Today I got a good question from Clive – he was having trouble playing an mp3 file due to incompatible sampling rates. I know many of you will hit this issue from time to time, so here’s a great solution…
First, here’s Clive’s question:
Hi Ken,
Hope you don’t mind my asking a quick question as it looks like your the guy that would know:
If I have an .mp3 file , a podcast say, that won’t play in a Flash Player as this player has a problem playing files that are not multiples of 11.025khz ( e.g. 22.050 kHz or 44.100khz) and my current file is not one of those. Is there some software (preferably free 
where I can open my existing file and convert it to one of the examples kHz-wise?
I have Audacity and Propaganda mixing software but they don’t seem able to do it as far as I can tell.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Clive
Here’s my reply:
Hi Clive,
Glad to help!
I use the suite of editors/converters at http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
(Although it’s been a while since I upgraded…)
Let me know if this meets your needs.
Best regards,
Ken
Shortly after this, Clive wrote back with a better solution – see http://miazma,com for the link that sorted it out (bottom of post).
Miazma.com is a great resource for lots of nitty-gritty questions on audio and other computer topics.
I hope this helps someone!
Ken
(Publisher)
