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The thread discusses issues with playing a 3GP video file transferred from a cell phone to a Windows 8.1 PC, with the original poster unable to hear audio in media player. Respondents suggest using alternative media players like VLC or Zoom Player, or consulting specific help resources, to resolve the playback problem. The overall sentiment is that users recommend third-party media players, as Windows Media Player may lack the necessary codecs for 3GP files.
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mike marshell

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Hi
I am trying to download a video file off of a cell phone camcorder.
When I transfer it to my computer and run it in media player (Win 8.1)
all I get is the video. It plays off the phone audio/video but only video
on my computer. The phone is a 3gp file. I think that it ran off of my
old computer with vista. It might have ran in real player but I don't really
want to download it if I can find an other way to do it.
Thx
 

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Jimbo22

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Media Player is most likely missing a codex for that file type. With knowing exactly what file type, and what 3rd party codec and if they support that file type. Only thing I can recommended is using VLC player....most every body uses it over MS media player.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
 

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