Issue with playing a voice recording (.3ga)
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canarder Posted messages 2034 Status Member -
canarder Posted messages 2034 Status Member -
Hello,
This afternoon, I conducted an interview for my thesis, which I need to transcribe in writing. I recorded it with my Samsung phone (file format .3ga). I then opened the file on my computer by changing the format to mp3 (renaming it .mp3). I should mention that I already did this earlier in the week for other recordings, and everything went well. But this time, when I opened the file, there’s a buzzing sound and crackling throughout the entire recording... it’s inaudible... I don’t know if the problem comes from my phone, the conversion, or the software... I tried converting it back to 3ga, but it’s impossible; I converted it to other audio formats (wma, aac), and the same sound persists... I’m currently trying to edit it on Adobe Audition, but I’m not an expert...
If anyone can help, I would appreciate it...
Thank you in advance.
This afternoon, I conducted an interview for my thesis, which I need to transcribe in writing. I recorded it with my Samsung phone (file format .3ga). I then opened the file on my computer by changing the format to mp3 (renaming it .mp3). I should mention that I already did this earlier in the week for other recordings, and everything went well. But this time, when I opened the file, there’s a buzzing sound and crackling throughout the entire recording... it’s inaudible... I don’t know if the problem comes from my phone, the conversion, or the software... I tried converting it back to 3ga, but it’s impossible; I converted it to other audio formats (wma, aac), and the same sound persists... I’m currently trying to edit it on Adobe Audition, but I’m not an expert...
If anyone can help, I would appreciate it...
Thank you in advance.
1 answer
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Changing the extension alone is not enough to change a file's format. The extension is only part of the file name.
VLC Media Player can read 3ga files.
FFmpeg (+liblame) can convert audio files.
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Thank you for the response, canarder!
I was indeed able to read it on VLC, but the quality is the same..
I think I successfully converted it to mp3, in Properties the file is of type mp3...
I still tried to download FFmpeg, but the download file is of type .bz2 and doesn't open on Windows..
Thanks anyway, if you have any other leads, don't hesitate! -
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Okay, I think I'm a bit too much of a newbie to use it ;)
I give up, I think my phone has bugged out because even when I try to make another recording, there are all the background noises... I think my recording is unusable, I tried to isolate the background noises and remove them on Adobe Audition, but even the voices are garbled... There's nothing more to be done, I think..
Thank you for the help -
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