VLC Media Player unable to play AMR files?

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

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Originally Posted by outlaw

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

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Originally Posted by aryayush

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

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Originally Posted by laik_goldy2006

pls send vlc player (download link)

Chose ur version...

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

webgenius · 03-12-2006, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

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

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Originally Posted by it_waaznt_me

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

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Originally Posted by webgenius

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.