that will do the job just as well as a program that you pay $30 for.\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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cd to your directory, then type:\n\nls *.wav* | awk '{print "mv "$0" "$0" "}' | sed s/.wav//2 | sh\n\nenjoy!
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I like a program called "Audacity".  It is free software.  I've never had a problem with it.\n\nI know someone else who has reported problems, but that particular person is well known to be an absolute moron, so could very well be a bad data point.