I realise this is a daft question guys, but I cannot work out what's going on!
I am trying to set a .wav file as the sound to play when a new email is received. I have placed the wav in the windows folder and it is shown in the sounds¬ifications drop down.
problem is that the sound doesn't play when an email is received, or if you click the preview play button in sounds¬ifications.
if I open the file in mdia player then it plays fine, help please guys!
Anyone help?
I can't remember exactly but I think I remember reading you have to have a .wav that is at a certain sound rate or something similar....
Does it work with another sound from the list?
It only seems to work with the sounds installed by windows. Any idea what sound rate/format wav i need?
I use standart wav settings, and they work without a problem, but if you want identical settings (as the ones used by default), use:
Sample Rate: 22,050 Hz
Bit-depth: 16 bit
Channels: Mono
The Sample Rate of the ATT Startup Splash is: 44,100 Hz
Strange, ive tried converting the file im after, but it still doesnt work. Does it matter which folder I put it in?
The wav files have to be in the Windows folder, otherwise they won't be listed.
thanks, finally got it working, man i was a biff!
Glad to know that.
Hmmm, slightly strange behaviour now. The email notification sound only plays when I get emails in my hotmail account. My gmail account doesnt seem to initate a sound?
ANy thing i can do to change this, seems odd?
Anyone understand why gmail doesnt start the sound but hotmail does?
Cheers guys
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Hi guys
Does anyone know if there is a limitation to what you can have as a ringtone?
I have done what *seems* right, it even plays on media player on the M1000 but I cannot get the wav to load in the "Add Ring Tone" section.
Does the file have to be some obscure wav format or no longer than say 20 seconds etc?
Has anyone come across this problem as well?
Cheers
Ben
it have to be good old std wav which is called PCM
not sure if there are any length issues
try
looking if it shows up in sounds and notifications
or make sure the file is places in windows or windows\rings or something like that
Ok - I have tried a standard PCM wav and it still doesnt like it! Also tried a short 1 second one and that doesnt work!
Confused? I am!!!
did you put it in windows ?
did you put it in windows/rings ?
did you try and see if you could choose it under sound and notifications insted there you can choose both phone rings and others
add ring tones are mainly used for adding wma's
HI,
Please, How to set an mp3 file as a ring tone to the Magician?
Thanks,
Dear Friends,
I cant believe 77 viewers, with no single quote? unless my question is a stupid one !!!
Any guide line?
thanks alot.
just download this and install at Magician.
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THANKS ALOT MASTER.
IT WORKS VERY WELL.
Not working for me. Installed, no error messages, but I still can't use mp3's as ringtone. Actually in file manager mp3's are not associated with any programs. Could someone give any help?
you dont need anything to set a .mp3 as a ringtone, just place the mp3 file in the rings folder under windows and go to the tone selection screen and it will be there.
PLACE MP3 FILE IN FOLLOWING FOLDER
\\My Device\Windows\Rings
then do this
Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications(on bottom)
Then Event:.. scroll down to Phone: Incoming Call then tap the drop down box by ring tone and it will be there.
There should deffinately be a FAQ sticky for this kinda stuff
windows moible second edition supports mp3 as ring tone by default
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windows moible second edition supports mp3 as ring tone by default
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I Have Windows Mobile 2003 (Second Edition) Version 4.21.1088 (Build 15045.2.6.0)
BUT I can not set mp3 file as a ringtone without the above software.
fone_fanatic said:
you dont need anything to set a .mp3 as a ringtone, just place the mp3 file in the rings folder under windows and go to the tone selection screen and it will be there.
PLACE MP3 FILE IN FOLLOWING FOLDER
\\My Device\Windows\Rings
then do this
Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications(on bottom)
Then Event:.. scroll down to Phone: Incoming Call then tap the drop down box by ring tone and it will be there.
There should deffinately be a FAQ sticky for this kinda stuff
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So it can't be done without placing the mp3 in the ringtones directory? In deed it's not working for me that way either. I can see the mp3 on the list, but after choosing and pressing an OK, it sets itself back to windows default. Actually I can't use anything else than windows default. I'm really getting mad, plz help! Where is the file associations menu? Maybe there's some problem there. This thing is messed up since I've installed and uninstalled winamp...
Work great on wm2005 1.60b
Man i dont know is if its the program or the windows itself..but under the settings of notifications all my mp3 is listed ..which i never knew!...this is GREAT!
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Work great on wm2005 1.60b
Man i dont know is if its the program or the windows itself..but under the settings of notifications all my mp3 is listed ..which i never knew!...this is GREAT!
AMD
It would appear that by default mp3 ringtones are allowed, however once you install a third party app to play mp3's (you mention winamp) you lose the ability to use them(it seems that the Media player engine is used for this).Uninstalling the app makes no difference, you then have no mp3 player because the mobile version of windows does not restore the file association. The best way round this that I have found is to simply use an audio app (Nero wave editor in my case) to convert/edit the mp3s to wma. This has the bonus that most mp3 tracks are too long for a ringtone (how many phones ring for 3-4 minutes without kicking in the answering service ?) so when you convert you can also reduce the length.
I cant comment on the set ringtone cab posted here, never tried it, it may work
HTH
I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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The same problem I have. Also I don't think so that the easiest way to solve it is to convert each of my mp3's to wma or whatever. Somehow there should be a way to restore the file associations. Maybe if someone would have a media player to install (re-install) that could solve it. The problem is that I've also lost my former ringtones.
