Hi everyone,
After using the Siemen WM2003 ROM to upgrade my O2 XDA 1.
I was expecting to be able to use MIDI files as my ringtones.
But to my surprise, it didn't work! :x
I copied a few midi files to the "\Windows\Rings" directory, I can see that file from the ringtone option.
After I seleted it and click the play button, it just 1 short BEEP sound and that's it.
Anyone has this problem?
or anyone can help me with this please???
thanks all.
I have the same problem. I thought that WM2003 can't play MIDI files with many tracks (e: >6). I tried editing some files and make it with only 4 tracks but still no luck.
May someone post a good MIDI that works on his/her XDA to study it as an example.
Actually, XDA II running WM 2003 can play Midi files.
I've given the one I cannot play to my friend's XDA II and it worked there.
it must be something to do with the WM 2003 from Siemens... :roll:
anyone else have a clue? I am sure many guru here who can help us...
Yeah, I also find the same problem.
Midi Problem :s
Biso007 said:
I have the same problem. I thought that WM2003 can't play MIDI files with many tracks (e: >6). I tried editing some files and make it with only 4 tracks but still no luck.
May someone post a good MIDI that works on his/her XDA to study it as an example.
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This problem isn't from the newest Rom's! It's just that the Xda1 plays 1 Chord "1 Instrument" by default. When you install the Program "Album" from IA Style you'll notice that the midi files are associated and they'll be playable very well, I just wish that someone makes changes in the driver which it will let us play midi files in the full instruments and set them as ringtones... I guess that needs a .dll files to be added to the ROM so hope we can make a progress.
But for whom they want to play Midis on XDA1 ,get the Old nokia ringtones the ".mid or from the .rtx or .txt " files ,convert it and play it you'll find it running perfectly like this one >>>>>>>>Dance Poly 1.mid
Yeah, that was my first notice when trying MMS Composer 1.6.9 ... maybe the driver will be installed in a newer WM2003 releases
great. the dance poly 1.mid worked in XDA I with WM2003 os.
there's another post here which has the midi cab file to be installed and that exactly what i did and now my xda I can play midi files... but, not all of them
and since im not a techie, i dont why it can play some and cannot play the others... can somebody enlighten us on this?
thanks a lot.
dido_11 said:
great. the dance poly 1.mid worked in XDA I with WM2003 os.
there's another post here which has the midi cab file to be installed and that exactly what i did and now my xda I can play midi files... but, not all of them
and since im not a techie, i dont why it can play some and cannot play the others... can somebody enlighten us on this?
thanks a lot.
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Dido,
The Poly 1.mid works fine without the MIDI56.sa.CAB file installed into your device bcz you got WM2003 and it's a 1 instrument Poly, but if you do what's written in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=46903#46903 all the midi files will work properly.
I did it and it's working like a charm with all the midi's instruments
Try this midi after you install the cab file into your device >>DJ_SAMY.MID<<
hi ramram,
hmmmm, we tried the DJ_SAMY midi file but it sounds quite distorted, i.e., when we play it on the PC (we use jetaudio) and listen to it on the PPC, the sound coming from the PPC is very different from the PC.
what gives? we installed the MIDI56.sa.CAB but the dj_samy is not quite good to listen byt the dancepoly is still nice.
thanks.
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hi ramram,
hmmmm, we tried the DJ_SAMY midi file but it sounds quite distorted, i.e., when we play it on the PC (we use jetaudio) and listen to it on the PPC, the sound coming from the PPC is very different from the PC.
what gives? we installed the MIDI56.sa.CAB but the dj_samy is not quite good to listen byt the dancepoly is still nice.
thanks.
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Hello Dido,
Man what do you expect from a PPC!! It doesn't have a speakers like the Pc thus computer midi instruments differs from our device. This Midi plug-in that what could output from sound and I'm so glad that we could hear polyphonic ringtones thanks for the updates they made in the Himalaya's.
I'll attach another ringtone for you hope you will like it.
Ps: While playing those ringtones my ppc don't sound distorted at all.
Another Midi ringtone
Try this as well I took it from the Nokia phone.
thanks guys.
we both tried rkelly and songette but for the latter we only heard beep beep
is there some properties for the midi files that would work for XDA I ?
dido_11 said:
thanks guys.
we both tried rkelly and songette but for the latter we only heard beep beep
is there some properties for the midi files that would work for XDA I ?
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What's the O/S on your device?
dido_11 said:
thanks guys.
we both tried rkelly and songette but for the latter we only heard beep beep
is there some properties for the midi files that would work for XDA I ?
