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Just noticed (taken me 3 days) that my desire seems to record all audio in .amr format. This is fine on the device but as soon as it goes anywhere else there are problems.
The stock voice recorder does what i need quite well - but it records in amr format so although the "share" option makes it easy as pie to email someone a voice note, chances are they're not going to be able to open in at their end.
Same seems to be true for Evernote - I record a voice note but I can't listen to it on my PC. Opening a voice note through their web interface (firefox/win7 32) requires a plugin that cannot be found and installing their desktop software doesn't help either - it won't play any audio files.
Am I missing something fundamental here?
Know a good audio note app that records in MP3 or WAV with an easy "share" feature?
With evernote, how do you listen to audio notes on your PC?
Many Thanks, M
Loads on media players can play .amr, even if it is a slightly annoying format to be recording in. It is, however, the standard format for mobile phone recording since it's good at recording speech.
VLC will play it, so will Media Player Classic these are pretty standard audio players.
If you want to convert the files just shove 'amr to mp3' into google, there are loads of converters (some open source).
Probably the best bet is to use Audacity (free audio editor) and ffmpeg (codecs) to open and re-encode files. You can also edit the files to your liking (remove noise etc.)
Well that may be the view from the leading edge but NONE of the 12 people I sent audio notes to (before I realised they were recording as amr) were able to open them and they're certainly not going to download a 3rd party app to accommodate me.
And I certainly don't want to bugger about with transcoding on the desktop - I want to share straight from my mobile - but I can't find a single app that does something as simple as record to an MP3 file on Android. Any suggestions?
While there is a lot to love about this device / platform I am becoming increasingly aware of this sort of niggle as I scratch the surface.
Recordoid allows you to choose a few options like the format (between .3gp and. wav). I tend to use the app as a dictaphone. It has no sharing options though but I found it best for my purpose.
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Thanks for the tip - will give it a go.
If I can get a wav or mp3 to a directory I can set up an Astro shortcut to it that will make sharing easy enough.
Well, I can only offer some notes from a different usage;
Recordoid records to /sdcard/dictaphone/ both through the widget and the app in .3GP and .WAV
HiFiCorder records to /sdcard/HiFiRecordings/ in .MP3 and .OGG (including very high quality)
Rehearsal Assistant records to /sdcard/urbanstew.RehearsalAssistant// in .3GP and .WAV
Virtual Recorder records to /sdcard/VirtualRecorder/ in .PCM
Voice Recorder (by Mamoru Tokashiki) records to /sdcard/com.tokasiki.android.voicerecorder/ in .3GP
Simple Note records to /sdcard/simplenote/ in .3GP
VoiceTask records to /sdcard/VoiceTask/ in .AMR
Voice Recorder [default] records to /sdcard/My Documents/My Recordings/ in .AMR
Most of them if not all feature options directly in the app to send through mail. Try them and see which suits you best. They are each positioned for slightly different uses.
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VoiceTask - send your recording via mail in MP3 format
VoiceTask - application is a simple and handy voice recorder with possibility of sending recordings to any E-mail inbox in MP3 format. Application is designed for easy summarization of phone conversations and any other audio recordings.
The app is recording in the .amr format, but when you send the recording to mail, it is transocded into MP3.
Files are send to one email address (which you input on setup - no additional configurations needed).
And best of all... App is FREE!
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Sending to multiple mail addreses is coming soon!!
Mark One said:
Just noticed (taken me 3 days) that my desire seems to record all audio in .amr format. This is fine on the device but as soon as it goes anywhere else there are problems.
The stock voice recorder does what i need quite well - but it records in amr format so although the "share" option makes it easy as pie to email someone a voice note, chances are they're not going to be able to open in at their end.
Same seems to be true for Evernote - I record a voice note but I can't listen to it on my PC. Opening a voice note through their web interface (firefox/win7 32) requires a plugin that cannot be found and installing their desktop software doesn't help either - it won't play any audio files.
