Downloaded Notification files not visible

[mbgriffith]

Update - Issue Resolved:

B. Diddy nailed it right off. The issue is/was that the Note 9 does *not* recognize wav files for use as Notification sounds. mp3 files work as expected. I had missed the file extensions (damned icons lulled me into a sense of complacency). Converted format from wav to mp3 and everything works as expected.

Now. WHY this changed from the 8 to 9 is a matter for cooler heads.


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Already invested a lot of time searching the threads, but haven't found this issue.

Picked up my Note 9 yesterday (upgrade from Note 8). Tried to re-establish my custom notification sounds for messaging threads (I use Pulse, but that should not matter from everything I can gather).

I have one notification sound installed via an app. The remainder are mp3s directly downloaded. The one installed via app is visible and works as expected. The direct download mp3s are not visible in the notification sound list.

I knew going in that these files need to be in the Notifications folder. So I copied them to /InternalStorage/Notifications . I then tried to update the message thread notification to use one of the mp3 files. They do not appear in the notifications list.

I noticed when executing the file copy that the one custom notification tone that IS visible was not in the /InternalStorage/Notifications folder. I searched for the working notification sound file and found it in the folder /storage/emulated/0/media/audio/notifications or /InternalStorage/media/audio/notifications if I navigate to it directly. Looking in that folder I could see the one working custom notification sound file, and this is the only location of that file.

So I copied the downloaded mp3s into /InternalStorage/media/audio/notifications as well. But these file still do not appear in the Notifications sound list

The screenshots show the contents of the two different Notifications folders and the list of available Notification sounds. The one working sound file is "DW SoundBoard - PARTNERS - 19.mp3"











Any thoughts on what is causing this and how to get the additional files visible on the Notifcations list?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Are all of those files definitely mp3, or are they actually wav? I noticed that all of them except for the one that works have a .wav extension, even though the icon is for mp3. (As far as I know, a wav file should still work, but maybe there was an issue converting the wav file to mp3?)

 

[Javier P]

Also, have you already tried restarting the phone? Sometimes the media scan takes a while before reading new media files.

 

[mbgriffith]

You are correct, B. Diddy. I had forgotten they are wav rather than mp3. Odd, though. These were the exact files I used on my Note 8 without issue. Clearly this could be a change between the phones.

I will have to see about converting them and trying again.

Thanks!

 

[mbgriffith]

Oh, yes, Javier P. Long time IT career person. I did all the things I would berate others for not trying first. I think B. Diddy's note about wav vs mp3 make have some merit. I am off to work that angle now.

 

[Javier P]

Oh, yes, Javier P. Long time IT career person. I did all the things I would berate others for not trying first. I think B. Diddy's note about wav vs mp3 make have some merit. I am off to work that angle now.

Did you manage to fix the problem?

 

[mbgriffith]

Yes, Javier. I even updated the OP with the resolution and crediting B. Diddy so that future readers would get the entire thing - issue and resolution - in the first message rather than slogging through a whole thread. Call it a habit from decades ago that I never managed to kick.

 

[Javier P]

Yes, Javier. I even updated the OP with the resolution and crediting B. Diddy so that future readers would get the entire thing - issue and resolution - in the first message rather than slogging through a whole thread. Call it a habit from decades ago that I never managed to kick.

Excellent! Now I noticed your edit. Thanks for the follow up, it'll be very helpful for other users with a similar problem.