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I can't play the tracks I have downloaded. How do I convert them to a playable (MP3) format?
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I can't play the tracks I have downloaded. How do I convert them to a playable (MP3) format?

The music files hosted on the freesoundtrackmusic.com server are stored in a compressed .ZIP (zipped) format, which makes downloading easier for users who have computers which automatically PLAY MP3 files. (When freesoundtrackmusic.com was first launched, files were posted in unzipped MP3 format, but many users could not figure out how to save them to their disk drives for importation into video editing software. Zipping MP3 files was the simplest solution to ensure that users could DOWNLOAD the music (and not have them automatically open in Windows Media Player, Quicktime or whatever the default music/media player happens to be on any given user's computer). Most recent versions of Windows have the built-in capability to unzip files: After downloading the zipped file, just click on it with your RIGHT mouse button - this should popup a menu containing the "Extract" or "Extract All" options. In the unlikely event that you have a version of Windows older than XP, you can install one of the many archiving/etracting utility apps like "Enzip", "Winzip", "Extract Now", "WinRar"...