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Sound and Notifications on MDA Vario

HI
Before i start i have checked other posts, but no one seems to be having the problem that i am having.
I have a .wav file called Mail.wav i place it in the windows directory of my mda vario. I go to the sounds and notification program make sure enable sound for events and programs are selected. go to the notfication tab and choose an event. I then find my wav file in the drop down list box. i select it. when i try to play it through the play icon, no sound is heard. when i try to play any of the other default sounds from the drop down list , they all play correctly.
My wav file is ok there is nothing wrong with it, becuase when i play it through the vario's media player i hear the sound correctly.
Any ideas
Thanks in advance
williad

Don't know how to solve your problem but you could try converting your wav to mp3 or wma and copy them to Windows/Rings and try again.

HI
Thanks
tried that didnt work. I think for notifications you need to put the sound file in the windows directory. That way they appear in your drop down list. I just cant understand that the sound file plays ok in th e windows media player , but not when you click the play button on the notification screen.
williad

I don't have your unit, but I remember having the same problem some where with some poorly written software.
Copy one of the 'ok'(playable) sound-file (WAV) from your PPC to your PC. Right click on it and then select Properties -> Summary (Advance). Double check the information inside (i.e. Bit Rate, Audio Sample size, Sample rate etc). [ I'm not sure you can just do it in your PPC ]. Try confirm that both the 'ok' and 'non-ok' ones are having the identical properties. If not, try to make them match see if this helps.

hi.
thank you for the tip
did as you suggested and found out that the notifications are in .pcm format. I downloaded one of the audio conversion tools .and performed the conversion into the associative .pcm format. placed the conversion into the windows directory of the device. I went to the notification screen selected the sound file from the drop down menu . pressed play and it WORKED . can't thank you enough for your help
loving the vario even more
williad

Phone rings one time

Hi guys.
Trouble with the phone, the phone rings only once and goes silent mode, can somebody come across this and solved the problem.
He would put different firmware, the result is not changed.
Regards

I have the same problem, would appreciate a fix

This problem has to do with the sound file that you are using. The sound file is missing android_loop metatag if it is only ringing once. If the ringtone doesn't loop in the preview on your phone then it is missing the tag. You can check for the tag on your computer by opening it with vlc player and go to tools->media information->metadata. Here's instructions to add the tag to whatever file you want I find on Google. I used it myself to get my ringtone to loop.
- Download and install Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net)
- Open the ringtone file in Audacity, note you can use mp3/wav files as well, Audacity can convert them into OGG.
- Select Open Metadata Editor for the File Menu
- Add a new tag called ANDROID_LOOP and set the value to 'true'.
- Click OK
- Select Export from the File Menu and select the Save As Type format as Ogg Vorbis Files.
- Click OK through File Save and Metadata dialogue window.
- Copy the new ringtone file onto your phone.
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But the problem is when it on vibrate! It vibrates once then switches to silent mode. A me development is that it plays sounds even in silent mode

[Q] Where are your personal sounds & what format are they in ?

This is the first phone I've ever had I couldn't just drop some sound files in the obvious places & have them work..
So I put some in the stock locations in system/media/audio & they showed up.. but when I picked them the previews weren't right they were still random stock sounds..
Anybody have any success with this phone specifically using their own alarms / notifications / ringtones ?
Where did you put them & what format are the audio files in ?

I have mine on the root of the SD Card (Internal or External should work). They are in folders called Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms respectively. I have converted all my sounds to m4a so that I could easily add them to either my iPhone or Android. (On and iPhone you just have to rename them to m4r and drop them in iTunes).

dmalone said:
I have mine on the root of the SD Card (Internal or External should work). They are in folders called Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms respectively. I have converted all my sounds to m4a so that I could easily add them to either my iPhone or Android. (On and iPhone you just have to rename them to m4r and drop them in iTunes).
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And they all work on your G3 specifically ?
Maaayyybe it's just a problem with my ogg then..
I'll try

