I'm running CM6 RC1 and when I try to open a wav file (sent to me through Cisco Unity Messaging and gmail), the music application pops up and says:
"sorry the player does not support this type of audio file"
Is this a 2.2 bug or a CM6 bug ??? Can someone check the OTA 2.2...
Get remote wave yea its a paid app but it works .wav isn't popular amoung phones I think... BTW its never been supported as far as I know
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It definitely used to be supported in CM5 and definitely doesn't work in CM6 and I'm on the newest nightly
Hmm never knew that... I've never used CM roms. Well if u wanna make sure u alwaz have it remote wave has alwaz worked
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why bump? you were given a sufficiant answer. Try a few of the other free media players.
not a solution but I can confirm 2.1 played ULaw encoded wav files with the native media player and now 2.2 does not, so the codec seems to have been dropped in the upgrade.
I've never had any of my Android phones play wav files. If I get vmails in my email, and try to check, they always say unsupported. Didn't work on previous phones before my evo, and has never worked on my evo, 2.1 or 2.2
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Just wanted to chime in that I've never had this problem with my Hero phone on 1.5 or 2.1 or with the Fresh ROM. Now, I know this only partially applies here, but since CM6 works as well on an Evo as it does with a Hero phone, if the bug is fixed in one, it should be fixed in the other too.
I know wav files play on the incredible 2.1
It's the way the WAV file is being encoded. Area you able to configure your messaging server to use PCM or another Android-friendly format? We've had to make an easy adjustment here on our corporate exchange server so the execs who are testing the Evo can listen to their voicemail.
star this and it might get some attention
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8730
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We know this is a problem since 2.2
The Desire can't read the Artist tag in WMA files. To me this is a big deal.
Converting to MP3 is not an option because:
1. I have over 24,000 files
2. A lot of my files are in WMA lossless format and there is no MP3 equivilant
3. When using the same bandwidth settings (say 192kbp/s), MP3 offers inferior sound quality.
So I have raised a ticket to HTC, sent them a file etc and have not had the following reponse:
Thanks. We have experienced the same issue as you. This has been escalated with HTC. However in the meantime you can get around the problem by converting your music files into MP3 format
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So at least the fault is acknowledged so all I can do now is wait
I used mp3 tag to convert the WMA tags to ID3 version 1 and it worked for me. It does it automatically so will soon take care of all your songs.
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I used mp3 tag to convert the WMA tags to ID3 version 1 and it worked for me. It does it automatically so will soon take care of all your songs.
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Thanks for this.
Can't actually see the tag to tag option in the latest downloadable version (even though the instructions talk about it) for some reason.
Having said that, I would rather not downgrade my files metadata if I can avoid it.
Lets see if we get a fix.
I hope we get a fix too but in the mean time ill just have to copy the files I want on my phone and change the tags manually :-S
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it doesn't work with wma..
i am using mp3tag v2.46a, then remove tag, add tag, then save
but it still show "unknown artist" in desire music player..
did i miss anything ? tq
Hello everyone,
I have an issue that is driving me CRAZY, and I hope some of you are having the same issue...or at least suggestions for how to fix it. I am running the new Android 2.2 update on my Evo. (It's just the normal, plain software from Sprint/HTC...nothing custom, none of that root stuff...just regular).
I always keep a few gigabytes of music (in WMA format) on my SD card. I noticed that after the update, the HTC Music player would no longer recognize (and sort) the music by Artist or Composer. The only things it could identify about each file were the Title, Album, and Genre. I miss the option of browsing through my music by Artist and/or Composer. This was not a problem with Android 2.1, but it is now. I even tried deleting all the music from my SD card and re-syncing it from my PC...same result. I also tried music from a different PC...same result.
So here's what I discovered this morning: If I convert my WMA files to MP3s, then the music player works just as before!! It recognizes all the ID3 tags within each file. This is a big problem for me. First of all, my music library is nearly 40 GB in size, and I do not want to have to convert EVERYTHING to MP3 before I sync. This is tedious and unnecessary. Secondly, the original specs/documentation of the HTC Evo state that it supports the WMA file format. I made sure of that before purchasing, because it was one of the big factors for me in making the decision to switch to Sprint and the Evo.
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to solve this problem? I'm about to call HTC now and complain. Thanks.
Why are you so attached to WMA? IME/IMHO it's not a very good format because the quality of the mp3 format is a little better plus the DRM that gets embeded in the tracks. Every track that I have *ahem* acquired or even recorded myself has time bombed on me at some point. I should be able to play the music I record at any time!
/Rant
Don't take what I said too personally. I'm just pissed off at Microsoft. That said, I do not know what is causing your files not be played back properly as I do not have any to test.
Just a guess but, perhaps the new player in froyo doesn't read id3 tags from wma files correctly.
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Well, that wasn't the purpose of this post, but since you asked...
