Mortplayer is simply *the* music player for WM (and audiobook player as well, nifty functions for that too).
I spent half an hour the other day navigating through all the settings, and thought it to be a good idea to associate a good deal of music file extensions to it, including .mp3 obviously.
Yet, this morning I found a missed call which I didn't remember having heard, ringing volume was on, I went checking the settings, and found "none" in the ringtone file selection row, tried selecting my own ringtone (or any other mp3 ringtone for that matter) but no preview playback came up, and when pressing OK on those files, the same "none" appeared in the ringtone row anyway. WAVs tones (from alarm tones) worked fine though (I didn't associate WAVs to mortplayer).
Long story short:
Avoid associating ringtone file formats with mortplayer, otherwise your phone will not ring nor vibrate when you receive a call
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i have put up a small midi ringtone file (originally a Nokia ringtone) onto my JasJar, same ringtone i've used on my PDA2k for a year..
problem is that after sometime, probably a couple calls, the ringtone seems to get reset back to the annoying "Windows Default" ringtone for no apparent reason, and i end going back to the sound & notification settings 2-3 times a day to set it back to my ringtone :\
i did a hard reset, skipped extended rom for trials and ran it for a day, same problem!
after searching for so long i figured this might be something i have to live with..
so i reset my device, installed all my apps and tuned them to my liking..
only to find out that with SPB Pocket Plus, the ringtone sometimes stops playing completely.
for instance, i can see it selected in the sound and notifications, but clicking play on it produces no sound!
the default ringtones on the other hand play just fine...
the only workaround is to softreset the device.
i finally removed SPB pocket plus... and the old problem is back.. Windows Default ringtone keeps getting set as my ring
any tips.. please i'm so frustrated at this point :\
did you put the file in windows\rings ?
i think on storage card it might be a problem.
tried having the ringtone both on /windows/rings and on the SD card, no difference..
Try some other file format other than your MIDI, May be MP3
Look here, maybe this can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=32576&highlight=
I have the same problem with my JJ... Stop using midi tone ... Hope we will get a fix for this soon :x ...
i saved my self a trouble & changed any ring tone i like to windows default then over written it over the original ring tone but butting it in a cab file :lol:
i saved my self a trouble & changed any ring tone i like to windows default then over written it over the original ring tone but butting it in a cab file :lol:
Rabia said:
i saved my self a trouble & changed any ring tone i like to windows default then over written it over the original ring tone but butting it in a cab file :lol:
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I checked the above thread, and I did indeed have a different entry under the 'saved' registry entry. CHanged it and keen to see if this solved things.
OK, I have some progress on this.
When ur phone changes (ie goes wrong), go to phone/options and try playing any of the ringtones. Most fail with something like "file is possibly corrupt". Now, the ones that fail are WMA files, and the ones that work are WAV. That's why the phone is reverting; it's failing to play WMA's and is defaulting to a working ringtone (which is a good strategy - I guess...).
This aligns with other threads on mp3 ringtones; if you lose the WMPlayer assocition with mp3's, they then fail as ringtones. So, it seems that the Uni is losing it's WMA association - until u reboot. Now we know this it feels solvable:
- We need to know why WMA's are losing association
- Else we need to convert our ringtones to WAV's.
That's y for all other notifications also wav is the only option for us.
thanks for this theory... i still have this problem despite changing the registry...i will try having wav as ringtone.. thanks!
Is it Possible to have MP3 appearing in the basic Qtek alarm ring tone list ? If yes, where should I copy them ?
I managed to listen to MP3 has call ring by copying them in \My Documents, but I can't manage to make any MP3 appears in the 3 alarms from the Parameters > System > Clock & Alarms > Alarms menu ?
Please help
Well, I don't know about MP3's but at least you can use custom wave files by just copying them to the \windows folder. They will then appear in the dropdown list. If you copy a mp3 file it doesn't show up. But a satisfying bypass may be to use compressed wave files.
Thanks for the advice...
I knew for the wav files but what a shame for the Phone to be able to play mp3 for the phone call ring and not for the alarm. I hoped i was mistaken but it seems that it's not possible...
Well, yes I agree it's a shame but anyway the alarm clock is not very reliable anyway! May be some third party apps would allow us to use mp3 files instead of wav files and work 100%. I almost miss an early plane last week because of the alarm not ringing while the phone wa in stand by which is often the case during the night...
sorry to jack ure thread,but figured be better to keep everythin semi-related in the same thread.....
does anyone know of a more reliable (free preferred) alarm that can play mp3's ?
Try pocket Wakeup as alarm. It will play mp3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=43692
Is it possible to make sound of a notification mp3 file?
It seems to support only .wav..=(
the only way to set mp3 ringtone on sms is programm called Ringo. but it changes phone-calls sounds too which is not good as I use PhotoContacts for this - it's better imho.
any other solutions???
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I've spend some time playing with regestry and here is what i found.
all notifications (including sms delivery sound) are played by album.exe programm. it can't play .mp3 files (but it can play .mp4 that's why you can freely use them as ringtones).
I tried to make .wav play not by album.exe but with windows media player (wmplayer.exe) - but it doesn't support .wav, too...
also I tried to make tcpmp play .wav - but it seems to me it doesn't understand command line params...=|
the thing I want is to find another player to play all system sounds and by that make .mp3 sounds for notifications.
or make .mp3 sounds on notifications in any other way
TCPMP plays everything, including - if you download the codec, AAC.
it does, but it doesn't support command line.
if in registry in file assosiations you write for .mp3 "player.exe "%1""
it wouldn't play that file.. =|
and btw I tried using another player which supports everything - but it didn't solve the problem. notifications don't look at what player is set - they directly play wave sounds or directly start album.exe - I don't know.