Yep. They all work. In previous phones all three of those folders were located under a folder called media but I saw that they were on the root out of the box so I recreated them on my external SD and they all showed up.

dmalone said:
Yep. They all work. In previous phones all three of those folders were located under a folder called media but I saw that they were on the root out of the box so I recreated them on my external SD and they all showed up.
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whaaaaat ?
I tried it with a few mp3 too no dice.. I'll have to try that m4a specifically..
when I went looking through system though mine are in a folder called media.. yours aren't ? what's the path to'm ?

dmalone said:
Yep. They all work. In previous phones all three of those folders were located under a folder called media but I saw that they were on the root out of the box so I recreated them on my external SD and they all showed up.
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So I tried m4a as well they aren't working
They're still showing up as pickable with the stock sound selector.. but when I tap one the preview is of a stock sound.. not my actual sound >.<
Where did you put yours that weren't in sdcard/ringtones or system/media/audio/ringtones ?

jaladhjin said:
So I tried m4a as well they aren't working
They're still showing up as pickable with the stock sound selector.. but when I tap one the preview is of a stock sound.. not my actual sound >.<
Where did you put yours that weren't in sdcard/ringtones or system/media/audio/ringtones ?
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I just double verified. My ringtones are in a folder called "Ringtones" off of the root of the External SD Card in m4a format. I went into Settings -> Sound -> Ringtone. I see all of the sounds and am able to select one and hear the correct preview. If yours doesn't work that way I might try backing up my SD card and re-formatting.

[Q] PLEASE HELP! Notification sound and music library are gone!

All of a sudden my sms notification sound doesn't work anymore. I try to look into it, finding out that the file is still in the Notifications folder and evetything, only to discover that in Play Music all my music library is also gone! Simply vanished! Of course, all the files are still on the device, accessible and playable through the file explorer (even with Play Music), but in the library they're nowhere to be found. None of them. Also, when selecting a notification sound in the (default, preinstalled) messaging app, I just don't see the 3 files that I myself have put in the Notifications folder.
I've tried re-copying the files to the device and nothing happens. Play music keeps telling me to copy music on my device via USB ..
I'm running Cyanogen OS 12, all stock, but this happend in medias res, so to speak, I've been using the OS since it finally came out. I've been looking for an in-call sound recorder though the other day and tried a few (none of them working properly), tried different settings in them. Might this have been the cause of my troubles? Also, please someone help me how to sort this out, it's driving me crazy!
Edit: I have now tried to reinstall Play Music and the BS Player, in hope that maybe I will have some drivers reinstalled and everything will turn out right. Well, it didn't.
This afternoon I found out that not only my audio files, but also my pictures and videos are not recognized by any gallery-software. Not the Cyanogen Gallery, nor the Google Photos app. Nor the camera app. I can still see all the files on the device (I have tons of photos) in the File explorer, but not in the designated apps.

Yersiwx said:
All of a sudden my sms notification sound doesn't work anymore. I try to look into it, finding out that the file is still in the Notifications folder and evetything, only to discover that in Play Music all my music library is also gone! Simply vanished! Of course, all the files are still on the device, accessible and playable through the file explorer (even with Play Music), but in the library they're nowhere to be found. None of them. Also, when selecting a notification sound in the (default, preinstalled) messaging app, I just don't see the 3 files that I myself have put in the Notifications folder.
I've tried re-copying the files to the device and nothing happens. Play music keeps telling me to copy music on my device via USB ..
I'm running Cyanogen OS 12, all stock, but this happend in medias res, so to speak, I've been using the OS since it finally came out. I've been looking for an in-call sound recorder though the other day and tried a few (none of them working properly), tried different settings in them. Might this have been the cause of my troubles? Also, please someone help me how to sort this out, it's driving me crazy!
Edit: I have now tried to reinstall Play Music and the BS Player, in hope that maybe I will have some drivers reinstalled and everything will turn out right. Well, it didn't.
This afternoon I found out that not only my audio files, but also my pictures and videos are not recognized by any gallery-software. Not the Cyanogen Gallery, nor the Google Photos app. Nor the camera app. I can still see all the files on the device (I have tons of photos) in the File explorer, but not in the designated apps.
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Workaround/Solution:
1. Delete instances of .nomedia files in the root of your sd card
2. Go to Music folder-----Create another folder in the Music Folder----Move ur songs into this folder . Now the files would appear in the multimedia player and play just fine.
3. Similarly create another folder under DCIM/Camera and move ur pics into the new folder. They will now appear in the gallery app.
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The above is at best a workaround and I still dont know why the stock media players and gallery wouldn't recognise files in the stock directories.
I hope some senior dev or enthusiast may like to shed some light on this issue.