Have a look at this thread here. Ive just downloaded the files but not tried em yet. Seems to be able to restore file associations so that WMP becomes your default player. This should then allow you to use mp3's as ringtones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27269
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I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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GO TO START/SETTING/PERSONAL/PHONE (AND SELECT YOUR MP3 FROM THERE).
CHEERS,
YAARUB
So the file associations are normal again, thx to your help. But how can I set an mp3 as ringtone which is stored on the sd card other than copying it to the ringtones folder as it takes far too much space from the main memory? The settings-ringtones does not find the mp3 files either on the sd or in the system memory, only wavs and mids.
@Szilu
I'm afraid there is no other choise but to copy the mp3 ringtone to the main memory.
Im sorry
That's a pity. Anyway can you suggest any programs then to cut mp3's to smaller pieces? As 4 minutes is far too much thus the size can be shrinked. THX for your kind help.
Try "Sound Forge", But im not sure if it support mp3 files or .waqv only, their you can cut the file to small pieces.
good luck.
Hi,
Has anybody got any idea why WAV files saved in Nero WaveEditor don't seem to work as notification sounds? They play fine in Media Player, but don't seem to work as a notification, regardless of what sample rate and bit depth etc I choose. Saving a WAV in GoldWave worked first time.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Steve.
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Hi,
Has anybody got any idea why WAV files saved in Nero WaveEditor don't seem to work as notification sounds? They play fine in Media Player, but don't seem to work as a notification, regardless of what sample rate and bit depth etc I choose. Saving a WAV in GoldWave worked first time.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Steve.
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OMG Ive just this minute found that out for myself! also found out that a large wav dont seem to work too!
Trying to add some new wave sounds for my incoming text messages. Have copied some small wav sounds into the windows directory along with the standard ones and although they show up in the list of available sounds they dont make a sound when clicked on to play. The strange thing is if you click on them in file browser they play in wmp. Anyone else had this ?
nope, sorry - i've added loads and they work fine...
I just try a few different ones then to see if they work. Just thought someone else might have had this prob as well.
i had a deferent kind of problem, i have a wav file which plays well on my pc, but when i add it to my kjam it doesn't play even through the wmp
Sussed it. Although when you moved the pointer over the file it came up in windows as saying wav file, when you checked the properties it was actully an mp3 file.
Downloaded some actual pcm wav files and they played fine.
Looking for some really good " New message " type wav files. Anyone know of any good sites ?
I've searched the forum and found the correct place to select my message alerts however is it possible to select my own mp3 as a sms ringtone. i tried it but with no luck :x
Thanks
Although I've only barely looked into this, I could not get MP3 files working as "notifications" only ringtones. I even tried doing the old WAV-RIFF header on an MP3 file to see whether that worked, nope. In fact, I've tried all sorts of different WAV formats and none of the compressed ones (IMA/MS ADPCM etc) work, only plain old PCW uncompressed WAVs. WMA etc etc I've also tried, no avail, only WAV and MID files will show on the list and only uncompressed WAVs will play.
However, you can use mono instead of stereo and also drop sample rate to 22khz without any major loss of quality (considering the playback device ).
Basically, MIDI and WAV files in the \Windows\ dir of your Wizard are where the files are picked from for the drop down in notifications. If you add a standard MID or WAV to yours they will show in the list next time you access it (no reset required, just close and re-open notifications).
Whether notifications only support MIDI + WAV I've no idea, ultimately I just convert whatever sounds I need to a mono, 22khz, 16bit, PCM WAV, these end up more than small enough to not cause any lag and work perfectly as long as the sampel you're working with isn't too long.
If you only have the MP3 files and have no clue about what I'm saying then you need to do some reading possibly and grab a tool to convert your MP3's back to WAV.
Something like "CDEx" which is free and can recompress your MP3's directly to WAVs (configurable) will do fine and I've tested it at PCM/Uncompressed/22khz and the output WAVs work fine.
GL.
nice one mate, will give it a go
thanks Vap, worked through what you said and now have got my desired sms ringtone. thanks once again
Anyone tried Ringo Mobile 1.26?
Not only can you have mp3 sms tones but you can store them on your sd card.
I haven't tried it because I don't know how well it will go along with Phone Profiles which I also use, but I'm tempted to try.
Check it out on Handango
Phone Alarm
Phone Alarm from pocketmax.net works really fine has other great features too.
Kull: Tried it out and PA also plays mp3:s for text messages. Phone Alarm was really in awesome program. It's got a few bugs but it seems to be updated quite often. Thanks for the tip!
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Phone Alarm from pocketmax.net works really fine has other great features too.
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I've tried to use PhoneAlarm, but when I've got it installed, it makes my Wi-Fi "unavailable"
Any ideas???
(Gigabyte g-Smart i128)
I don't have any issues with the wifi but I know there are some. This will be fixed by v 1.6 due any time now.
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kull said:
Phone Alarm from pocketmax.net works really fine has other great features too.
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I've tried to use PhoneAlarm, but when I've got it installed, it makes my Wi-Fi "unavailable"
Any ideas???
(Gigabyte g-Smart i128)
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Haven't tried WiFi yet... busy getting a fix on the tones... ver 1.55 (beta) works fine with WAV tones.
Convert mp3 into ringtones using CDEx
Vap said:
While using CDEx to convert mp3 files to ringtones it is really important to follow Vap's advice. One will fail if one uses the standard setting for MP3->WAV conversion available in the program.
Here is what worked for my Charmer.
With a CDEx version 1.51 : go to Options, Settings, choose "Encoder" tab, in "Encoder" field choose "Windows MP3 Codec", in "Codec bitrate selection" choose "24 kBit/s, 22 050 Hz, mono" and you should be fine
Thanks Vap
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