Am I missing something fundamental here?
Know a good audio note app that records in MP3 or WAV with an easy "share" feature?
With evernote, how do you listen to audio notes on your PC?
Many Thanks, M
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Interesting, thanks - will take a look ..
Your app I presume?
I think it has potential - UI not too responsive (took me a few taps to start/stop recording).
Really needs some options on quality setting (as default is poor) and as some some else has commented I would prefer it to exit cleanly rather than running in background.
VoiceTask 1.1 (bugfixes, sending to multiple addresses) is out!!
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Mark One:
Yes, I am developer of that app...
On my phone responsiveness is o.k.
Application doesn't exit cleanly like you said... This thing could be fixed..
I hope I'll have time to fix this until next release...
Thanks for the details, will test.
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Hi guys
I'm looking to upgrade my podcast app from Google Listen.
I've narrowed it down to 2 choices - Podkicker Pro or Pocket Casts.
Both seem to have excellent reviews, and both are the same price.
Any one with any experience of either of these?
Which should I go for?
I'm not the heaviest podcast listener, so don't really want to pay anymore than these for a podcast app.
Do both of these apps have lockscreen controls?
Does either of these apps stop downloaded podcasts appear with your music like Listen does?
Also, the ability for it to remember the last listening point of each podcast is a must, for when I get interupted mid-podcast.
Whilst an online search shows more people preferring Pocket Casts, its kinda bugging me that the last update to that app was February and am worried its not being supported much anymore.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
thanks!
If you use podcasts AND RSS feeds (text), try greader pro. I use it for both.
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hey...
any movie maker ala iMovie
i tried magisto, but it does not take the file format that i imported.
Video format: H.264 codec, .mp4 file format
anyone know of any other app that can do this?
Just use a player with multi-codec support.
I wonder why you'd be trying to convert the video. If you're just trying to watch then I'd suggest MX Player or VLC which can play (almost) any video format.
Sorry, there are no good movie editing apps for Android. Use a PC.
androvid, vidtrim, converter pro.
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I wonder why you'd be trying to convert the video. If you're just trying to watch then I'd suggest MX Player or VLC which can play (almost) any video format.
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i am not trying to convert the video. I am trying toedit the parts that I do not want...maybe add in some works and title or different parts of the clips. Then maybe post it online... much like what iMovie can do on an ipad
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androvid, vidtrim, converter pro.
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Good stuff on the android and vidtrim. Nice and fast.
Still do not have adding title or adding music. The pro version?
Movieaid looks a bit duff at first but works well tbf with titles and audio overlay capability, etc. free version limits length.
Would be good if Google whipped up a nice editor, best thing when ive been around iPads was the ease of movie making.
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what about window movie maker, sony vegas, adobe premiere, avid, fcp, fce and etc
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what about window movie maker, sony vegas, adobe premiere, avid, fcp, fce and etc
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On a nexus 7?!?!
WeVideo?
I do regular web searches to see if anybody has developed a viable video editor / movie maker for android, and finally there's some hope.
Just came across this tonight - http://blog.wevideo.com/bid/272187/WeVideo-Launches-iMovie-Competitor-App-for-Android
It's a new app called WeVideo (just released, so it's still in BETA), and it's pitching itself as an iMovie-like editor for ANdroid, with some cloud-based features and other differences, but what's important as it appears to provide full "movie making" capabilities across various Android devices.
I just tried it out and it works well, with a few oversights like:
- No transition control
- No volume control for music tracks
- No local, uncompressed storage of published video (not that I've found anyhow)
Just for starters. But, if you don't mind using their simple theme, and don't want to include your own music, it works pretty well.
It's also nice that it supports publishing of your videos directly to YouTube, despite not exporting to sdcard etc.
I'll post this reply in a few other threads asking about better video editors for Android as well.
I'm gonna add my voice to those who wish there was a solid video editing app for android. Video apps seem to be an area where android falls down completely. Of course there are quality players, you'd be worried if their weren't but I can't help feel like there's a massive gap in the market. Is it that its just too hard to create such an app on android?