knedge said:
Workaround/Solution:
1. Delete instances of .nomedia files in the root of your sd card
2. Go to Music folder-----Create another folder in the Music Folder----Move ur songs into this folder . Now the files would appear in the multimedia player and play just fine.
3. Similarly create another folder under DCIM/Camera and move ur pics into the new folder. They will now appear in the gallery app.
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The above is at best a workaround and I still dont know why the stock media players and gallery wouldn't recognise files in the stock directories.
I hope some senior dev or enthusiast may like to shed some light on this issue.
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Thank you so much for answering! I was almost set that I'd have to re-flash the rom .. which would be rather inconvenient, as it's my exam period and I really don't have much time.
Anyway, I was thinking - Cyanogen OS 12.1 OTA is just about to be rolled out. Maybe if I wait for it to come out, it would fix my base problem? I know it's not a clean flash, but still..

knedge said:
Workaround/Solution:
1. Delete instances of .nomedia files in the root of your sd card
2. Go to Music folder-----Create another folder in the Music Folder----Move ur songs into this folder . Now the files would appear in the multimedia player and play just fine.
3. Similarly create another folder under DCIM/Camera and move ur pics into the new folder. They will now appear in the gallery app.
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The above is at best a workaround and I still dont know why the stock media players and gallery wouldn't recognise files in the stock directories.
I hope some senior dev or enthusiast may like to shed some light on this issue.
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Do you think it would possible to somehow "reset" the existing .nomedia files? Or if I just deleted them, would they be (properly) reset even if I don't move my media files?
Just thinking Also, would you happen to know where I should look for the .nomedia files in my root? I wouldn't want to miss any.

Hi, I am on different phone and came here for searching same problem. Well in particular your problem, as suggested above, deleting .nomedia files will do the trick.
Download es file explorer and search for ".nomedia" and delete all. Then again perform deeper search and delete them.
Sometimes clearing data of media storage also help(settings >apps>all>media storage>force stop>clear data)
What problem I am facing is, the no media files are keep coming upon restarts. Very annoying and doesn't go even after restored to earlier back up...
Anyone who knows solution for this, his help will be greatly appreciated.

Fix missing musics and pics

Well most of us(including me earlier) might have experienced that the gallery is not showing all the pics or that the default music app is not scanning all the music .Following are some simple trick to fix that issue
1: (need root)Well this would be the fastest and most efficient way.if your phone is not rooted see 2nd method.
a-First install any file explorer which has root explorer option.(recommended root explorer by speed software)
b-Then cut the folder in which you have the music or images and paste it into any root folder like 'data' or 'sys' or 'system'.
c-Next force stop your gallery or music app and clear the data.
d-Finally paste back the images or music folder into your SD card.
Voohoo you fixed that annoying problem of your gallery and music.
2: (without root)Well this method will also work but its a bit time consuming.
a-Install any file manager app
b-backup your images or music to PC or any other place except your current SD card or phone memory and delete the images or music from SD card or phone memory.
c-Now force stop and clear data of gallery or music app.
d-Copy back the deleted images or music from the backuped source.
e-Now reeboot your phone and open your gallery or music app.
If any problem do comment.
&dnt forget to tap thanks if I helped you.
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