mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ?

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jameswolfglen
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2016/11/17 18:29:00 (permalink)

mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ?

when I export ,file wont play due to an unrecognized extension ?
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    PhilW
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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/17 18:33:27 (permalink)
    What is the exact file name and extension? .wav, .mp3?
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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/17 23:21:09 (permalink)
    thanks for the response, its a wave file , my computer says theres an extension it doesn't recognize,asks if I want to play it anyway ,when I hit yes,it says it cant play it, was using windows media player.anything to do with silent buses or effects tail?  thanks a bunch
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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/17 23:38:08 (permalink)
    What is the file extension? If you can't see it, you need to tell Windows to display file extensions. If you have a wav file, it will play. Maybe you could post what version of SONAR you're using, and what version of Windows.

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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/18 00:34:06 (permalink)
    I get this every now and again, and can't figure out why, but to correct it, I have to actually physically type the file extension into the saved name when exporting. Odd, but I can live with it.

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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/18 02:45:39 (permalink)
    I started experiencing exactly this issue the other day - I wonder if a windows update has messed something up

    I found that if I imported the WAV file back in to a blank sonar project, played it and then closed it - my other Windows programmes (e.g. Media player, quick time and that new Windows one I can't remember the name of) would now play the WAV and MP3 files

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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/18 03:29:23 (permalink)
    Have you accidentally exported it as a 32 bit wav instead of 16 bit?

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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/18 07:07:49 (permalink)
    jb101
    Have you accidentally exported it as a 32 bit wav instead of 16 bit?

    I've done this before and its exactly what I was going to suggest looking for (good minds think a like ;-)
     
    To the OP, sometimes you can get away with renaming the File EXT to .WAV. if its just a failed EXT problem.
    you might need to change your folder options to "Show folder EXT".

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    Re: mixdown file wont play due to unrecognized extesion ? 2016/11/18 12:19:55 (permalink)
    thanks so much everybody,changed to '' name file extensions '' in windows 10 ,and shes workin
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