I've been ripping my CDs to my hard drive for about 10 years now. Windows Media Player made it sooo easy to organize my music library. Way back in the day, you could only rip to WAV or different varieties of WMA. To rip to mp3, I would have had to use a different program, or purchase a plug-in for Windows Media Player. Only in the last few versions has Windows Media Player had the "rip to mp3" option built-in for free.
When I originally started my collection, I read about the differences between WMA and mp3. I got the understanding that the two formats essentially offered the same quality and features, but WMA generally used about half the file size for the same bitrate. So I chose WMA and stuck with it all this time.
Even when I buy music from Amazon or iTunes, I've gotten in the habit of converting it to WMA...just for consistency.
I just got off the phone with HTC, who says they haven't heard of this issue before. I was advised to perform a factory reset. But if I can't resolve the issue soon, I'm considering just converting every piece of music I have to mp3. (Sigh). But at nearly 40 GB, and various bitrates, who knows how long that could take!? (Sighing again). I wonder what program could handle that amount of music all at once. And I pray it won't screw up all the ID3 tags and the ratings I've so carefully given.
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I have a couple of WMA files on my SD card. They have always been listed under "Unknown Artist" along with a few mp3's.
when I click on unknown artist, the files show up listed under their correct names. When I click on the wma files (both by the same artist), they expand into individual file names.
After updating to 2.2 nothing has changed. Everything works normally. That would suggest HTC's advice may work for you.
On another note, don't you love it when you post a question, and the first response is, "I don't know how to help, but I don't like that kind of file anyway, and neither should you!!!
Hmmm...and your WMA files were never fully recognized? Not even on Android 2.1? Interesting. I guess I'll attempt a hard reset tonight, or maybe tomorrow.
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I had the exact same issue and can report that a hard reset had no effect. I'll be looking to convert my library to mp3 as well. Froyo has its quirks.
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Wow!! Thanks, pstar...I was literally 3 minutes away from starting the hard reset process and restoring everything. What is we gon' do? :-(
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Wow!! Thanks, pstar...I was literally 3 minutes away from starting the hard reset process and restoring everything. What is we gon' do? :-(
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Here's an idea: Go into a Sprint store with your Mini SD chip and see if they'll put in in another Android phone. See if it exhibits the same issue.
Good idea. I might try that tomorrow.
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I had the exact same issue and can report that a hard reset had no effect. I'll be looking to convert my library to mp3 as well. Froyo has its quirks.
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I couldn't resist finding out for myself; I also tried a hard reset, to no avail...
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Funny, my wife is using the rooted stock froyo, first leaked build and all wma look fine with embedded art using HTC player. I am using cyanogen latest nightly and it still can't read wma tags at all. But I do like playing with the new DSP settings--worth the switch. As a workaround I converted the wma to mp4 and they read just fine.
I'm surprised anyone had success with wma on any version of android. For me, on 2.1, wma files wouldn't play (but a few DID, which confounds me to no end). Now on rooted 2.2, I experience the same behavior. Just for fun, I used astro and simply renamed the file type of some wmas to .mp3. Surprisingly, it seemed to work. I thought I was on to something. Then I tries that with some Audioslave songs. No worky. So probably the ones I did 'get to work', were some of the few that for no discernible reason, to me, already worked.
I would like to hear more about this issue, actually.
Its a problem in Froyo with both WMA and AAC encoded files. Reported in Google Code, so please go there, sign in to google, then star the issue so it gets some attention:
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...ag&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
Does anybody have the actual .apk file for the Cyanogenmod 6.0 music player? i dont use Cyanogen regularly but i really liked the music app on it and was wondering if anybody had the app so i could install it. and does anybody know of a music app that will accept the apple headphone remote for pausing/volume?
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Does anybody have the actual .apk file for the Cyanogenmod 6.0 music player? i dont use Cyanogen regularly but i really liked the music app on it and was wondering if anybody had the app so i could install it. and does anybody know of a music app that will accept the apple headphone remote for pausing/volume?
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I'll post it for you when I get home gimme 10. This one has all the widgets like 4x and 4x42
Lol i know this is a little longer then 10 but here it is
View attachment Music.apk
Don't know if it will work with the apple headphones though
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Lol i know this is a little longer then 10 but here it is
View attachment 426079
Don't know if it will work with the apple headphones though
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I'm curious to know if this worked. I don't think it's that simple, I believe you actually need the framework
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I'm curious to know if this worked. I don't think it's that simple, I believe you actually need the framework
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It works
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Its ALSO in the market, Called Music Mod
Download Power Amp music player beta. Much better than cyanogen music player. Google it.
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Has anyone tried using the apple or "made for iPhone" headphones with inline controls on the evo? Do the controls work?
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Has anyone tried using the apple or "made for iPhone" headphones with inline controls on the evo? Do the controls work?
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As far as i know, a couple music players work with them but not too well. the stock Evo music player had play/pause functionality, but after I tried installing other music players, cubed for example, I lost the functionality in the stock music player. I'm not sure about this music player, because im letting my brother borrow my headphones, but i will definitely try them when i get a chance.
