I downloaded MP3 files and they skip / play fast / make weird noises – what can I do?
Well it may be that you have MP3 files that are “cooked”… that is at some point they have been transferred using an incorrect MIME type and essentially processed as ASCII text files rather than binaries. There is a simple solution to this – get a program called “uncook.exe” or “uncook95.exe” (Win 95 version), and it will fix these files up. You can find the uncook utility through the ZDNet site – www.hotfiles.com – just search for “MP3 fix” and it should pop right up. Lot’s of MP3 sites also have the program available for download. Ah well… if you’re getting the “underwater treble” effect, then quite probably the file you’re trying to play is “cooked”… meaning that it got messed up by being treated as an ASCII text file during a file transfer. You need a program to “uncook” it. You can download uncook95.exe via the ZDNet software library (go to www.hotfiles.com and search for “uncook” or “MP3 fix”). Very likely, once you process your file with this program, it will sound ok. Some
