Search results

  1. T

    Can WP8 finally play WAV files via music player?

    Of course there's no excuse for not supporting WAV files, but why on earth would you want to use this format? It's lossless, sure, but it also won't store meta data like artwork and album tags which makes it virtually impossible to manage/organize music (except if your really comfortable with...
  2. T

    Confessions of an iOS app developer - I'm moving my efforts to WP8 (long)

    I can see that discoveribilty is a problem in a store that can only be filtered by a bunch of categories and best free/best paid. I always wondered why Apple wouldn't introduce more options to discover new apps - e.g. user generated tags are a good way to fine tune your search criteria, or user...
  3. T

    Confessions of an iOS app developer - I'm moving my efforts to WP8 (long)

    Isn't that also true for Windows Phone? Or more generally for almost everything? Quality is always rare, mediocrity always makes up the largest part of anything - be it cars, music, fabrics....or apps. However you can't deny that you have a fair share of simply great apps on iOS, despite all the...
  4. T

    WP8 album art

    I doubt that the problems are related to the resolution of the album artwork - I have some albums with 2048 x 2048 px resolution showing up without a problem on the device. I could imagine that your album art suddenly showed because you forced it to be embedded correctly when you tried to...
  5. T

    podcast files in the filesystem?

    I just posted this in another thread, but it sure is relevant here too: I spoke to a developer from the team responsible for the sync application and those hidden ser files are certainly important to your library data and also podcast integration/subscriptions (there might be a fix for us...
  6. T

    Lock Screen\Music App Album\Artist Artwork

    I spoke to a developer from the team responsible for the sync application and those hidden ser files are certainly important to your library data and also podcast integration/subscriptions (there might be a fix for us international users), however these files will always show up empty and with...
  7. T

    Where is Nokia Play to for WP8?

    This shouldn't even be a Nokia issue - a significant feature like DLNA streaming shouldn't require a certain device or app. Microsoft should have integrated this into the OS, it's the perfect opportunity to counter Apple's Airplay. The standard is already there, well established and supported...
  8. T

    Holy crap, syncing with WP8 is a trainwreck.

    I seem to have found a workaround. Browse the device and go to the hidden Album folder inside /Music. For split albums you should 2 ser files, delete the bad one. I think I had to sync again after that (Mac user here).....but after that all songs stayed in the clean album on the device. Let me...
  9. T

    podcast files in the filesystem?

    Just answering to keep this thread alive. As a non-US customer, we really need a way to manage podcasts on the device. However I suspect that in addition to the SER file the device would probably check the region your Microsoft account is tied to. Just guessing though.
  10. T

    Podcasts and Windows Phone 8

    You should know that the podcast functionality depends on whether you live in the US or not. Outside the US you won't have the option to manage or subscribe to podcasts on the device. I'm from germany and I need an app to handle podcasts. The options in the store are very poor and in no way...
  11. T

    Lock Screen\Music App Album\Artist Artwork

    Same problem with messed up tags here as soon as I enable the option to download additional meta data from xbox music. This is quite disappointing and makes me wonder how this could have slipped by Microsoft. Now we are left with gray livetiles, backgrounds and lockscreens. Some other important...
  12. T

    Xbox music messing with mp3 tags?

    Tell me about it, Apple Lossless certainly isn't the holy grail when it comes to support on other players and devices, but WMA lossless is even worse. I'm still a mac user and I don't see that changing anytime soon, so WMA would drive me even further away from any common standard. Of course, the...
  13. T

    Xbox music messing with mp3 tags?

    Same problem here. It seems as if the service has different versions of the same album and splits your albums even if the tags have been fine before. I also noticed that this happens a lot with lower-/upper-case letters in albums which turn into 2 albums only distinguishable by a "the" or "The"...
  14. T

    Music Management Help!

    I have a long history with Apple, using Macs only, having an iPad and and used every iPhone since the 3G. Now I opted for the Lumia 920, simply because I love the flat Metro design and value these things so much that it would justify the switch. While I didn't expect (or wished for) a full...
  15. T

    Get 920 or wait

    I need the space for my music library which is about 100 GB and mostly lossless quality. Obviously I have to sync, remove and add albums for my mobile library selections so I can live with 32 GB but anything less wouldn't work for me. That said I wish there was a 64 GB or SD Card option for the 920.
  16. T

    What is your Favorite App not currently available on WP8?

    Instacast Reeder Kinetic GPS Instapaper Trello There are alternatives and unofficial solutions to those though.
  17. T

    Is there any information about the audio qualities of this phone?

    Ok, this is useful information - I check with Head-fi very often as well and I'm a huge fan Grado Headphones. Of course I want to feed these high quality headphones with the kind of signal they deserve, but in the age of MP3s, "Mastered for iTunes" and Beats "enhancements" it's hard to get solid...
  18. T

    Is there any information about the audio qualities of this phone?

    I guess I can be confident that Nokias build quality also applies to audio components. Not sure, what Video you are talking about but I suspect it tested the speakers? Personally I don't care for that - I was referring to the headphone output quality.
  19. T

    Is there any information about the audio qualities of this phone?

    Not everyone shares your interests. Though if you actually listen to music via bluetooth it really doesn't matter since audio quality is limited over bluetooth. I'm more interested in the Lumias DAC. Didn't find any info yet. I want a clean, flat audio output that may actually handle higher...
  20. T

    Horrible Verizon store experience today- staff told me WP8 may not even release

    Ok, sorry, that clears things up - I was under the impression that you are limited to the selection of phones your provider is offering. It always felt like this is the case as people seem so worried about whether their carrier will feature the Lumia or not. I don't have a problem with...