Hi, I've got a HTC Touch HD (Blackstone). I'm looking for a free application that can play FLAC audio files.
The inbuilt music player (in TouchFlo 3D) and the Windows Media Player recognise and play normal mp3s fine.
I have tried GS Player
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
but I didnt like the interface and still couldnt get it to read my FLAC files.
Can someone help me please?
PocketPlayer can play FLAC it's not free but well worth the price considering features.
Use TCPMP player, it's great for flac files
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5687064#post5687064
I copied some FLAC files to be sim card but I cant even see them. When I open ASTRO I cant even see them? How do I play FLAC? I am trying to use WinAMP.
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.
As per July 3rd (If I'm not mistaken), my Desktop Music Manager for Google Play Music starts; what i thought then; reuploading most of my library. Upon more inspection, i discovered that it is actually uploading my ALAC formatted library.
Google Play Music Supported file types
According to the "last updated" date, it may started supporting ALAC files since July 1st 2013.
It is not mentioned whether the uploaded ALAC formatted files will be transcoded to 320kbps MP3, but that is the norm.
If you're using iTunes, covert arts obtained from the Apple Store are not embedded within the files, thus Google Music Manager uploaded them without cover arts.
NB : Apple Lossless Audio Codec sources
Palthron said:
As per July 3rd (If I'm not mistaken), my Desktop Music Manager for Google Play Music starts; what i thought then; reuploading most of my library. Upon more inspection, i discovered that it is actually uploading my ALAC formatted library.
Google Play Music Supported file types
According to the "last updated" date, it may started supporting ALAC files since July 1st 2013.
It is not mentioned whether the uploaded ALAC formatted files will be transcoded to 320kbps MP3, but that is the norm.
If you're using iTunes, covert arts obtained from the Apple Store are not embedded within the files, thus Google Music Manager uploaded them without cover arts.
NB : Apple Lossless Audio Codec sources
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Whoa -- you're right! I didn't think they'd add this feature... time to install Music Manager again and reupload my library
I like how Google pays attention to the small things that are really important to users.
Thanks for the heads-up!
I was glad to see this feature as I was fixing to spend all day converting my ALAC music files today so I could upload them to google play but just as I was about to do that I noticed my songs were already being added so I did not have to do that. I had all of my MP3 formatted music on their already but since alot of my new music that I have added to my collection has been either FLAC converted to ALAC or ALAC I it used to tell me they were unsupported so I had not tried uploading them. Then today I said screw that I want those songs in my play library since with the exception of my old iphone that stays plugged up in my car as an ipod touch I mostly used play music for listening to music these days. :good:
YES!!!!!!! OH GOD YES! I've been waiting for this for so long. Why did I just find this out now!?!?!?
Are ALAC files transcoded to 320 MP3s or do you actually get to listen to Apple Lossless files on the Google Play Music app when you go back to your phone?
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Are ALAC files transcoded to 320 MP3s or do you actually get to listen to Apple Lossless files on the Google Play Music app when you go back to your phone?
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They are transcoded to 320kbps mp3.
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.
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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
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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
en.wikipedia.org
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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.
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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.
I haven't figured out how to change my username since I decided I like iPhone better than Android.
I want to copy my personal music collection onto my iPhone but when I tried to at the library by connecting the mp3 player and the iPhone to separate USB cables to the Windows computer, it wouldn't let me and later I found out from Apple that there is a restriction where you have to use iTunes. Because I don't have my own computer at home I was wondering if there are any alternatives, and someone at the Apple Store suggested that syncing the mp3s with iTunes may still not allow the playback of the mp3s if they weren't specifically purchased through Apple Music.
So what would be a good alternative way to transfer my music collection onto the iPhone? I tested a web-site in Google Chrome that is a YouTube to mp3 converter called "mp3 juices" that allows you to download audio from YouTube into mp3 files. It worked on iPhone and I was able to import mp3s into a music player app called the Audius Music Player. Since the Audius Music Player works in this way, I suppose I could copy all 12 GB of my music collection onto Google Drive and than download the songs one by one and than import them into the Audius Music Player app but I think this may be rather tedious to click to download on each individual song until I downloaded 12 GB of music. Also the free version of Audius Music Player says it has limits so I don't know if there would be a limitation on the amount of music that can be downloaded.
Would there be a way to save all the music album folders and files into one large zip file and unzip the music files onto the iPhone?
Another suggestion mentioned to me by someone is the VLC media player, but VLC on iPhone requires iTunes to sync the music into VLC media player and so I may want to get away from having to deal with iTunes.
Lol, I thought everything was easy on iPhones...
Try this.
Meh, I've used iPhones for work and I'll take my N10+'s over them any day.
DRM sucks... you are now part of the machine.
NeedHelpWithAndroid said:
I haven't figured out how to change my username since I decided I like iPhone better than Android.
I want to copy my personal music collection onto my iPhone but when I tried to at the library by connecting the mp3 player and the iPhone to separate USB cables to the Windows computer, it wouldn't let me and later I found out from Apple that there is a restriction where you have to use iTunes. Because I don't have my own computer at home I was wondering if there are any alternatives, and someone at the Apple Store suggested that syncing the mp3s with iTunes may still not allow the playback of the mp3s if they weren't specifically purchased through Apple Music.
So what would be a good alternative way to transfer my music collection onto the iPhone? I tested a web-site in Google Chrome that is a YouTube to mp3 converter called "mp3 juices" that allows you to download audio from YouTube into mp3 files. It worked on iPhone and I was able to import mp3s into a music player app called the Audius Music Player. Since the Audius Music Player works in this way, I suppose I could copy all 12 GB of my music collection onto Google Drive and than download the songs one by one and than import them into the Audius Music Player app but I think this may be rather tedious to click to download on each individual song until I downloaded 12 GB of music. Also the free version of Audius Music Player says it has limits so I don't know if there would be a limitation on the amount of music that can be downloaded.
Would there be a way to save all the music album folders and files into one large zip file and unzip the music files onto the iPhone?
Another suggestion mentioned to me by someone is the VLC media player, but VLC on iPhone requires iTunes to sync the music into VLC media player and so I may want to get away from having to deal with iTunes.
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You have to use iTunes. Don't have a computer? Get one. IPhones don't behave like android, it's either iTunes or you don't. They are more locked down.