Also, does anybody know if their is a music player that will give the song changing controls in the notification bar? same concept as when in a call and the notification bar is pulled down, the "end call" button is right there. I see it as being a simple concept but im not a developer so no disrespect to any of the awesome devs out in the world. still waiting for full Desire HD rom
Yes, i guess i did forget to mention this isn't from cyanogen, but it was from an aosp "like" rom that had the g2 launcher on it. I pulled it form that, but since it looked like the cyanogenmod one, i just uploaded it
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I'm curious to know if this worked. I don't think it's that simple, I believe you actually need the framework
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You were correct, this is a different one that i pulled from a aosp "like" rom
Anyone know of a way to get WMA files to playback? Im specifically trying to get my voicemails from a Cisco phone system to play. They get sent to my email as a wma and It would be really nice to be able to play them from my phone. Especially since all of the Iphone people can play them and they never let me live it down.
I keep seeing the suggestion for remotewav and poweramp, but neither seem to work for me.
I'm assuming that your on a Froyo Sense ROM correct? I had the same issue with vonage voicemails. Check out this thread. Try my solution or an alternative one that was mentioned in the thread. Also keep in mind that Gingerbread doesn't have these Codec issues. If you flash to CM7 it should play natively.
Cyanagen 7 does not work with the wma files. Anyone else have any ideas. I have tried all of the suggestions in the previous link as well.
I just read that WavPlayer has WMA support. Its listed under the "Whats New" tab.
Downloaded wav player and no luck. On the plus side googgles return policy for apps works great.
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Downloaded wav player and no luck. On the plus side googgles return policy for apps works great.
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I'm the developer of WavPlayer. I updated the application on May 24 (version 2.7) to add support for WMA, ASF, QCP, and many other formats. I've verified that it works with many WMA files, including those that are sent by Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging System. If you find any file that does not play in WavPlayer (WMA or otherwise), please send a copy to me by email and I'll do my best to add support for the format. If I am unable to add the format and you are outside the 15 minute return window I'll refund the US$0.99 in full.
You can contact me via the Android Market on your phone, just click the "Send email to developer" link at the bottom of the market entry for WavPlayer. For obvious reasons I don't want to place my email address in this post.
Also, I've noticed that the default Mail application does not handle file attachments properly, which can be interpreted as a defect in WavPlayer not being able to play the file. It reports zero-length file attachments. In this case I suggest using the K-9 Mail application, free from the Android Market.
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Dennis
I just want to make sure netflix works for non rooted gingerbread owners before I try unrooting. I was using haus's odexed gb stock rooted rom which is awesome but I noticed no movie file on the phone and netflix wasn't working, so I checked the lib files and a bunch were missing. When I restored my 2.2 version, netflix and movies worked. All the lib files needed for streaming netflix were there so I want to see if gb non stock has those lib files or did gb take them out.
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Netflix does not work with any 2.3 setup. It's the app, not the ROM you have.
Ah thanks.
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Netflix does not work with any 2.3 setup. It's the app, not the ROM you have.
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Well that's not completely true there bud, it works on CM7 which is 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 depending on which one you have installed (stable or nightly).........Netflix just doesn't work on any 2.3 SENSE rom for the time being. I read yesterday that Netflix updated their app to work on 2.3 for the Droid X so I'm guessing that it will only take about a week or so until they start rolling out Netflix for the recent 2.3 from Sprint.................Just my two cents in all of this, don't shoot me..hahaha
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Well that's not completely true there bud, it works on CM7 which is 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 depending on which one you have installed (stable or nightly).........Netflix just doesn't work on any 2.3 SENSE rom for the time being. I read yesterday that Netflix updated their app to work on 2.3 for the Droid X so I'm guessing that it will only take about a week or so until they start rolling out Netflix for the recent 2.3 from Sprint.................Just my two cents in all of this, don't shoot me..hahaha
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this is true i am running deck's ginger evo rom with a savage zen kernel and netflix is running flawlessly.
See my problem wasnt just netflix though, no video file would work, avi, mp4, mkv.. no format would work but it could have just been rockplayer, although before I flashed the rooted odex by haus, rockplayer was working fine no matter what format I had. I didnt try other video programs though.
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See my problem wasnt just netflix though, no video file would work, avi, mp4, mkv.. no format would work but it could have just been rockplayer, although before I flashed the rooted odex by haus, rockplayer was working fine no matter what format I had. I didnt try other video programs though.
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I'm using CM7 Nightly 100 and I've downloaded Rock Player and I play AVI, FLV and WAV format movies and clips with no problem what so ever!
If I were you, I would give other roms a shot before going back to the crappy stock world........BUT that's just me.
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See my problem wasnt just netflix though, no video file would work, avi, mp4, mkv.. no format would work but it could have just been rockplayer, although before I flashed the rooted odex by haus, rockplayer was working fine no matter what format I had. I didnt try other video programs though.
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Or try different kernels instead..
Looks like HTC will release an OTA update that will fix the netflix issue on June 20.