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January 28

Song file to smartphone.

So I have a .m4a song recording of some classical music, I want to be able to transfer it to a smartphone, and have the smartphone be able to play it to people in real life. To see if anyone can identify the classical music or related. How would I be able to transfer it to a smartphone, and what app would I need to play it? Thanks. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 23:49, 28 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

This is not a question for an encyclopedia reference desk. Find an internet search site such as google. Search for things like "How to transfer files from <your operating system> to <your phone type>." And "Best music players for <your phone type>".

Wikipedia reference desks are very poorly suitable, and very much not meant, for general tech support.

You will genuinely get much better and much faster answers by learning how to use internet search engines. 85.76.76.37 (talk) 17:04, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, unless the people here are all flip phone + computer users like I am, anyone that is good with smartphones would know something like this. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 17:42, 29 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

It might help if the smartphone's mobile operating system is revealed (Android? iOS?). Apps that work one one may not be available on the other. The SoundCloud app runs on either, though, and may be a solution. --Lambiam 00:14, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So there's no way to transfer files from laptop to smartphone directly, you upload it to Soundcloud, then download it from the smartphone? 67.165.185.178 (talk) 01:53, 30 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

I disagree. There are at least two ways to transfer files between a phone and a laptop directly. For one, you can connect both devices via Bluetooth (most modern phones, I suppose, have that, as do laptops). I feel connecting via bluetooth is trivial, so will not explain further. You then pick the file on your PC and transfer it to the phone. Another option is to hook your phone up to your PC via a USB cable (like the one you would use for charging) and transfer the file to some appropriate folder (say, one for music), so that it would be easy for you to find it on your mobile device. As for playback of the m4a file on the phone goes, I cannot help You further without knowing the phone/ OS type you have. There is a chance, however, that your phone is already capable of playing this file - you will have to check that yourself. Hope this helped. --Ouro (blah blah) 05:17, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can also email the file from the email application on your phone to one you use on the laptop; even if it is the same application, sending the file as an attachment to yourself is a good workaround if you're not too savvy with making the bluetooth file transfer work. --Jayron 32 13:04, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]