Third party music players can't play WMA files

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I'm relatively new at dealing with Pocket PC's, so hopefully there's any
easy solution to this problem.............

I have downloaded many WMA music files to my Samsung I700 phone, which has
Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC. WMP can recognize and play these files
with no problem whatsoever, but any third party application (Pocket Player,
Pocket Music, etc) I install on my Pocket PC is unable to play these songs
even though they recognize the file formats, etc. These thrid party
applications deal OK with MP3 files, but not the WMA files. I transfer these
files to the Pocket PC through Windows Media Player 10 on my deskptop, and
I'm wondering if Microsoft somehow is attempting to control how the WMA
files are recognized or played.

What I really want to be able to accomplish is to have buttons assigned so I
can fast forward or rewind the music I'm listening to. Windows Media Player
doesn't have this feature, and most all of the third party apps allow for
this. If there's some kind of skin or custom add-in that will allow this to
happen to Windows Media Plyaer, I'd be grateful for the info.

Thanks very much in advance for any help anyone can provide.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Are the wma files variable bit rate? some players, especially older ones and
older versions may only be able to play fixed rate- same with mp3 files.


"Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com> wrote
in message news:%238EDwz2lEHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I believe that there's an issue with thrid party players getting the
correct
> license to allow their players to play wma files. You can however map
> buttons in windows media player. Tap Tools>Settings>Buttons and from here
> you can choose the actions for the different buttons on your devices.
>
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> Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
>
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> "David Offutt" <doffutt@ast-inc.com> wrote in message
> news:eH$dEf2lEHA.948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I'm relatively new at dealing with Pocket PC's, so hopefully there's any
> > easy solution to this problem.............
> >
> > I have downloaded many WMA music files to my Samsung I700 phone, which
has
> > Windows Media Player 9 for Pocket PC. WMP can recognize and play these
> > files
> > with no problem whatsoever, but any third party application (Pocket
> > Player,
> > Pocket Music, etc) I install on my Pocket PC is unable to play these
songs
> > even though they recognize the file formats, etc. These thrid party
> > applications deal OK with MP3 files, but not the WMA files. I transfer
> > these
> > files to the Pocket PC through Windows Media Player 10 on my deskptop,
and
> > I'm wondering if Microsoft somehow is attempting to control how the WMA
> > files are recognized or played.
> >
> > What I really want to be able to accomplish is to have buttons assigned
so
> > I
> > can fast forward or rewind the music I'm listening to. Windows Media
> > Player
> > doesn't have this feature, and most all of the third party apps allow
for
> > this. If there's some kind of skin or custom add-in that will allow this
> > to
> > happen to Windows Media Plyaer, I'd be grateful for the info.
> >
> > Thanks very much in advance for any help anyone can provide.
> >
> >
>
>