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aryayush
30-05-2006, 01:20 PM
Hello!
I have always had the impression that VLC Media Player can play ANY media file in the world...till now. It turns out I was a bit mistaken. It cannot play AMR files, the format used by most mobile phones to record sound. RealPlayer can play it but VLC can't. Is there any plug-in/codec/workaround to make VLC play AMR files?
shovik
31-05-2006, 01:03 AM
AMR files can be played in apple's quick time player. try it...
alienspiesu
02-06-2006, 01:01 AM
oye try the new VLC player..
laik_goldy2006
03-12-2006, 07:50 PM
pls send vlc player (download link):)
outlaw
03-12-2006, 09:04 PM
damn ; u are right i cant play amr !!!! vlc can play cd images but cant play amr unbelievable!!!!!!
webgenius
03-12-2006, 09:40 PM
damn ; u are right i cant play amr !!!! vlc can play cd images but cant play amr unbelievable!!!!!!
I've been using vlc for such a long time but hadn't noticed this. I've installed Nokia PC software suite & it had been handling amr files.
outlaw
03-12-2006, 11:23 PM
me too...

my fav player is windows media player cuz of da ease of use ,look and feel;

i resort to VLC whenever WMP cant play files
QwertyManiac
03-12-2006, 11:27 PM
Hello!
I have always had the impression that VLC Media Player can play ANY media file in the world...till now. It turns out I was a bit mistaken. It cannot play AMR files, the format used by most mobile phones to record sound. RealPlayer can play it but VLC can't. Is there any plug-in/codec/workaround to make VLC play AMR files?
Hehe, it doesnt play RM either.
Choto Cheeta
03-12-2006, 11:31 PM
pls send vlc player (download link):)

Chose ur version...

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
webgenius
03-12-2006, 11:35 PM
Hehe, it doesnt play RM either.
RM is a commercial protocol designed my Real Networks. So only they can build a decoder for that protocol. No one else can build that.
Choto Cheeta
03-12-2006, 11:41 PM
take a look at here...

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

details about whats supported and what is not (known to them)
webgenius
03-12-2006, 11:45 PM
You can see that it doesn't support real format
it_waaznt_me
03-12-2006, 11:54 PM
AMR files are played if Nokia Media Player is installed but no sound will be there. The video will be displayed.
webgenius
03-12-2006, 11:57 PM
AMR files are played if Nokia Media Player is installed but no sound will be there. The video will be displayed.
It's because AMR is an audio format
QwertyManiac
04-12-2006, 01:00 AM
RM is a commercial protocol designed my Real Networks. So only they can build a decoder for that protocol. No one else can build that.
So isnt Quicktime MOVs the same too? They play if they are.
it_waaznt_me
04-12-2006, 01:59 AM
Whack .. I wrote about 3gp .. Sillly me .. :grr:
mehulved
04-12-2006, 05:49 AM
Yeah 3gp files audio isn't played cos 3gp uses amr for audio most of the time, or maybe always, AFAIK cos that's what I came across while using ffmpeg to convert videos to 3gp.
webgenius
04-12-2006, 09:19 AM
So isnt Quicktime MOVs the same too? They play if they are.
What you are saying is correct. My guess is that real protocol is patented. So noone can use it. Not so sure about quicktime *.mov format.