no sound on playback

i am running 2.1.3 on windows 10. i had to import my mp3 file using the raw data option. all i get is static when i play back.
the file plays fine on the windows media player.
i have played all around with the preferences. no luck.
help!

i had to import my mp3 file using the raw data option.

That means it almost certainly wasn’t an MP3 file. Audacity understands those just fine.

Install the FFMpeg software and Audacity will recognize many more different sound files.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_and_updating_audacity_on_windows.html#winff

Koz