AMR Format

[d3x7r0]

Sorry if this has been talked about before but I can't get anything using search (maybe it's just me beeing newbie) but is there anyway to use Winamp to listen to files in AMR format?

I have a nokia mobile phone and I usualy get some amr files from my friends to use as ringtone but I don't want to send the files to my mobile phone everytime I want to ear them

Are there any plugins that do this? or something like the Real Alternative and the Quick Time Alternative?

[gaekwad2]

There's a converter to decode them to wav and turn wavs into AMR files.

[d3x7r0]

gaekwad2 that's not what I want (I have one of those tools btw), I want to LISTEN to them before I send them to my mobile the same way I listen to MP3s (my n-gage also uses them )

[Wildrose-Wally]

Originally posted by d3x7r0
gaekwad2 that's not what I want (I have one of those tools btw), I want to LISTEN to them before I send them to my mobile the same way I listen to MP3s (my n-gage also uses them )

How about CONVERTING them to wav files and than listening to them in winamp. You can't listen to them the way they are unless you sent them to your phone.

[d3x7r0]

Well how about reading? I said I didn't wont to convert them, just Listem but since there's no way thanks anyway.

[groupz]

Maybe the answer comes a bit late, but better than nothing I guess.
The only way to actually listen to AMR files instead of converting them to WAVs before is Siemens' Mobile Phone Manager.

[d3x7r0]

nope... foobar has a plugin for it and media player classic is also able to play them if the Nokia codecs are installed...

[DJ Egg]

Assuming the codecs are installed, have you tried adding the amr extension to any of in_dshow, in_mp4, or in_mp3 extension lists? Any chance of zipping up one of these amr files and providing a link?

[Cianca]

Hi to All


there's a way to play these files in winamp?


The web says that Quicktime and realplayer can play these files.... winamp not? there's a plugin???



bye and thanx

[DJ Egg]

Originally posted by DJ Egg
Assuming the codecs are installed, have you tried adding the amr extension to any of in_dshow, in_mp4, or in_mp3 extension lists?
Any chance of zipping up one of these amr files and providing a link?

[d3x7r0]

here is one.

[K-Spin]

AMR specifications and info

check out this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_multi-rate_compression

[J_Darnley]

DirectShow might play them if you use FFDShow as FFmpeg will decode and enode them if you compile it with the AMR libraries. I will attempt to play the sample at home with FFDShow-tryouts.

It just occured to me that the in_mplayer plugin might play them as well. I think I still have a copy at home so I will try that as well and report back on the results tomorrow.

[J_Darnley]

I tried playing that file at home and was unable to. Winamp didn't report a length, MPC said unable to render file. I'm pretty sure that you will need some sort of source filter to attempt DirectShow playback. I couldn't find my copy of in_mplayer so I can't report whether that worked. FFmpeg was able to decode it though.

You might be able to force playback with Graph Edit or something similar but I am not familiar with those types of programs.

[DJ Egg]

I can actually get latest Media Player Classic (MPC) with QT Alternative to play that sample AMR.

However, I can't get it to play in any of Winamp, Foobar, VLC, WMP, etc.

At a guess, the Nullsoft in_qt plugin would be able to play them, if only there was an option in its (non-existent) config to specify file extensions.

In the meantime, I've been trying to find a compatible DirectShow Filter.
It looks like Dicas Mpegable filter handles amr, but it also handles MP4 and AAC, which is no good for me because there's no option to just use it for amr only (Dicas Mpegable is old and doesn't support newer avc/h.264 mp4, hence the need to use haali splitter and ffdshow for those instead).


I found this:

http://www.medialooks.com/products/directshow_filters/quicktime_filter.html

but aren't sure if I trust it or if it'll even work.... mainly because
1) I also tried their Flash DS Filter recently, and that didn't work whatsover
2) it says "Requires QuickTime 7.0 runtime to be installed" - and there's not a hope of me installing that p.o.s. (plus, other than trying it, there's no way of knowing if it'll work with QT Alt instead), and
3) it doesn't appear to be freeware either, heh.