Help!! How do i get sound from notes from XDA to PC

[davidandrews]

Does anyone know?
Phone conversation recorded into a note and
The sound is contained within a note, and I want to transfer it into a wav or mp3 file for editing

[Andrew Farrell]

With Active sync, explore the PPC on your PC, find the file and copy it onto your PC, I just tried it, it works. Its a PCM audio file

[noviur]

Question related to both previous postings...

Could you confirm that you can records conversation of both parties on the notes while having conversation on XDA II???

i tried and was unpleasantly surprised to hear only my voice :(

[Andrew Farrell]

I found this :


Recording Voice Call
Recording during voice call with the XdaII will not record both party's voices, the other party's voice will not be recorded.


on:

http://www.myxda.com/XdaII/happenings/template/XdaIIKnownLimitations.vm

[noviur]

this is what I am talking about... :(

[Rayan]

I have the MDA2 (which is actually an XDAII QTek 2020 and IMate2) and I can record phone conversations without a problem.

But I think that the voice recorder is actually picking up the other person's voice through the microphone, since I usually get better recordings if I'm on speakerphone mode. :roll: Go figure...

But hey, it works!

Regards,
Rayan

[noviur]

Speakerphone? that would explain why both parties recorded in your case, but the problem is - you not always capable to use speakerphone when you need to record something :(

[Rayan]

True, but I have tried to record even without speakerphone and it works too, but the speakerphone has better results though. Try it.

[gunsandrosses]

Whenever I make a recording with my xda I I can pick up both parties no problem. The problem I am having is that when I copy the file to my hard drive it shows up as a note file. The only program I have found that can open it is outlook and it just shows up blank. A friend told me about a free converter on microsoft's website but I forgot what it is called and don't know how to describe it. Thanks.

[Rayan]

In that case do the following:

When in a call instead of using the phone's integrated notes application to record a conversation you can start the normal standalone version of notes so while on a call go to Start/Notes and hit the little tape on the bottom and then the record button. This way the recording will be saved as an independent PCM file and not as a note file with the PCM file attached.

Transfer the recording to the pc and voila!

Best regards,
Rayan

[gunsandrosses]

that worked great thanks. do you have any idea how to detach a sound wave from a note, because the sound is balanced a lot better (ie: your way I am too loud and the other person is too low)? Thanks again.
-Ross

[tomlow1]

I remember posting about this somewhere but totally forgot where and when so il briefly mention it again.

Use ActiveSync's browse function to find the .pwi file containg the sound clip you want and copy it to your pc.

Load this .pwi file in Microsoft Word. Word may take a while opening the file and display a conversion security warning.

You will eventually see a blank document or the text/handwrriting portion of your note and a speaker icon. Double click the speaker icon.

Sound recorder should then load with the .wav file of your recording. Either use this to save the file directly somewhere, or browse your temporary folder and take the .wav file from there.

I have never had any problems recording both parties in a voice conversation although my end tends to be much louder.

Edit: Didnt realise how old this post was when I replied to it! Was using search to find an answer to another issue with microphones. :oops:

Ash