The office I work at uses IP Office for voice mail and sends emails thru our Exchange server. I can't play the voice mail message when it arrives on my phone (Droid X2, Android 2.2.2). The file attached is in .wav format.
Properties of the .wav file generated are: Bit Rate 128 kbps, Audio Sample Size 16 bit, Channels 1 (mono), Audio Sample Rate 8kHz, Audio Format PCM.
I'd also like to use some .mid files as ringtones/alert sounds but the system won't play them.
I am using the stock player and WinAmp.
I've read on other forums that this might be a Froyo specific problem but I don't know. Any ideas if Gingerbread will fix this?
wav files are generally not supported on Andorid as the codec requires licensing fees. For best compatibility use OGG files or MP3s.
cvmaas said:
wav files are generally not supported on Andorid as the codec requires licensing fees. For best compatibility use OGG files or MP3s.
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I was reading some comments elsewhere this morning and that it is a Froyo problem. 2.1 worked as did previous builds. The ability to play .wavs was broken in 2.2. I did find a workaround with Remote Wave Free in Market. But regardless of licensing fees, the ability to play .wavs is needed in the corporate sector with the various voice mail systems. In many cases, voice mails are received by users as an attachment to an email generated from the office and people rely on getting them. If they can't play them, then they will migrate to a Blackberry or an iPhone which is a loss of Android market share.
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zeb carter said:
The office I work at uses IP Office for voice mail and sends emails thru our Exchange server. I can't play the voice mail message when it arrives on my phone (Droid X2, Android 2.2.2). The file attached is in .wav format.
Properties of the .wav file generated are: Bit Rate 128 kbps, Audio Sample Size 16 bit, Channels 1 (mono), Audio Sample Rate 8kHz, Audio Format PCM.
I'd also like to use some .mid files as ringtones/alert sounds but the system won't play them.
I am using the stock player and WinAmp.
I've read on other forums that this might be a Froyo specific problem but I don't know. Any ideas if Gingerbread will fix this?
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Have you tried to save the file first and then play it? Try it.
bowhunter said:
Have you tried to save the file first and then play it? Try it.
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I did that initially. That did not work.
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zeb carter said:
I did that initially. That did not work.
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Zeb, did you use the media player to play or try to play it in gmail? The Gmail app does have a problem playing wav files as attachments.
I don't use gmail in a corporate setting. Synced directly with our Exchange server. Stock play and Winamp can't play them. But Remote wave free did.
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Hello,
I get voice mail messages from my home phone VoIP line emailed to my Gmail account when I'm away as "wav" file attachment.
The problem is I've never been able to play them on my Xperia X10a.
I've red somewhere in this forum that "Mediascape" supports wav files but that is not the case with me. I've tried other media players as well to no avail.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Here is my wav audio file details:
Codec: 0x0031 (GSM 6.10)
Info: 8000Hz 13 kb/s (1 chnl)
Thanks.
I don't have an Xperia, but I do have another droid phone and I have the same problem. Actually it is not too uncommon, I have the same problem with my work voicemail system also. I also had the problem on my ATT Touch Pro also, Windows Mobile 6.1. I was able to get another audio player that would play the files, that was Core Player. I don't know what on the android side does it but you just might need to experiment. It is all about the audio codec that your phone system uses, I know ours couldn't be changed.
I finally got this to work after upgrading to Android 2.1 and then downloading the free "Remote Wave" app from AppBrain.
Thanks.
I am unable to play .wav files on my fascinate. Specifically MajicJack email attachments. I'm sure they used to play. I've read a few places that this was a problem with froyo. Is there any fix/workaround?
You can just download a media player with wav support: I use RockPlayer Lite, as it's free and supports a lot of formats (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite).
IIRC you'll also need to use Gmail's mobile website to download the attachment... the native Gmail app has problems previewing wav's in third-party media players.
I had the same problem on my SGS II (MagicJack files). Use PowerAMP media player, works everytime.
My voicemail system sends notification via email and attaches recorded audio of the voicemail as a compressed .wav file (ยต-law algorithm). Android core audio only supports uncompressed .wav files (PCM) so I was getting an "Unable to play this type of audio file" message.
