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Poster:	BURNcast	Date:	October 18, 2012 04:50:20pm
Forum:	audio	Subject:	Uploading .m4a Format

Years ago I uploaded over 80 episodes of a podcast I did in 2006-2008 in mp3 format.

This past week I started to update those files to include the original .m4a format as well.

Some of those files would upload on its own as "Apple Lossless Format" while others would upload as "Advanced Audio Coding".

I didn't direct this, it happened upon upload. Then I would check the files and they worked fine, no problem.

However the last 7 files I've uploaded as .m4a format do not work. They = get labeled "Apple Lossless Format" but download as "filename.m4a.mp3".

By that I mean somehow the file gets .mp3 appended to it and the file does now work either in the browser or upon download.

When I try to change the information and let Archive think it's a different type of file, it doesn't work. The .mp3 still remains.

If I download the file and remove the appended ".mp3" but keep the "m4a" the file works as it should.

Can somebody advise as to whats going on? Why is ".mp3" being appended to the file I upload and how do I prevent this and keep the file as it was originally uploaded?