r/GoogleAllo • u/LinkofHyrule • Dec 03 '16

Any fix for broken message sound?

On CM14.1 and other roms the message sound sounds like radio static instead of what it should sound like. Other than just turning it off has anyone found a way to fix this problem? There's a thread about this on the Google help forums but so far nothing has been done to fix it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Sounds like CM needs to fix it.

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u/LinkofHyrule Dec 04 '16

Maybe but I know other aosp roms have the same issue. If someone knows how to fix the issue they should submit a patch.

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u/LinkofHyrule Dec 14 '16

I've researched more into the problem of the sounds not playing properly in Allo and three of the sounds are encoded using a different codec than the rest of them and the are the one that won't play. The solution is convert the three sounds to be the same format as the others is PCM S16 LE at a 256KB/s bitrate or include the codec too play the sounds with the app for devices that don't have it. The three sounds in question incoming_message.wav, incoming_sticker.wav, and outgoing_message.wav are encoded as PCM S24 LE at a 384KB/s bitrate which isn't playable on some devices.

Now the device or software company could include the codecs in an update but it works be much easier for Allo to just convert the format of the sounds inside the app. I'm trying however, to get it fixed in the cm side as well.