I thing most ringtones are .qcp files, so it isn't just Palm
Don Ferguson wrote: > > > Interesting. Still, with 90% of the world's computers running Windows > and 100% of those Windows machines able to play MP3, WAV and WMV files > with no action required, it strikes me as an even odder choice that Palm > would record voice memos on the 700p's voice recorder in a format that > requires products that nobody's even heard of or ever mentioned on any > Palm or music-related site I'm familiar with just to play them back. > > Very odd. mVoice, which I own and use, sends emails as WAV files. Not > as slick as if it sent MP3s, but I guess there are issues with > converting to MP3 and most voice recordings are fairly small. > > Anyway, it's a curious space, this voice recording. It seems so simple, > and yet everyone finds ways to make it complex!! > > Cheers, > > Don > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of > Jim C > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:47 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Treo] Beta Testers Wanted - new voice recording and > emailing app > > I'm sorry, I had to download quicktime for the video that I took and > wanted to play on my computer. > > To play the .Qcp files I use Purevoice 2.4.0 from qualcomm > > Don Ferguson wrote: > > > > > > > An update on sending Palm Treo 700p Voice Memo files to someone via > > email. What you say in your email does not work for me. I have the > > latest version of Quicktime installed from Apple. When I sent myself > > the file test.qcp, and tried to open it, here's what happened: > > > > 1. Windows identified the file as one for which it does not have a > > valid program association. I told it to use QuickTime to open it. > > 2. Quicktime bugged me as it always does by offering first to allow > > me to buy QuickTime Pro. I don't believe there's a NO FOREVER button. > > 3. Quicktime came back with an error message "Couldn't open the > > file "test.qcp" because it is not a file that Quick Time understands." > > The only option is OK. > > > > That's where I am. Did you do something else to get QuickTime to open > > these files? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Don > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Don Ferguson > > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:32 PM > > To: '[email protected] <mailto:%27treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:%27treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:%27treo%40yahoogroups.com>' > > Subject: RE: [Treo] Beta Testers Wanted - new voice recording and > > emailing app > > > > Interesting; I'll try that. I can't say I understand why, in a world > > where MP3 and WAV formats are prevalent, they would choose a format > that > > would required QuickTime to be installed. I'm not a big fan of > > QuickTime in general. I find its user interface deficient and also > find > > that it locks up and has other problems far more frequently than > Windows > > Media Player or other Windows-based tools (even Real Player...). > > > > In any case, the number of steps required to email a voce recording > from > > the native recorder is substantially greater than the number of steps > > required with this tool. If your model is to do voice recordings and > > keep most of them, mailing only an occasional few, the native recorder > > would be sufficient. If your model is to send all voice recordings to > > yourself or others, this new product would be superior in terms of the > > user interface and the number of steps required to complete the task. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Don > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of > > Jim C > > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:49 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [Treo] Beta Testers Wanted - new voice recording and > > emailing app > > > > The recordings can be played back on any computer that has Apple's > free > > QuickTime installed. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
