Thanks, Rich
I found a trial program that does what I want - good enough to convert one
35 second file, but that's all I need at the moment.

Strange that there is other free software that converts many other formats,
but not *from* .mid *to* other formats

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Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Rich Barry wrote:
> Trevor, a google search came up with this
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q... oogle+Search
>
>
> "Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:OMC%23%23MV0FHA.164@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I don't know whether this is an XP question or not
>>
>> I cannot get a .mid file to play in Firefox. So I thought I should
>> try another format. Are there any free conversion packages to
>> convert .mid to something else, e.g. .wav ?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Trevor L.
>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au