Guest Goose Whisperer Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Hi All Just purchased a an Orange spv c550 and I cant get it to play MP3s ! I've installed activesync and transfered the file to storage/my documents/mymusic using 'explore' but when i go to play with media player it says 'file corrupted or not recognised file type' ( or something like that !!). I also transfered a wma file over and that plays ok. The mp3 s i'm trying play ok on the pc and on mp3 players. The manual says it plays mp3s as did the man in the shop so any ideas anyone ? Am I doing something wrong ?? Help Its driving me mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pagdodd Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Hi All Just purchased a an Orange spv c550 and I cant get it to play MP3s ! I've installed activesync and transfered the file to storage/my documents/mymusic using 'explore' but when i go to play with media player it says 'file corrupted or not recognised file type' ( or something like that !!). I also transfered a wma file over and that plays ok. The mp3 s i'm trying play ok on the pc and on mp3 players. The manual says it plays mp3s as did the man in the shop so any ideas anyone ? Am I doing something wrong ?? Help Its driving me mad. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm, I don't understand why you are having a problem with this. I put all my music on the storage card as it has a lot more space (mine's a 512mb). It may be because of this but I doub't it. Transfer the music you want to your storage card, open up windows media player, click menu then Library, then click menu and update library. When done click menu again and click Library and make sure the storage card is selected and then you should see all the music. P.S. I put all mine on the phone as WMA with a slightly reduced quality and therefore the files are a lot smaller so I can fit more on :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotphil Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Is it all MP3's or just one particular file? What bitrate is that file encoded at (I don't know off hand what the limits are for the C550, but if the bitrate is high you may wish to consider reducing it)? Are you sure the file is actually being transferred (I've had so much trouble with ActiveSync not actually transferring whole files to the C550 that I now use a card reader to do it)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davejerome Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Are you using varible bit rate? I believe that this can be troublesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goose Whisperer Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Thanks for the replies. It seems to be working now. The files had transfered ok but I hadn't used the 'update library' feature of Media Player. I had used the file management to find the file then clicked on it ( the only way I could get to it !).This opens Media Player which then says 'file type not recognized'. Doing this with a wma file works fine & the file plays but not with mp3s. Having followed pagdodds advice the files now show in media player library and play ok. I have also realised that /storage is not the memory card so I've moved the files over to /storage card. They then disapeared from media player !! Even after another 'update library'. Then found there was an option on the library menu to choose between the phone and the memory card. Selecting Memory Card gave me a Library with the files I wanted. Simple once you know. Shame the manuals useless in these areas. I had tried various mp3s , low fixed bitrate, higher bitrates (eg 564 kbps)& variable bitrates. They all seem to work now. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll be asking again, first smartphone & first time with WindowsMobile so there's plenty I need to know ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goose Whisperer Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 /sigh Spoke too soon ... Music all plays faster than its meant to now, even .wav files ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest w411y Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Seems to be a bug that others have had! Have you tried using TCPMP ... a lot better than Media Player but you can't have playlists! Failing that try Orange or a hard reset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SilentlyScreaming Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 w4lly, just a quick update for you, TCPMP does allow playlists, I'm certain, as I used the feature last night. I think I'm on v.0.66, in case it helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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