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Dido,
Now I know what's happening with you! After I installed the new rom 4.01.16 with the Poly's integration I got the same problem as yours the ringtones is distorted I assume I know how to fix this I just need to try something now and I'll post you how to fix this
Ok now the way to fix this is just to install this cab file
what can i say?
PERFECT!!!
everything plays beautifully... just like in my PC.
thanks guys, esp. to ramram.
dido_11 said:
what can i say?
PERFECT!!!
everything plays beautifully... just like in my PC.
thanks guys, esp. to ramram.
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Most welcome Dido
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i have found a fix for poly/midi ringtones for the wm2003 rom::
run the cab file from you device, and put the enclosed *.midi file in your ringtones dir, and one working midi/polly ringtone
ps the program i got from some site, so do not know anything about it as it was not in english(readme fil included in the installed cab dir). maybe some one can figure out how it fixes the problem so it does not need to be installed etc??
maybe it will work with a pcc2002 rom, i have not tried it
please let me know how you get on
The zip file appears to be corrupt
try it again, it should now work
The mimidi program is actually a MIDI player for the Pocket PC. It even works on PPC2002. The reason the included MIDI file works is because it has a different format type than regular MIDI files. This file will actually even play on WM2003 without mimidi installed. Try it.
I can say for sure that WM2003 supports MIDI ringtones, but the type of MIDI files are different. The supported MIDI files are very small compared to regular MIDI files. I am trying to do some more research into this.
Will let you guys know if anything turns up.
lol, I never even tried it before I installed that little program, as ppl in other posts said it was not working(midi) in the 4001 rom.
the midi file I included was a nokia 7650 polly. ring tone I just downloaded from the net
yeah your right If i remove the program, the file still works
correct me if I'm wrong, but the midi file sounds pretty bad when played from the phone app (the correct midi instruments do not load, ie piano & drums); the mimidi app sounds like it should (with 6-voice polyphony, anyway)
OK it was here earlier today, correct me if I'm wrong but where did the link go :shock:
Should be in the first post not present anymore.
E.
by the way, a newer version (v.1.0) of mimidi, can be found here:
http://www.pdasky.com/soft/5009.htm
cool little player btw.
now, how do your ringtones sound with the player, and from the phone app :?:
sorry had to remove my download
but yeah theres a newer version of the app out
Where is the Link :?:
Thanks,,,
Thanks,
Working well with some MIDI
Hi All!
I'm a newbie to the XDAIIi scene but have owned a pocketpc and sony clie handheld device. My problem is that I cannot set MP3's as ringtones. Does anyone know of a workaround or is there any freeware or alternative software that will allow me to do this? I have even encoded some MP3's to .wma & .wav format with the right encoding specs, but to no avail!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Markai
using the free program cdex i've made many a mp3 to wma and played them as ring tones
markai said:
Hi All!
I'm a newbie to the XDAIIi scene but have owned a pocketpc and sony clie handheld device. My problem is that I cannot set MP3's as ringtones. Does anyone know of a workaround or is there any freeware or alternative software that will allow me to do this? I have even encoded some MP3's to .wma & .wav format with the right encoding specs, but to no avail!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Markai
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actually...you just place the mp3 under windows/ring folder...then you ca use mp3 as a ring tone
MPR Ringtones
Thanks for the help guys. All's well again. :lol:
siupiu said:
markai said:
Hi All!
I'm a newbie to the XDAIIi scene but have owned a pocketpc and sony clie handheld device. My problem is that I cannot set MP3's as ringtones. Does anyone know of a workaround or is there any freeware or alternative software that will allow me to do this? I have even encoded some MP3's to .wma & .wav format with the right encoding specs, but to no avail!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Markai
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actually...you just place the mp3 under windows/ring folder...then you ca use mp3 as a ring tone
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can the mp3 be read off from other directories in the storage card?
MP3 Ringtones on XDAIIi
cychiam,
MP3's can be read from anywhere on ur PPC, especially external storage cards, but if ur using them as ringtones, I believe they have to reside in the 'Ring' folder in the 'Windows 'directory.
An important note for anyone who has had problems, like me, getting to use MP3's as ringtones on ur XdaIIi is: If you have a third party piece of software installed on ur PPC like, Betaplayer or the DivX Player, you must uncheck the association it has with MP3's under the Players settings/options. Else it will prevent the Xda being able to associate itself with MP3's as ringtones! Took me the better half of two weeks to find this simple solution and the credit goes to someone else, I just found the answer on another forum.
Hope this helps someone.
Markai aka Mackaby007
wow, thanks 4 d nice tip...mp3 tones can now be seen..but they won't play as i click play..is this just normal?
