{"id":4593,"date":"2026-04-19T02:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/ufaq\/some-music-files-cannot-be-played\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:21:16","slug":"some-music-files-cannot-be-played","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/en\/ufaq\/some-music-files-cannot-be-played\/","title":{"rendered":"Some music files cannot be played"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/4593' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-4593-KBJwLKEDed' data-post_id='4593'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tSome music files cannot be played\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t\n<p>Some of the music files distributed on this site are in formats that cannot be played properly on many browsers for computers and smartphones released after 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Songs released from 1997 to 2002 were originally released in MIDI format. This format was designed to distribute &#8220;scores only&#8221; rather than &#8220;audio waveforms themselves&#8221;, and its ability to express music in a smaller file size than the audio itself suited the Internet situation at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, MIDI-compatible software synthesizers were included as part of the operating system or as browser plug-ins, and it was possible to play MIDI-formatted music with them. However, Windows 8 and later and Mac OS 10.6 and later no longer allow playback of MIDI files in browsers by default. The same applies to newer iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although we have not been able to fully verify this, you may be able to play music in MIDI format using the method described on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/en\/about\/browsing\/#midi-players\" title=\"Browser Support\">Browser Support &#8211; MIDI Sequence File Playback<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proceeding with the re-recording of files distributed only in MIDI format in MP3 format, starting with those that have been highly requested. Please send us your requests using the <a href=\"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/en\/contact\/\" title=\"Contact\">Old Songs Re-recording Request Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Some music files cannot be played Some of the music files distributed on this site are i&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/?post_type=sp_faq&p=142","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"ufaq-category":[234],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-4593","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-about-playing-back","en-US","clearfix"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}