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MP3 reminders - is it possible ?

Hi everybody !
Does anybody knows whether it is possible to use an MP3 files as a reminders sound files instead of those boring sounds ?
Or i need to store a big WAV file in /My Music folder ?
I hardly beleive that there is no registry hack for this.
Thank for the answer,
Baudy.

Not out-of-the-box, no.
The reason a registry hack won't work is that the built-in engine that plays the mp3s doesn't support anything but WAV.
The only reason the phone app supports additional file types is because its specifically written to make use of libraries written for that (I believe its using the newer Media Player libraries, but I could be wrong).

snorbaard said:
Not out-of-the-box, no.
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Pitty.... All of the MP3 reminders i saw are really a piece of ****. Let's wait....
Thank you for the answer, anyway.

baudy2 said:
snorbaard said:
Not out-of-the-box, no.
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Pitty.... All of the MP3 reminders i saw are really a piece of ****. Let's wait....
Thank you for the answer, anyway.
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Why don't you convert them to wav? If you choose the right settings you'll have a really descent file playable in your device.

Mythozz said:
Why don't you convert them to wav? If you choose the right settings you'll have a really descent file playable in your device.
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Size matters....

baudy2 said:
Mythozz said:
Why don't you convert them to wav? If you choose the right settings you'll have a really descent file playable in your device.
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Size matters....
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if you're talking about simple reminders (and not ringtones) they cannot be that large in size. How much are they? 100KB? 200KB? 500KB each?
That's why I mentioned the right settings. They're not MP3 of course... but you'll be able to enjoy them if during the conversion you select the right settings...
Anyway...

New Tytn Owner: some question

Hi everyone,
last week i got my new Tytn (italian version).
I'm not new in WM5 devices, my last device was a K-jam.
Now i can't remember some things that was very usefull with my K-jam, like:
1. where i can get the cab file that enables the BT icon in today(in the bottom)?
2. How i can use Mp3 as ringtone?
3. Where i can find the registry mods to enable the vibraton phone pad?
4. and also where i can get a freeware registry util?
Thanks everyone

well, I can answer a few for you:
BT Icon in Today?
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go here
free registry editor?
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google "phm regedit" or install the free taskmgr located on buzzdev.net. It has a very good registry editor plus a whole lot more functionality

3. Where i can find the registry mods to enable the vibraton phone pad?
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This might work...
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=241898&hl=

i've downloaded the related .cab file, soft reset but nothing changed.
it doesn't work.
I also remeber that there is a third part software that also enable the vibratign pad, can someone remeber the name?
thnaks

There's an application mentioned in the post I linked to above.
Check the first reply.
EDIT: Here it is... http://www.freewareppc.com/communication/d9.shtml

Yes, thanks for the link.
but i don't like the graphic of the pad. i'd like a plug-in for the existing pad or maybe something graphically better that the existing one.
thanks

gerazzo said:
i've downloaded the related .cab file, soft reset but nothing changed.
it doesn't work.
I also remeber that there is a third part software that also enable the vibratign pad, can someone remeber the name?
thnaks
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BTW, did you check from the Today menu if that item was actually installed and is present, but not checked?

gerazzo said:
2. How i can use Mp3 as ringtone?
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Very easy to do - slightly undocumented feature
Navigate into the \Application Data\Sounds\ folder on your phone and drop the MP3 there - it will then show up in your ringtone list
I tend to edit the mp3's down to about 30 seconds of the song I want and save them as mono and at a low bitrate so they don't take up a lot of space on the phone but you don't have to do this - just realize that if you put a bunch of MP3's on there, you'll fill up your internal storage pretty quickly if you don't, but if you just want one there it shouldn't be a big deal.

yes i know this feature.... but how i can do it to use an MP3 as SMS allert?
thanks

gerazzo said:
yes i know this feature.... but how i can do it to use an MP3 as SMS allert?
thanks
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Convert it into .wav and put in the \windows directory

-------> Ringtones for Htc Touch.......

Have you any nice ringtones for WindowsMobile??
The standard ringtones are boring...
Is there anything better???
Thank you..............

Noone suggest any ringtones or has a personal archive??

umm, use search???
many threads on "what ringtones do you use?" with file attachments, use the wiki
you just need to look
questions like these will cause you grief

just copy any mp3 file into your HTC and use it as a ringtone

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many threads on "what ringtones do you use?" with file attachments, use the wiki
you just need to look
questions like these will cause you grief
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Sorry, but I didn't find what I was searching for....
I wasn't able to find a thread which speak only about our favourite ringtones....

jvieira said:
just copy any mp3 file into your HTC and use it as a ringtone
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Yes, but I was nosy of know your opinions about ringtones.....

flaviopac said:
Yes, but I was nosy of know your opinions about ringtones.....
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they are ok. I am using the old fashion ring for my ringtone.

Taninpv said:
they are ok. I am using the old fashion ring for my ringtone.
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I don't like them very much...
I think that they are a bit prosy....
I use a song, called "Tick Tick Boom" by The Hives....

you can use literally any mp3 (and other formats) of your choice as a ring tone (btw, nice choice on the Hives.) you must put your audio file one folder away from root, meaning the path has to be something like
/Storage Card/*.mp3
/Program Files/*.mp3
/My Documents/*.mp3
etc etc

Azimuth21 said:
you can use literally any mp3 (and other formats) of your choice as a ring tone (btw, nice choice on the Hives.) you must put your audio file one folder away from root, meaning the path has to be something like
/Storage Card/*.mp3
/Program Files/*.mp3
/My Documents/*.mp3
etc etc
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For message I put the ringtones into /windows, and these are .wav files...
for other ringtones into windows/rings

I made some ringtones
http://www.box.net/shared/d0o4ycv40o
Hope you like'em.
Cheers

efexor said:
I made some ringtones
http://www.box.net/shared/d0o4ycv40o
Hope you like'em.
Cheers
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Thank you!!!!

