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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does anyone know how to use mp3 files as ring tones? is it possible?
you need to use Mp3 to wav converter and convert the mp3 to a wav file, then put the wav file under \Windows\Rings and it will work...but take note, its pretty big after conversion to wav
hence why i wanted to use mp3s as ringtones rather than wavs in the first place
Is there no way that you can trick the software into accepting the mp3 file as a wav?! Ive tried using a .wav extention, but that doenst seem to work either.
Jeenious said:
hence why i wanted to use mp3s as ringtones rather than wavs in the first place
Is there no way that you can trick the software into accepting the mp3 file as a wav?! Ive tried using a .wav extention, but that doenst seem to work either.
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not possible at all...you must put the wav into Windows\Rings directory then go to select the ring tone as your default ringing tone..it should work just fine
Ofcourse it wouldn't be that hard for someone like the maker of PhonExt to create a program that wil let you run whatever you want when someone calls...
you can convert them to WMA which it makes the files smaller than MP3 and they sound just as good. that is of course if you have WM2003
You can use dbpowerAmp.com to convert the wav files into smaller bitrate, mono channels etc. This will make the file sizes much smaller... however, quality will start to suffer.
Yorch said:
you can convert them to WMA which it makes the files smaller than MP3 and they sound just as good. that is of course if you have WM2003
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Yorch, what program do you use to convert the mp3 files to wma??
brilliant then! problem solved. i can just use WMA.
I convert mp3s to WMA via "Windows Movie Maker". Simply drag the mp3 onto the timeline, then save the "movie" as a WMA.
dbpowerAmp is an excellent solution (and FREE) and super easier to use. Now if you happen to have the XP Plus Media Edition, it comes with a little prog that lets you convert audio back and forth, very easy.
By the way anything that you convert to 64Kbps on a WMA will come with excellent quality as a ringtone.
You can also use the free Windows Media Encoder to convert Mp3 to wma.
With this great utility you can also directly convert all your movies ,divx etc to wmv pocket pc format!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
Jeenious said:
does anyone know how to use mp3 files as ring tones? is it possible?
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There is not a piece of software for ppc2002 that does is job good.
Simply convert them to wav with this great tool
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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.
My voicemail is sent to me as a wav file attachment in an email. When I try play the wav file I get a unsupported file error message. It won't play directly from the attachment or after saving it to sd card.
Doesn't the stock media player play wav files? If not why not? It seems ludicrous not to support wav as wav is one of the oldest media formats around. Is this a Samsung thing or Android problem?
I really don't want to have to load another app just for wav files.
sunseaker said:
My voicemail is sent to me as a wav file attachment in an email. When I try play the wav file I get a unsupported file error message. It won't play directly from the attachment or after saving it to sd card.
Doesn't the stock media player play wav files?
Yes it plays wav files in the stock media player .
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Hmmm, that's strange as mine doesn't play the wav attachments. I'm running on a rooted stock KE7 rom.
I wonder if the email client (Enhanced Email) is doing something to the wav file. I'll have to experiment a little by copying a few wav files directly to the gs2 and seeing if they play. I've done some googling and see I'm not the only one with this problem but found no answers on how to resolve.
What rom and version are you running?
OK, I just tried playing a wav file (a random sound file I had) that I copied directly to the phone and it played fine.
I then tried downloading the wav attachment directly from the mail server via webmail to bypass the mail client on the phone and saved that to the phone but it won't play. It seems that the encoding of the wav file by the voicemail system is to blame
I'm having the same issue. Voicemails that I receive to my email are encoded in .wav and they won't playback on my device. Running latest Cognition rom...
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.
When I save a note for myself via Google Now and choose for it to send it to me via Gmail, it transcribed my spoken note and then attaches the audio recording in a .amr format.
When I try to open the .amr file, it says no app can open this file. What app do I need to open this? I seem to recall that it used to work with PowerAmp, but I just tried again today and PowerAmp says "failed to play file" when I try it.