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I'm gonna add my voice to those who wish there was a solid video editing app for android. Video apps seem to be an area where android falls down completely. Of course there are quality players, you'd be worried if their weren't but I can't help feel like there's a massive gap in the market. Is it that its just too hard to create such an app on android?
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It's because editing videos is a really taxing process for computers already as it is, and any aspiring video editor requires like a billion features to be any good. It's simpler on iOS where everything is a video camera and the iPad is a kind of standard thing everyone has had. It's only within the last year or so that Android tablets are even decent like the N7, so it's not too surprising to not have any amazing editors yet. I give it another year and we'll have apps competing with iMovie.
Also it just seems way easier to use a laptop/PC to edit videos which are 99% of the time recorded on phones or separate cameras.
Hey all.
I'm looking for an app to record music, but I can't find anything that fits.
What I want is something that will allow me to record 5 minutes of audio through the device's mic, and store it as a file on the device.
That way I can just hit record, play my guitar and sing, and get a demo/reference recording without any fuss.
If it could record extra tracks, that would be awesome, and perhaps apply reverb, even better... but basically I just want a passable quality audio recorder through the devices mic.
I've looked at pocketband, but it seems to be loop focussed, I don't like the cloud storage thing, and it seems a little complex for my needs.
So... any alternative thoughts?
Thanks.
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see if audio evolution meets your needs
Check out Easy Voice Recorded on Google play
Thanks guys.
Both solve the problem I have to say, but Audio Evolution is a fantastic piece of software for a mobile device... I think I might have to cough up the cash for that.
Thanks again.
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Hi Channel,
I want to make you aware of my application named "WhatsMedia Audio and Voice Notes from WhatsApp" for wearable Galaxy Watch Samsung.
I'm a software developer and I'm addicted to the Samsung world.
So when 6 months ago I bought my wonderful Samsung Active 2 I was really surprised about some apps laking.
Since Active 2 supported integrated speaker, one really application really I missed was to listen to Audio message from WhatsApp at least.
Of course, I missed WhatsApp application, in general, running my smartWatch, but I thought it was a pity that I wasn't able to listen at least my audio message.
So finally I started to develop something and finally, I came out with my application on Galaxy Store and Google Play store.
My WhatsMedia lets you receive WhatsApp Audio and Voice Notes media directly to your wearable Galaxy Watch (not only Active 2) !
This wearable app is a Companion Application so it requires installing the relative Companion app on your Android smartphone downloaded from Google Play Store.
The only requirement is to have both Samsung devices and Tizen version > 4.0.0 and at least a Samsung Watch with the speaker !
The app full support notifications and run background support.
This the list of all the features supported by my WhatsMedia application:
Listen to Vocal Note from WhatsApp and Audio from WhatsApp
Full Audio control and monitor:
Up to 15 media files stored locally to listen
Contact name and Icon from WhatsApp
Delete single file audio using more option or all audio files at once
Sadly at the moment is not possible to reply to the audio message with another audio message through WhatsMedia application on your smartwatch.
I still figure it out if this is really possible, but the integration depends on Android OS and WhatsApp app.
Simple tutorial on how to install and test the Samsung smartwatch application "WhatsMedia Audio and Voice Notes from WhatsApp" on youtube
You can install WhatsMedia app using Galaxy store searching for WhatsMedia
Of course, the application is not perfect, but I work actively to improve and to fix issues on my application.
Feel free to contact me for any information, request or doubt at my email [email protected]
Enjoy and stay safe!
Any chance you could make WhatsApp calling work?
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Cannot find the watch app in Galaxy store, even the link in the phone app points to an unknown app. I am located in Germany if this is important.
ademmer said:
Cannot find the watch app in Galaxy store, even the link in the phone app points to an unknown app. I am located in Germany if this is important.
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Same here in Italy
it is not free....