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Vista recorded sound can't be played
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elfe.chlorophile
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O.P. Vista recorded sound can't be played

In Windows Vista, the sound recorder application allows only more to record sounds in the  *.WMA   format. One can NOT choose to save it as   *.WAV   as earlier in XP.

And for alerts, when some friends connect, a   *.WMA   sound can't be selected... no support in Messenger plus... 


I used to record some funny customized "Rob's ooonnnn!" sound to be payed when a friends connects.

I know I could install some freeware to confert data format, but it may be better to enable this in Messenger Plus?

Thanx... I hope it's the right place to submit this...
03-13-2008 10:12 PM
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RE: Vista recorded sound can't be played
Plus does seem to actually support playing WMA files for notifications. Just enter the file name in the when choosing a sound and continue setting up the notification as normal.

It won't allow you to preview it ("This sound cannot be played by Messenger Plus!") but I've just tested it and confirmed it worked on 2 WMA sounds that I tried (using Messenger Plus! Live 4.50.0.312).

Hope this helps



Also, according to Wikipedia:
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to force Sound Recorder to save as WAV, the user must start Sound Recorder with the command line "soundrecorder /file outputfile.wav".
So this could be a possible solution too.

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03-13-2008 10:29 PM
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RE: Vista recorded sound can't be played
I couldn't make .wma's work on my Plus! 4.50 :s I knew your method pollolibredegrasa before and I could make it work at those times but not now, strange.
03-13-2008 11:05 PM
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RE: Vista recorded sound can't be played
Version 4.51 will allow the proper selection and preview of WMA sounds for event notifications. Thanks for reminding me about it :).
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03-14-2008 02:07 AM
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