Hurrah! I found an app that will play the compressed .wav files. WavPlayer by Dennis Lockshine. It's available on Google play. Totally worth 99 cents.
I'm looking for the same thing. Need something to play .wav files. I use magicjack at the house, so I'm hoping this will work.
sytech55 said:
I'm looking for the same thing. Need something to play .wav files. I use magicjack at the house, so I'm hoping this will work.
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Did it work?
My phone system e-mails me my voicemails as WAV file attachments (doesn't support anything else). Apparently WP8 does not natively support playback of these files. I have installed an app that will play them but it doesn't seem to be accessible from within the e-mail app. Anyone have a suggestion on how to playback WAV received in an e-mail?
I can directly play them from the email attachment.. No need for additional apps..
Just tap it once to download the *.wav attachment and when the download finished tap it again to play the *.wav file...
Evidently there are a few different WAV encoding or encapsulations. Not every voicemail system uses the same one. In fact, Windows Phone 7 used to play a friend of mine's voicemail system's WAV files just fine, but his new Windows Phone 8 won't.
If you find a WAV that works, and one that doesn't, opening it in something like Audacity can tell you if there is something funky like a bit rate or some other audio compression CODEC that might render it unplayable. Doesn't help unless they can convert to MP3 or something...
There are tons of threads about this over here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...42-3298-4b2e-8be4-db3dc2cbc53f?page=~pagenum~
Great...I'm NEVER going to get my users off iPhone as long as I have to hunt down workarounds for simple things like this.
Voice mails on WAVE?
That is such a waste of bandwidth, when the same could've been done on mp3 or amr format.
But seriously, why all this limitations with file formats on Windows Phone 8? It is ridiculous.
Same issue here. Really shameful and makes me wonder why I trusted MS and WP8 in the first place.
WAV is just a container format, like AVI. Most of the time, WAV is used for uncompressed PCM data, but it's possible to shove pretty much anything in there, including MP3 and various oddball formats. Saying that a given piece of software doesn't play back WAV is an invalid complaint. Figure out what's inside the WAV file, and then complain about that.
Hi, I have a question about suggestions for getting my music to play where Amazon isn't allowing me to play it. (Not specifically looking for cracks/encryption bypass.)
Amazon Music (Unlimited subscription tier) now includes an impressive number of Atmos-encoded music releases, including back-catalog remixes.
At this point, so far as I can tell, there are three ways the app will see/download/play these files:
On most mobile devices two-channel playback (e.g. my Pixel2XL)
but with some conditions (downloading, but not playing on Bluestack emulator)
On an Amazon Echo Studio standalone speaker
On a Sonos system
I want to play these files on a device with an HDMI output so I can hear them on my home theater system.
My device options with Amazon Music apps are:
Xbox One
Windows PC
Android TV (Hisense H8G from 2020) (over ARC, possibly the files will pass as EAC3...)
(I have an older phone with root, but it seems authorities isn't the issue.)
The old locations for file download (sdcard/android/ ... data/ or media/; /0/music seem empty of all downloads in the new lossless/Atmos format on my actual phone, though some of my older .MP3 downloads are still there. I'm assuming the new files are just hidden.
The .log file I can see in the filesystem for the instance running on the BlueStacks emulator (/data/.../music) suggests different playback profiles, all using mp4 files for encryption.
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In the same folder on the emulated instance, divided among arbitrary-named folders [e.g. 00,01,02...; 0a,0b,0c...] are some mostly-arbitrarily-named files that are the right size and with a few naming hints that indicate they're the music files I'm looking for.
e.g.:
B089N5NK21.UHD96.0
B089N5NK21.UHD96.1
B089N5NK21.UHD96.2
B089N5NK21.UHD96.3
...
So...
I'm going to try exporting these files to another device and see if the Amazon Music apps will play them.
But I'm confused about why the emulated instance will download the files in "Atmos" but only plays them in "HD".
Any other ideas?
(Re: decryption/cracking, I have seen all sorts of advertising for Amazon Music downloaders/decrypters, but what I've tried isn't working due to the Amazon website not detecting a valid browser when the downloader app tries to use my login...)