Sandisk pen drive with .mp3 music files does not play in my car stereo

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Sandisk pen drive with .mp3 music files does not play in my car stereo.

This is what i did,

I transferred 3ga files from my Samsung galaxy Y phone to my PC and changed the extension to .mp3 and then copied this .mp3 file to san disk pen drive and tried to connect it to my car stereo usb port.It reads the file but does not play anything. It says NA file.

Please help me.
 
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From an article which informs us what is 3GA format and how to convert 3GA to MP3, WAV, AAC, etc, I learn that:

Some people suggest renaming the extension from .3ga to .mp3 or .3gp, and then you can play it on computer. That really works sometimes, but not always.

Why renaming works sometimes? Some players check file extension before check file content. These players recognize MP4/3GP format and AAC codec, but not .3ga extension. If you fool it to believe this is a supported file, MP3 or others, it continue to check the content of the file, and find it to be in 3GP format with AAC codec, then play it successfully.

Why renaming not always works? Changing file extension doesn't change file...
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From an article which informs us what is 3GA format and how to convert 3GA to MP3, WAV, AAC, etc, I learn that:

Some people suggest renaming the extension from .3ga to .mp3 or .3gp, and then you can play it on computer. That really works sometimes, but not always.

Why renaming works sometimes? Some players check file extension before check file content. These players recognize MP4/3GP format and AAC codec, but not .3ga extension. If you fool it to believe this is a supported file, MP3 or others, it continue to check the content of the file, and find it to be in 3GP format with AAC codec, then play it successfully.

Why renaming not always works? Changing file extension doesn't change file content and format, it is still a 3GP file. If your player doesn't support 3GP format and AAC codec, it cannot play your 3GA file whatever extension you change it to be.

To successfully play 3GA files on most popular players or devices, a recommended solution is convert 3GA files to MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, AC3 etc.
 
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