How to disable hd2 bootup sound

Hi .. bro
How to disable hd2 bootup sound in new rom 1.66
thank you...

Please change the terrible title of this thread to something appropriate. When you edit, you need to "go advanced".

Attached is a cab that removes the hideous HTC bootup sound
Thanks to Shawn_230 for the original version that I simply modified with a streamlined wave file.

thanks a lot for this helpful file

can we make it with CeRegEditor ?

Yes, but it leaves the wav file on the device, which takes up space. Just use the cab, or delete the file.

oki john !
thx

johncmolyneux said:
Yes, but it leaves the wav file on the device, which takes up space. Just use the cab, or delete the file.
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hmm where abouts is the wav file located? might try changing it instead of removing.

in windows HTC-QuietlyBrilliantBoot

cant seem to delete it as its in rom memory there goes my dream of having the transformers sound play on start up lol

paulking said:
cant seem to delete it as its in rom memory there goes my dream of having the transformers sound play on start up lol
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Interesting.
You could always set the registry value to that of a file that you do want to play at startup. That should do the trick.
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation\StartupWav
Let us know how you get on

johncmolyneux said:
Interesting.
You could always set the registry value to that of a file that you do want to play at startup. That should do the trick.
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation\StartupWav
Let us know how you get on
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will have a go now

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will have a go now
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Just a word of advice... You'll need quotes around the filename, if it has any spaces in it, or it won't work.
\Storage card\StartupSound.wav will read as \Storage and stop at the space.
You'd need "\Storage card\StartupSound.wav"

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Just a word of advice... You'll need quotes around the filename, if it has any spaces in it, or it won't work.
\Storage card\StartupSound.wav will read as \Storage and stop at the space.
You'd need "\Storage card\StartupSound.wav"
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no luck so far but i missed out the first \ so maybe thats the reason lol
edit nah still not working...maybe it has to be under a certain timelimit (the transform sound is 6 seconds...)

paulking said:
no luck so far but i missed out the first \ so maybe thats the reason lol
edit nah still not working...maybe it has to be under a certain timelimit (the transform sound is 6 seconds...)
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It probably does. And I'd imagine it probably has to be the correct format of wav file (sample rate, bit depth, channels).
Can you post the original one here for me? I've deleted it with my cab, so I can't have a look at it. Actually, can you do that and the transformers sound you want to use?

ok i've managed to change the .gif on startup
cant seem to get the original sound off my device
edit http://www.moviesoundclips.net/sound.php?id=111
thats the transformers sound clip (its 7th from the bottom.)

paulking said:
ok i've managed to change the .gif on startup
cant seem to get the original sound off my device
edit http://www.moviesoundclips.net/sound.php?id=111
thats the transformers sound clip (its 7th from the bottom.)
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Ah don't worry about it. It was just a thought. It would be nice to be able to implement some kind of software changer for this new "feature" they've added. I don't think it's that wise though since the thing stutters anyway!

Sorry mate. I've had a play about and can get wav files to play at startup, but they all sound really bad. The stutter in playback makes all of them useless, and you need to leave a gap at the beginning or it misses the first part of the sound, and it just stops abruptly so you've only got a set amount of time for anything to play.
The whole bootup sound thing just isn't working right. It's not worth persuing until HTC sort it (if they bother).
I've attached the transformers sound you linked, so you can try it yourself, but I doubt you'll like the result.

Thank you..

Transformer sound bite, they missed the best one:
"Hey! That Hurt!"
"It's supposed to hurt! It's an ass kicking!"

Disable startup sound in new roms?

To save me searching through the device does anyone know which sound to replace with silence to get rid of the new startup sound in new roms?
or even a reg tweak to disable it?
thanks in advance!

someone has got a cab here for it - best search as you'll only be told to do it anyway...

EddyOS said:
someone has got a cab here for it - best search as you'll only be told to do it anyway...
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i always search before posting...
couldnt find anything mentioned... any idea which thread it may have been posted in? one of the tips ones or maybe one about the new 1.66 rom?

found the reg key:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation\StartupWav
doh... dont know why i didnt look there in the first place!
well hopefully this thread will help others searching for this

Here you go matey...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622234

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Here you go matey...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622234
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Cheers John.
I prefer not to use cabs though as i like to know exactly what i am doing when tweaking and would prefer not to decompile the cab to see exactly wtf is going on!
I take it that cab replaces the wav file all together?
If you didnt want to do this you can simply go to:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation\StartupWav
and edit the name of the wav file in that key ( i added a character to its file name so it would be easy to change back if needed.)

was just looking for your post! does it work properly? the stuttering tone at the mo is a tad annoying!!

EddyOS said:
was just looking for your post! does it work properly? the stuttering tone at the mo is a tad annoying!!
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Yeah, tell me about it! What's the point of putting a startup sound if it stutters? It makes the whole device look cheap right from its first powerup.
All my cab does is replace the wav file with a tiny silent one, therefore saving precious ROM space. It works fine for me, and I've not had any complaints so far.

Where is startup tone located?
Hi
Could someone tell me which folder the startup tone is located? I wanted to replace it with my own wav.
Thanks

Audio Oblivion said:
Cheers John.
I prefer not to use cabs though as i like to know exactly what i am doing when tweaking and would prefer not to decompile the cab to see exactly wtf is going on!
I take it that cab replaces the wav file all together?
If you didnt want to do this you can simply go to:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation\StartupWav
and edit the name of the wav file in that key ( i added a character to its file name so it would be easy to change back if needed.)
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The edit of the name is how I did it and it works fine.
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