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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
Or is it not possible?
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3files instead of WAV files?
On 04/08/2018 21:35, Ant wrote:
Or is it not possible? Create a wav file!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Google is your friend for this. -- With over 950 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
Ant wrote:
Or is it not possible? In the sound dialog to assign sound files to system events, the only choice in the format drop-down listbox is WAV. That's what Microsoft wants to use. WAV is the primary format used in Windows for raw audio (usually uncompressed). That audio format was created by Microsoft decades ago. If you want to try a workaround, you could test if changing the audio file designated by a registry entry would let you pick something other than a .wav file. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps You'll find the sound event names listed as registry subkeys under there. Under each sound event, there is a .Current registry key for what audio file is currently assigned to that sound event. See if replacing the .wav file (or blank entry if none assigned) to a .mp3 file gets what you want. Whatever handler that Windows uses to play the sound events may only support .wav format. |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3files instead of WAV files?
Ant wrote:
Or is it not possible? What kind of license would Windows need to do that ? Then consider how big of a license is required for .wav. Actually, here is the status of MP3 today. "If the longest-running patent mentioned in the aforementioned references is taken as a measure, then the MP3 technology became patent-free in the United States on 16 April 2017, when U.S. Patent 6,009,399, held and administered by Technicolor, expired. As a result, many free and open-source software projects, such as the Fedora operating system, have decided to start shipping MP3 support by default, and users will no longer have to resort to installing unofficial packages maintained by third party software repositories for MP3 playback or encoding." So maybe they could add that today, but the policy with the older OSes, is not making "radical" changes to the feature set. There's no real incentive to improving Windows 7 today. It's not a big revenue stream. Paul |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3files instead of WAV files?
Ant wrote:
Or is it not possible? Audacity or Sound Forge can convert a MP3 file to a WAV file, but the file will be about 12 times as large. This does not answer your question, but in case you don't find a short answer, it is a workaround. -- G Ross |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
On Sat, 04 Aug 2018 15:35:55 -0500, Ant wrote:
Or is it not possible? No. Not without a third party application. WAV files can infact have other audio data formats such as ADPCM and MP3, but the system sounds feature only support PCM format. A third party application is needed to monitor the system events and play the event's sound using its own audio player which supports other audio formats. I wouldn't be surprised if there's one already. But the question is, can it output the audio from a "System Sounds" application? i.e. the audio volume can be controlled from the "System Sounds" application's volume slider on the Volume Mixer application. If it can't then the system sounds would be controllable from its own volume slider on the Volume Mixer application. |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
???? Good Guy ???? wrote:
On 04/08/2018 21:35, Ant wrote: Or is it not possible? Create a wav file!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Google is your friend for this. But I don't want to use WAV files. -- Quote of the Week: "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." --Proverbs 30:25 (Bible) Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / http://antfarm.ma.cx / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- | |o o| | ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and URL/link. \ _ / ( ) |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
VanguardLH wrote:
Ant wrote: Or is it not possible? In the sound dialog to assign sound files to system events, the only choice in the format drop-down listbox is WAV. That's what Microsoft wants to use. WAV is the primary format used in Windows for raw audio (usually uncompressed). That audio format was created by Microsoft decades ago. If you want to try a workaround, you could test if changing the audio file designated by a registry entry would let you pick something other than a .wav file. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps You'll find the sound event names listed as registry subkeys under there. Under each sound event, there is a .Current registry key for what audio file is currently assigned to that sound event. See if replacing the .wav file (or blank entry if none assigned) to a .mp3 file gets what you want. Whatever handler that Windows uses to play the sound events may only support .wav format. It didn't work. -- Quote of the Week: "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." --Proverbs 30:25 (Bible) Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / http://antfarm.ma.cx / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- | |o o| | ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and URL/link. \ _ / ( ) |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
Ant wrote:
VanguardLH wrote: Ant wrote: Or is it not possible? In the sound dialog to assign sound files to system events, the only choice in the format drop-down listbox is WAV. That's what Microsoft wants to use. WAV is the primary format used in Windows for raw audio (usually uncompressed). That audio format was created by Microsoft decades ago. If you want to try a workaround, you could test if changing the audio file designated by a registry entry would let you pick something other than a .wav file. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps You'll find the sound event names listed as registry subkeys under there. Under each sound event, there is a .Current registry key for what audio file is currently assigned to that sound event. See if replacing the .wav file (or blank entry if none assigned) to a .mp3 file gets what you want. Whatever handler that Windows uses to play the sound events may only support .wav format. It didn't work. I suspected that whatever player Windows uses would only handle .wav files. It's Microsoft's OS and Microsoft's audio format. Why not convert whatever .mp3 you want to use into a .wav file? Aside: Ever notice that tin doesn't correctly quote (indent with quoting char) the blank lines in the cited/quoted content of the parent post in a reply? Instead tin leaves the quoted but blank line as a blank line; i.e., the leading quoting char is missing. Is that how tin works or is it something you configured in tin? |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3 files instead of WAV files?
VanguardLH wrote:
Ant wrote: VanguardLH wrote: Ant wrote: Or is it not possible? In the sound dialog to assign sound files to system events, the only choice in the format drop-down listbox is WAV. That's what Microsoft wants to use. WAV is the primary format used in Windows for raw audio (usually uncompressed). That audio format was created by Microsoft decades ago. If you want to try a workaround, you could test if changing the audio file designated by a registry entry would let you pick something other than a .wav file. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps You'll find the sound event names listed as registry subkeys under there. Under each sound event, there is a .Current registry key for what audio file is currently assigned to that sound event. See if replacing the .wav file (or blank entry if none assigned) to a .mp3 file gets what you want. Whatever handler that Windows uses to play the sound events may only support .wav format. It didn't work. I suspected that whatever player Windows uses would only handle .wav files. It's Microsoft's OS and Microsoft's audio format. Oh well. Thanks for the idea. Why not convert whatever .mp3 you want to use into a .wav file? Because they're bigger file sizes. Aside: Ever notice that tin doesn't correctly quote (indent with quoting char) the blank lines in the cited/quoted content of the parent post in a reply? Instead tin leaves the quoted but blank line as a blank line; i.e., the leading quoting char is missing. Is that how tin works or is it something you configured in tin? I never noticed. I am currently using 2.4.2 release 20171224 ("Lochhead") Dec 30 2017 18:08:35 so it should be new enough. You can report this issue to about it if you want. It doesn't bother me. -- Quote of the Week: "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." --Proverbs 30:25 (Bible) Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / http://antfarm.ma.cx / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- | |o o| | ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and URL/link. \ _ / ( ) |
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Is there a way to assign Windows 7's sound events to use MP3files instead of WAV files?
no. not unless you use a hex editor and change the default in the
programming. it is possible however, to use windows encoder, a differ than sound recorder audio program, and save your recorded media in mp3, instead of wav. Yet encoder 7, lets you use any type extension you wish, including cell phone stuff. I think you need to try an encoder. As far as the event changing to log its default sounds it will not change that unless you do some real digging. but why care. When you can encode audio in any type extension format you want, or even convert any type extension. Free audio converters exist. Same as Windows Encoder 7, and also Encoder 9 try this, it may help what you may want. https://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html On 8/4/2018 1:35 PM, Ant scribbled: Or is it not possible? |
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