highmat

[rokent]

My friend and mortuary owner was downloading some mp3 funeral services from a

usb recorder. A message popped up that asked if he wanted to compress it

into Highmat Data format. Accidentally he clicked on yes. The files are

there, they have an mp3 extension, but they won't play. Does anyone know how

to fix these files. I have tried playing them in a highmat player - the menu

comes up with the list of funerals, but it just says the files are damaged

and cannot play. Help!

 

[Greg Russell]

"rokent" wrote in message news:a3bb41ff354cd@uwe...



> My friend and mortuary owner was downloading some mp3 funeral services

from a

> usb recorder. A message popped up that asked if he wanted to compress it

> into Highmat Data format. Accidentally he clicked on yes. The files are

> there, they have an mp3 extension, but they won't play. Does anyone know

how

> to fix these files. I have tried playing them in a highmat player - the

menu

> comes up with the list of funerals, but it just says the files are damaged

> and cannot play. Help!



Why won't you believe the error message that the files are damaged? Delete

the damaged ones and re-download them.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=uncompress+highmat

 

[Paul]

rokent wrote:

> My friend and mortuary owner was downloading some mp3 funeral services from a

> usb recorder. A message popped up that asked if he wanted to compress it

> into Highmat Data format. Accidentally he clicked on yes. The files are

> there, they have an mp3 extension, but they won't play. Does anyone know how

> to fix these files. I have tried playing them in a highmat player - the menu

> comes up with the list of funerals, but it just says the files are damaged

> and cannot play. Help!

>



Maybe you could try running GSpot, drag and drop the MP3 file

onto the GSpot window when it is running, and see what CODECs

are needed for playback.



http://gspot.headbands.com/v26x/GSpot270a.zip



The info I could find in a quick search, implies Highmat consists

of adding metadata (as in a separate folder of info) to a CD, to assist

in finding content quickly when large numbers of files are involved.

Also, it supports the addition of a tag to an audio file, so the

audio file can have a bit more information added to it.



I can't find any reference to "compression" in Highmat, unless

it is Microsoft choosing to "recode" the file into a

proprietary Windows format. And thus, my suggestion to

try GSpot, in case the CODEC information is still readable

on the file itself.



http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=19869



"my biggest complaint is that it considers any mp3's with a bitrate

over 128kbps to be "incompatible" and transcodes them to

160kbps wma files."



HTH,

Paul