Even ringo doesn't disable it - it sets "silent" wave on notification and plays another sound itself at a same time - how it cathes incoming sms - I don't know...must be some .dll in memory which does it.
did u try to rename your player in to album.exe?
Finaly It seems to me that notifications are played without any player. notifications does it itself.
I just converted sound I wanted into wav and forgot about it...don't have time now for searching for another solution.
I tried putting an MP3 file in the Windows\Rings folder so it does show up as one of my ringtones in the phone options. But it doesn't play and my Windows default ringtone plays instead. There isn't a native capability for MP3 playing as a ringtone. So is there any way around this?? I know I can convert it to WAV, but the WAV file turns out to be 4MB compared to 300K as MP3!! Big difference especially if I want to assign dozens of ringtones for different contacts. Any suggestions?
The only thing i can think of is that maybe in your contact list you have the default ringtone set for individual callers. If not then i guess try to clear your data, maybe something you installed is making it go screwy.
Very easy .. Tap on the mp3 file and hold ... there is an option 'set as ringtone' All I use is MP3's as ringtones.
If what they said doesn't work then it might just be a problem with the mp3 itself. I think I had a problem like that with an mp3 once but I've had a whole lot of wav files not work even when they played fine on my computer. Unfortunately I don't know how to fix them so they will work other than to try downloading it again or downloading it from another source.
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I tried putting an MP3 file in the Windows\Rings folder so it does show up as one of my ringtones in the phone options. But it doesn't play and my Windows default ringtone plays instead. There isn't a native capability for MP3 playing as a ringtone. So is there any way around this?? I know I can convert it to WAV, but the WAV file turns out to be 4MB compared to 300K as MP3!! Big difference especially if I want to assign dozens of ringtones for different contacts. Any suggestions?
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What are you running WM5 or WM6? I have found with WM6 that in the phone settings when you select a ring tone and exit out it automatically changes back to the default ring tone. If that is what's happening then there is a workaround. Just something to look for.
dont put the mp3 in any folder, that worked for me. i even tryed putting it in the ringtones folder but it wont find it when i select a ring tone.
Actually, I think what the o.p. is talking about is this;
Say you have a default ringer for all people. Default, or whatever. Go into your contacts, and edit one, placing a MP3 file as a ringtone (I guess you'll have to move it to windows/ringtones?). Now, if you highlight the file on the person's contact page, it should 'play' for a preview. Mine does not play. The ringtone I've set happens to be >5Megs. not sure if that matters.
So, setting individual ringtones for people doesn't seem to work. However, I have previously been able to assign a MP3 as a default ringtone for 'all' people.
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Very easy .. Tap on the mp3 file and hold ... there is an option 'set as ringtone' All I use is MP3's as ringtones.
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I can't get this option if the MP3 is in MBs. The thing to do is copy the MP3 to My Documents and paste it under UA Contents. Go to phone settings where it says ring tone, scroll down the box, find your song, tap on it. It will pop up in the ring tone box. Be sure that the MP3 is associated with windows media player and no other you may have, otherwise it cannot be used as a ringtone. That's why I didn't get the option to set as the ring tone. The MP3 I tapped and held was associated with GS player, but that was easily solved.
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How do I move music into the ringer folder on WM5?
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How do I move music into the ringer folder on WM5?
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Simply tap/hold/cut or copy the MP3 you're transferring from, go to windows/rings , and paste. The MP3 has been moved to the Rings folder.
sunycheeba416 said:
I tried putting an MP3 file in the Windows\Rings folder so it does show up as one of my ringtones in the phone options. But it doesn't play and my Windows default ringtone plays instead. There isn't a native capability for MP3 playing as a ringtone. So is there any way around this?? I know I can convert it to WAV, but the WAV file turns out to be 4MB compared to 300K as MP3!! Big difference especially if I want to assign dozens of ringtones for different contacts. Any suggestions?
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Question: Why would you want to set a MP3 as a ring tone regardless of who's calling you? Are there any 30sec. MP3s out there because the longest you can listen is 30 seconds. MP3s eat up your memory in MBs that you might need to have at a later date. Why not download effects or tv theme ringtones as a suggestion only. You can download thousands, maybe more at www.polytones.net.....www.freemobilefun.net, or funformobile.com. You can download videos, music videos, other types of videos at www.mymobileclips.com. Free registration, and after registered no need to log in future visits. Check the box remember me each visit. On this website you can browse or search Metacafe, Dailymotion, Google, You Tube, etc. Select where you want to search from, type in the search box, ex: elvis presley, and videos about him will come up for downloading.
Google for Audacity. It's a ringtone creator that will cut an MP3 down to a usable size by allowing you to select just the part of the MP3 you want to use as the ringtone. It's also free.
Apologies if this has been asked but I've not found a thread so far for this problem.
I am using rom 1.61 and recently decided to add different ringtones to my most common contacts. The ringtones are just normal MP3 files, eg some are songs, some are stuff like TV theme tunes etc. They all play perfectly in any of the media players like coreplayer etc.
But when any person with a personalised ringtone calls me, I get no ringtone at all. The phone vibrates, and the speaker is on & volume turned up, but no sound plays.
Anyone know if this is a fault, or is there a setting I have missed or something?
Thanks
Jim
i had this problem with the same rom but i found that setting the ringtone through file explorer seemed to sort it out
Don't think that will help will it mate?
You can only set the current overall ringtone like that, and the problem I've got is that ringtones set that are different for various people do not play.
Actually, I just found something out, that when I've set these personalised ones for different people it has set itself as a default tone just to vibrate.
I've changed it to a proper ringtone now, but I'll have to get a friend to call me to see if this works now. I have a suspicion there's more to it than this......
Bump! Anyone?