Hi guys.. A little late in the day but much appreciated
A friend of mine found this patch, and i tried it and it works
i then tried it on the New Imate 1.12 rom and it did not work...
but it works fine on my T-mobile 1.01 rom.......
Just wondered if anyone else found this patch
Marc
What patch :?:
:?: The Magician plays mp3-ringtones by design. No patch required.
That's true, but no alarm tones. You can only use wavs for that. There are many applications which provide this feature, like WolfClock. I don't know if there's a patch available for this.
could you share a link plz
The Magician plays mp3-ringtones by design. No patch required.
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Yeah mine did until i installed betaplayer, after that it doesnt show mp3's when you try to change your ringtone. Uninstalling betaplayer resulted in no application being able to play mp3's. This suggests to me a file association problem but I have no idea how to solve it. Unlike 'regular' Windoze where you can assign associations fairly easily, mobile edition doesnt seem to be able to do this. Unless someone can come up with a better idea it looks like Im in for a long trawl through the registry
I did this with Winampaq on my XDA2. There is no way to re-associate the files with media player short of a hard reset. Microsoft really dodn't do much testing on this OS at all.
I found this but havent tried it.
been using it for ages, lets you set MP3 rintones from tap and hold menu, copies them...the whole file, to your windows\rings directory and sets as default ringtone.
Speedn
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There is no way to re-associate the files with media player short of a hard reset.
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You should take a look at Resco File Explorer which can do exactly this.
You should take a look at Resco File Explorer which can do exactly this.
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Thanks for the tip, I will have a look at that app.
My main gripe tho is that I prefer GSplayer or Betaplayer to Media Player but when I install either one I lose the ability to use MP3's for ringtones, it seems that the phone will only allow MP3 ringtones using the WM engine (or I have missed something)
after installing any 3rd party mp3 program you need to reassociate mp3 files with windows media player to get mp3 ring tones to work correctly.
R
Thanks people...The app works just fine...THIS is what I had been searching...
Hi,
I was thinking that I understood well my QTEK S100 and I was happy but .......
Now ...... This very strange litle thing happen and I really don't know how nor why .....
My S100 doesn't play anymore the mp3 files as ringtones. The one I always use is still there in the right folder but doesn't work, just no sound. All the wav files and mid files works but none of my mp3.
I still can play my mp3s from my mp3 player but not anymore as ringtone.
An idea ? Help please, it's very frustrating
I don't understand and I have done nothing
You have installed a music player or any other software that makes itself the default player for MP3 files.
You need to uninstall that program or use a 3rd party program (this is one of them http://tillanosoft.com/ce/ptweak.html) to restore the mp3 file association back to WMP10.
MP3 ringtones will only work if WMP10 is the default player!
cool, thanks for the link, i have a problem with playing video's i record with my phone, .avi's are unknown on it so i guess if i associate them with wmp that that'd fix my issue.
thanks
Thanks
Many thanks, it works very well !
fone_fanatic said:
cool, thanks for the link, i have a problem with playing video's i record with my phone, .avi's are unknown on it so i guess if i associate them with wmp that that'd fix my issue.
thanks
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I'm not sure if wmp can play AVI. I use TCPMP (ex Beta Player) for DivX and AVI. It's a free program as well. Here's the link to download: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1080
Hey guys and galls...
I've got a strange problem with my wizard..
I've got some mid files selected as ringtoned for some contacts..
Now all of a sudden since 2 days, my Wizard (WM5.0) stopped playing them..
If I select a mid file in Windows Media Player Mobile 10, it just says:
"The source filter for this file could not be loaded"
Does anybody now what the problem is?
It looks like some kind of plugin is gone missing..
It's really a bummer, since I got lots of people assigned to different Midi files as ringtones..
If I copy the midi files to normal pc, they play properly, so the files aren't corrupted...
The files also show up in the contact section where you can selct the ringtone, they just don't play anymore...
I did a search here, and on google, but if you type in mid, or midi not playing, you just get so much results, and I can't seem to find an answer
Can someone help me fix this problem please???
Pretty please with cherry's on top??
Thank you for your effort!!!
Filter??
It looks like I'm missing some kind of a midi plugin, or filter..
It seems that one midi is playing, although it is pretty distorted..
Does anyone have this filter or plugin for me??
Please help me out here...
Thanks.....
I'm having the same problem with the same equipment. Still using the factory ROM of WM5 as well. Been digging quite a bit and haven't found anything about it yet.
One thing that I found between us that is different is that mine does play the files in WMP. It still will not play them in the ringtones for the individual contacts though. Weird......
try this cab from Helmi... don't know if it will help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311534&page=80