Problem: I just discovered that thunderbird 52.4.0 (64bit) on Ubuntu Xenial can't play a wav file for new mail. The default new mail sound can be play though.
Solution: I installed "Sound Converter" from Ubuntu Software and used it to covert my .wav file to .ogg format (mentioned by @doxland) and tried it on Thunderbird. It works... :) Thanks @doxland for sharing about .ogg format. I did not know such a sound format had existed. Hope the Thunderbird team could make this fix seamless or at least inform user to use only .ogg format sound file in Thunderbird. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292676 Title: Thunderbird doesn't play any sound on notification Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On Intrepid, thunderbird 2.0.0.17, there is no way to let it play a sound when a new email is received, neither by setting a specific .wav file, nor by let it use the deafult sound system event. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/292676/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
