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MP3 as ringtone?

Hi pretty new to this, got one as friend on the forum recommended it etc.
How do I set an MP3 as my ringtone?
Cant seem to see anything on the settings that allow it.
Cheers

Convert your mp3 to Microsofts WMA then copy the file to your XDA 2 Windows\Rings folder. It will now appear in the drop down list for selection.
You can get some samples at my site. Click on the sounds page.
Cheerio
Howard

Many thanks bud will check out your site soon

Ring Tone & Video Problems

Hi,
I can't play MP3's as ringing tone. Also can't play MPEG & AVI within Windows Media Player. Could someone please help. I have only recently purchased my XDA, so any pointers would be muchly appreciated.
I have updated to the new rom version 172181 and still have this problem.
Could someone please advise.
Many thanks.
Steve.

Windows Media Player doesn't support AVI and Mpeg formats on Pocket Pc devices.
To play mpeg formats you need PocketTv or others programs.
To play AVI files you need a BetaPlayer or Simply install Album Program from XDA2.
Also,You can't play Mp3's as ringtone because you need to convert first them to Wav files or Midi..To convert use any Wav-Mp3 Converter on i-net.
Good Luck!

Im currently looking into and seriously considering writing a program that allows more formats of music/sound to be used as ringtones, i quite like the sound of MMF and MOD files and i think they wud sound cool as ringtones. I hear that windows mobile uses VOIP to handle incoming calls so im hoping that the API is accessible and i will be able to write a program which "monitors" phone activity and will intercept incoming calls etc. If anyone has any knowledge on this that they are willing to share please do so
Marc

yeah that would be usefull of cause most people just use converter programs on the pc to make all those formats into wma and use them that way
because it would require some programming to play the good old mod formats because you need the sample file aswell to play the patteren of the mods

True, there are some pocket pc MOD Dlls though that i could perhaps make use of, they may not be freeware but a lot of applications distribute fmodce.dll so i could just make use of that if it were present on the users device. Id also like to see the midi mapper on the xda changed as well coz in my opinion its pretty crap!
Marc

Download the Lemmings Clone from Jacko Biker.
It contains full source code - that does also include a MOD Player LIB.
( eVC 3 and 4 compatible )
That is a good starting point to improve this LIB ( However, it works already very good and stable )
Cheers,
Scorpion

ok, ill take a look at it sometime today. is there any requests for what people would want in my app so i can put it into the design?

ok, ill take a look at it sometime today. is there any requests for what people would want in my app so i can put it into the design?

If you try are looking for lemmings you'll find it has vanished from nearly everywhere, apparently thanks to SONY contacting the site owners to have it removed.
http://www.professor-oak.com/lemmings/
Anyway, I found a chinese site which still has it. If that happens to vanish, I've got a copy if anyone needs it. (FYI It's not brilliant - seems to have no volume control and exiting requires a soft boot).
http://down1.tech.sina.com.cn/download/pda/2004-05-08/5095.shtml
ghuth

No MP3 Ringtone capability on XDA IIi

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

Is there suitable free wav player?

I have several phone companies emailing my voicemail as attachhed .wav files. WMP wont play them. I am aware from reading that wav is just a container and that the underlying audio format could be one of several. I suspect the telcos might use a similar sytstem for voicemail wavs?
If I have to, I will fork out for Coreplayer or some such. But I do not need all the bells and whistles. Is there a free wav player or preferably an addon for WMP10 that will make in play them?
Thnx

look for the free build of TCPMP what works on WM6.1. it's on here somewhere

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look for the free build of TCPMP what works on WM6.1. it's on here somewhere
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I have looked and only found tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72rc1.cab which installs but will not tun on my Diamond. Could someone PLS point me to version that will run if there is one. Thnx.

Managed to find the version that works on my Diamond. It is here at TCPMP new VS2008 builds for WM6.1 with FLV built in in case anybody else is after it.
After installing I used Schaps' "Advanced Config" > menu>more settings>File associations to set wav files to open with \TCMP\player.exe and all is dandy now.

does this version support playback for wma files??

Free MP3?

Hi all,
I am looking for mp3, ogg, flac which I can download for free on a legal basis (please no rapidshare or similiar). I just have one site where every month (I think) a new album is released (type: mercedes-benz(dot)tv --> go to "Mixed Tape").
So I am only looking for legal downloads (for free ;-) ).
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Peter

try guvera, i don't know whether they have started as yet but it looks promising.
Have a read of their blurb;
https://www.guvera.com/about
www.guvera.com