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I was trying to put together a mix set and noticed a lot of my mp3 files cannot be opened. Live said they may be corrupt or not licensed.

Any ideas as to what causes this and how I can fix it?

Hi,

This seems to happen to lots of people.

What I suggest is open the MP3's in I-Tunes and convert them to AIF.

If you've got a lot to convert it's a PITA but it works.

Cheers,

Z.

That's hundreds of tracks, mate. The mind boggles at the thought, but thanks for chiming in.

i assume you´re on a pc just install apple´s quicktime.

if you haven´t quicktime installed on your pc, ableton live uses windows direct show for decoding the mp3s. apparently it fails sometimes.

You're king, man! That did it. Thanks a million.