I transfer some audio files from my Android phone to my new iPhone 15 Plus. But the error message was " Not compatible , cannot play in QuickTime Player" What can I do beside download Third Party apps ?
iPhone 15 Plus, iOS 18
What wrapper (.wav etc) or codec (opus, vorbis, flac etc) does the audio use? You can check the codec on a Mac with apps like MediaInfo or Invisor.
On the Mac apps like IINA can play almost every wrapper and codec and apps like ShutterEncoder or ffmpeg can convert them to a compatible format for Mac's native apps (.mpa, .mp3, aac etc).
Hi Matti Thanks for the advice! 1 thing tho, on my Mac - in Apps I cant find ShutterEncoder or ffmpeg - could u let me noe where to find 'em. Sori, my old cell was Android and I m now with iPhone after like 10= years of Android use!
Shutter Encoder link below. Its user interface is IMO little cluttered but it works OK after you figure it out. Shutter Encoder uses command line ffmpeg behind the scenes. You need basic Terminal skills to use bare ffmpeg. I have installed ffmpeg via MacPorts but there are pre-built binaries in many web sites. Did you find out if the offending audio files use some esoteric or old codec or wrapper?
https://www.shutterencoder.com/
Thanks again. Think it's too technical for me - maybe a bit more layman explanation will help me understand better. Thank you so much, Matti. Cheers!
My iPhone cannot play audio files from my Android phone
