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Help Can't download or play mp3 files from the web.

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garybeck

Android Enthusiast
I have mp3 files out there on the net. when I touch/click one with my android phone (ZTE Awe with Android 4.1) a popup appears and it looks like it is downloading a file. However after only one second (it should take longer) it says "download complete". Then when I try to play the file nothing happens. If I try it with the google music player, it says it's a bad file type. If I try another player, the player opens up but the song has no time to it. There's like an empty mp3 file.

Any idea? Shouldn't I be able to click on a URL of an mp3 file and have it stream right from the web, or at least download the file properly?
 
olbriar said:
MP3's are copyrighted. If you are purchasing the files and not receiving them, something is afoot.
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These are my own recordings of my band. No copyright. If I put the file on the phone directly from my computer it plays just fine. It's just when I try to click/touch on it from a web server that this happens.
 
OK I think I figured it out. It seems as though it's Dropbox's fault. When they are on a regular web server, it works fine; I can stream or download it correctly. When the file is on dropbox, I get the bad file. The dropbox links work on my computer but not on my phone. workaround is to put files somewhere besides dropbox.
 
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