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p990 - WMA files |
clkenton
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 2
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Does anyone know how to get the p990 to play WMA files? My whole music collection is in this format so I am a little miffed that the phone cannot play these files. |
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psikey
Joined: Jan 31, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: UK - South Yorkshire
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You can't.
Most none Windows devices won't as the manufacturer would have to pay a licence fee to Microsoft which is also the reason software developers don't add compatibility either.
Don't think any Symbian device has ever played wma files. |
joel80
Joined: Nov 30, 2004
Posts: 353
From: Sweden
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Why do anyone have audio in windows media format?? Gah! Another thing that Microsoft tries to take over..
NETSCAPE-INTERNET EXPLORER
ICQ-MSN
and now
MP3-WMA???
No.. this time they can't win!! Or can they?
/Joel
X1 user since 2008-10-12
P1i user since 2007-12-15
P990i user since 2006-08-07 |
jakontil
Joined: Jun 28, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Changi, Chatswood, Cikarang
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Symbian s60 n s80 surely play wma wif a patch, may b just a matter of time for UIQ? |
dpat
Joined: Jun 29, 2005
Posts: 24
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My W950i plays WMA happily (much better than it does realmedia!)
688>t28>t68>t68i>t610>k700>k750>w810i>p990>w950i>p1i |
psikey
Joined: Jan 31, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: UK - South Yorkshire
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Learn something new everyday! I stand corrected and therefore the question is why not the P990i??? |
mamoulian
Joined: Jun 25, 2003
Posts: 30
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Sorry I can't help with onboard WMA playing but I do know that there are music management programs which will automatically transcode files as it transfers them to the device (or memory stick).
I use Amarok (on linux) and have set it to transcode to ogg at medium-quality when transferring to the P910. All of my CDs are stored as high-bitrate mp3s which I don't need just for headphone use, and I only have a 1gb MS. It happily does wma since there are wma codecs for linux.
As for programs to run on windows - maybe itunes, musicmatch jukebox, something like that. |
kazador07
Joined: Jul 06, 2006
Posts: 95
From: Santiago Rep. Dom.
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try WMA-PLUS for symbian UIQ !
this app can open wma files in symbian UIQ (sorry bad english) |
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Posted: 2006-10-01 17:15
