I've tried a crap load of Media Player apps from the market and none of them support .wma files. Has ANYONE found one that works?
Tanx...
-Mc
McHale said:
I've tried a crap load of Media Player apps from the market and none of them support .wma files. Has ANYONE found one that works?
Tanx...
-Mc
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I'm in to Flac, and happy that a few current Froyo ROM's now support imaginatively. Never cared for Andless and Meridian. Anyways, as far as WMA I saw this searching. I have NO IDEA of quality or if it works.
http://uploaded.to/file/n5tskd
I tried that a while ago. It does but the player is VERY buggy and doesn't support any type of playlists or playing more than one file at a time.
Yah, I wish I'd have ripped all my CD's in FLAC but because I was a WinMo fanboy and I use Windows at work, I saw no reason for anything but .WMA.
The HTC devices (sold by HTC) support .wma. I'm figuring it's a codec of some sort to add that functionality back to the stock media player. I need to read up on adding FLAC support to the stock ROM and maybe I can pick up how to do it with .WMA as well.
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-Mc
You can convert .wma to .flac pretty easily with foobar2000. I'm assuming of course that the OP has ripped everything in lossless .wma and not compressed .wma, otherwise using .flac would be pointless. If you have a huge collection of lossless music, it would be a good idea to do this to your entire collection anyway for the sake of compatibility in the future.
The other option if you're sticking with a stock N1 ROM is to convert everything to lossless .wav, which has native support in the stock ROM. For that process, you can download the Windows Media Audio Lossless to Wave Converter directly from Microsoft.
Hi,
Is it possible to add the FLAC codec to my GingerBurst HTC Desire? I know some player apps can play it but CyangenMod has the codec built in and I'm thinking maybe it's possible to add it?
I would ask in the GingerBurst ROM thread in the developer forum but not enough posts to be allowed.. (Meh)
Thanks.
Add more codec to Native library
Hi all,
I was wondering on similar lines.
Will we be able to enable native support for more codec, by copying the codec library files to the /system/lib directory?
Are there any other configurations that need to be made in order to tell the device what the library file (added) is about?
I want to be able to use FLAC files as a ringtone. That, I guess, will be possible only when there is native support for FLAC.
I own a XPERIA X10 mini (Rooted)
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
I searched everywhere, either I did it wrong way or there is isn't any available.
A video player for avi/divx/mkv/mp4 formats with majority codecs supported?
Examples:
GoodPlayer for iPhone
DicePlayer for Android
Hope I have posted in the right section..
This is built into to Windows phone you just drag whatever format movie into your Zune then sync with device and bam it plays.
Laquox said:
This is built into to Windows phone you just drag whatever format movie into your Zune then sync with device and bam it plays.
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Agreed, but some media files zune will not add.
For Example:
AVI file with Xvid+AC3 = Zune says 'media type not valid'
MKV file = Zune will not allow to even drag drop this extension
So no option but to convert. Any one??
Even when you drag "compatible" video formats to the phone, Zune STILL converts them, so you may as well do it anyway.
FloatingFatMan said:
Even when you drag "compatible" video formats to the phone, Zune STILL converts them, so you may as well do it anyway.
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Thats what I don't want to do. Atleast for directly playable files.
Please suggest if there is any app vailable.
Not at this moment..
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that's the only thing i hate on wobdoes phone and the omnia 7. such a big screen and powerfull hardware, but most of my videos won't play. indeed most files are .avi coded with xvid/divx, and most files with higher resolution are .mkv.
even crappy bada phones play those files without any problems.
Big question here: Is it even possible that someone develops a videoplayer like moboplayer on android? or doesn't ms allow other media player or isn't there any access to necesarry api's? And if the published such videoplayer, how would we get these video files on our phones without itunes trying to convert them?
On itunes there was a possibility with vlc player until it had to be removed.
Hello everyone.
Registered user here of the pro version, I was wondering if its possible to implement IFO support when it comes to play a VIDEO_TS folder.
Playing vob files works great. I usually rip the DVD main movie via MakeMKV and play the resulting MKV with MPEG2 flawlessly, but when that main movie is greater than 4 GB I cannot do anything, because my device doesn't support any filesystem other than FAT32. That's why the IFO support would make this OK, copy vob files (1 GB) with IFO file and play as a standard VIDEO_TS folder (Im not talking about menus, just the IFOs)
Thanks
dalecooper said:
Hello everyone.
Registered user here of the pro version, I was wondering if its possible to implement IFO support when it comes to play a VIDEO_TS folder.
Playing vob files works great. I usually rip the DVD main movie via MakeMKV and play the resulting MKV with MPEG2 flawlessly, but when that main movie is greater than 4 GB I cannot do anything, because my device doesn't support any filesystem other than FAT32. That's why the IFO support would make this OK, copy vob files (1 GB) with IFO file and play as a standard VIDEO_TS folder (Im not talking about menus, just the IFOs)
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Normally if you start playing first vob file, then after completing first file mx will play the second vob file automatically. it'll be automatically added to the queue if it's in the same folder. (make sure "back to list" is disable in Settings 》Player)
Thanks.
Yes, I know that. The problem is when the movie has several audio or subtitle tracks, sometimes its unpredictable which one is gonna start with the next vob file, because the vob files by themselves don't have an identification of language other than 0x80-like, so you gotta change the track again and there's a pause that wouldn't be with an IFO file. Also, depending of the methods and tools of extracting the vobs, sometimes the length of the vob gets confused.
I am aware that is possible to watch a whole movie with this, I was just wondering probably this is not a big implementation (almost like a playlist?) and could make the playing of DVD movies an awesome feature. I understand this is not a feature most people would request, but I like not having to convert, just extract the movie, and watch it as is. Even when I know by H264 standards is a waste of space, but with 32gb cards that cheap nowadays, it's comfortable.
Thanks.
dalecooper said:
Thanks.
Yes, I know that. The problem is when the movie has several audio or subtitle tracks, sometimes its unpredictable which one is gonna start with the next vob file, because the vob files by themselves don't have an identification of language other than 0x80-like, so you gotta change the track again and there's a pause that wouldn't be with an IFO file. Also, depending of the methods and tools of extracting the vobs, sometimes the length of the vob gets confused.
I am aware that is possible to watch a whole movie with this, I was just wondering probably this is not a big implementation (almost like a playlist?) and could make the playing of DVD movies an awesome feature. I understand this is not a feature most people would request, but I like not having to convert, just extract the movie, and watch it as is. Even when I know by H264 standards is a waste of space, but with 32gb cards that cheap nowadays, it's comfortable.
Thanks.
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We will check out this feature.
Thanks
Hi there.
Great player and thanks very much for all the devs' hard work. I'm wondering, since I have more than 25,000 DVDs in my collection, if there has been any further consideration of implementing a full DVD play feature.
Thanks.
Any update on this? I would be prepared to pay money for a full DVD play feature to be implemented.
Thanks.
Most of my music is MP3's, but one of nmy favourite albums is in WMA. I just noticed that my phone can't play back WMA audio files.
I have tried both from my music app (Vinyl) and also the built in player in my file manager (MiX).
I can play them via VLC, but from my understanding, that uses its own decoder, and does not rely on the ROM's decoders.
Is it just me? 0r is it a known failing of A11 on the pixel 4a, that it cant decode WMA audio?
Try PowerAmp - it's a very powerful and customizable music player that supports WMA (Windows Media Audio) files.
VLC as well.
Windows Media Audio - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Lol, I don't have even one WMA file on my Android... it's a MS free zone
blackhawk said:
VLC as well.
Windows Media Audio - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Lol, I don't have even one WMA file on my Android... it's a MS free zone
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In my OP i already stated that VLC can play WMA files. I do not use VLC as my default music player.
DiamondJohn said:
I can play them via VLC, but from my understanding, that uses its own decoder, and does not rely on the ROM's decoders.
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JohnC said:
Try PowerAmp - it's a very powerful and customizable music player that supports WMA (Windows Media Audio) files.
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Thanks, but I am not looking for a replacement of my music player. I am asking if this is the case for everyone. PS. I am still on the march build of A11.
No one who actually posted, confirmed what I was asking?
Meh, I use Poweramp mostly have .wav files.
Pretty sure my stock N10+ can not play WMA files.
This seems to confirm there's no native support:
What Is a WMA File (and How Do I Open One)?
A file with the .wma file extension is a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file. Microsoft created the format to avoid the licensing issues associated with the MP3 format.
www.google.com
DiamondJohn said:
No one who actually posted, confirmed what I was asking?
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Since you found one or more players that could not play WMA files, that should be a pretty clear indication that the device doesn't support WMA natively and that you will need a player that includes it's own WMA codec. So, you actually confirmed yourself that the A11 on the Pixel 4a does not have native support for WMA files.
And if someone replied that wma files play fine on their A11 Pixel 4a, it could simply mean that their player has it's own wma codec.
If you really want to know if A11 on a pixel 4a has a native wma codec, you can probably find a diagnostic app in the playstore that might list the codecs in a device.
blackhawk said:
VLC as well.
Windows Media Audio - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Lol, I don't have even one WMA file on my Android... it's a MS free zone
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MS free, really...
blackhawk said:
Meh, I use Poweramp mostly have .wav files.
Pretty sure my stock N10+ can not play WMA files.
This seems to confirm there's no native support:
What Is a WMA File (and How Do I Open One)?
A file with the .wma file extension is a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file. Microsoft created the format to avoid the licensing issues associated with the MP3 format.
www.google.com
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ummm... I hope you don't have too many WAV files, as its a format created by Microsoft and IBM.
WAV - Wikipedia
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JohnC said:
Since you found one or more players that could not play WMA files, that should be a pretty clear indication that the device doesn't support WMA natively and that you will need a player that includes it's own WMA codec. So, you actually confirmed yourself that the A11 on the Pixel 4a does not have native support for WMA files.
And if someone replied that wma files play fine on their A11 Pixel 4a, it could simply mean that their player has it's own wma codec.
If you really want to know if A11 on a pixel 4a has a native wma codec, you can probably find a diagnostic app in the playstore that might list the codecs in a device.
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It is pretty clear that it would not support WMA, but I was simply checking that it was not specific to my phone. I do have a lot of customisations.
My previous device was running Oreo, and it ... wait ...whaaat... I just checked my old old Oreo device, and it doesnt support WMA either. I never noticed that before.
It's probably because WMA is a Microsoft format and might require a license/royalty, just like why the Pixel doesn't support exFAT because that too is a Microsoft format.
DiamondJohn said:
MS free, really...
ummm... I hope you don't have too many WAV files, as its a format created by Microsoft and IBM.
WAV - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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The codec maybe not the content.
I have over 6000 .wav and HDCD files... it's too late
Just to put some context, I have over 3500 music audio files (+a thousand or so sound effects for alarms, notifications etc etc etc), of which, only 10 are WMA. This is why, even though I have had these files for probably over 10y, I haven't noticed. ie <0.33% I guess I have to dig that CD (mostly a single album) out of storage and re-rip.
Sorry for any wasted time due to MY confusion.
DiamondJohn said:
Just to put some context, I have over 3500 music audio files (+a thousand or so sound effects for alarms, notifications etc etc etc), of which, only 10 are WMA. This is why, even though I have had these files for probably over 10y, I haven't noticed. ie <0.33% I guess I have to dig that CD (mostly a single album) out of storage and re-rip.
Sorry for any wasted time due to MY confusion.
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Why don't you just convert the WMAs to mp3s? https://cloudconvert.com/wma-to-mp3
buffal0b1ll said:
Why don't you just convert the WMAs to mp3s? https://cloudconvert.com/wma-to-mp3
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That would likely downgrad the audio quality...
buffal0b1ll said:
Why don't you just convert the WMAs to mp3s? https://cloudconvert.com/wma-to-mp3
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That would likely downgrade the audio quality...
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As I said, I only had about 10 out of over 3500 music files. Nearly all were from a single album, that I Ripped from CD back on Win2K before MP3's were natively (or its been so long since I installed the extension) supported by Windows, and I wasn't a Napster user, so wasn't heavily invested in MP3's, at the time. And my portable MP3 player (a Creative Labs product, not directly MS) actually could decode WMA's.
Anyway, I pulled the album out of storage (it was much easier to find than I expected), and re-ripped it, so all is good. Actually went down the road of Flac, it is one of my fav albums.
DiamondJohn said:
As I said, I only had about 10 out of over 3500 music files. Nearly all were from a single album, that I Ripped from CD back on Win2K before MP3's were natively (or its been so long since I installed the extension) supported by Windows, and I wasn't a Napster user, so wasn't heavily invested in MP3's, at the time. And my portable MP3 player (a Creative Labs product, not directly MS) actually could decode WMA's.
Anyway, I pulled the album out of storage (it was much easier to find than I expected), and re-ripped it, so all is good. Actually went down the road of Flac, it is one of my fav albums.
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If it's a HDCD you must rip it as a wav file or you will lose the HDCD subtext ie degrade it.
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If it's a HDCD you must rip it as a wav file or you will lose the HDCD subtext ie degrade it.
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This happens to be a CD back from the year 2000. (No HDCD logo on cover) All I care about is the actual audio, and the Album, artist, song title metadata. My ears are over 50 years old, and although I do like my sub-woofer and hi's boosted, I am mostly listening in my car, with traffic and car noise, I dont think the HDCD encoding would be of much benefit. I only ripped to flac (lossless), as it was a single album and I only selected 7 songs, and it was handy for me to do at that moment in time. I wont be doing the same for the other 3000+ songs, or any new ones in the future. Flac was overkill to begin with and HDCD is just getting ludicrous for me personally.
DiamondJohn said:
This happens to be a CD back from the year 2000. (No HDCD logo on cover) All I care about is the actual audio, and the Album, artist, song title metadata. My ears are over 50 years old, and although I do like my sub-woofer and hi's boosted, I am mostly listening in my car, with traffic and car noise, I dont think the HDCD encoding would be of much benefit. I only ripped to flac (lossless), as it was a single album and I only selected 7 songs, and it was handy for me to do at that moment in time. I wont be doing the same for the other 3000+ songs, or any new ones in the future. Flac was overkill to begin with and HDCD is just getting ludicrous for me personally.
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The subtext creates the broader sound stage which you can hear when using a stereo (or more) image in an open listening area.
An inaudible 20 khz audio wave collides with a inaudible 18 khz audio wave to produce a 2 khz wave that you can hear and so on. Thousands of interactions per second.
Many HDCDs are not label as such.
You need a 24 bit digital signal path to a 24 bit or higher DAC to glean about 90-92% of the HDCD subtext. A HDCD decoder gleams 100% of it.
HDCDs are around a 22 bit image vs a CDs 16 bit.