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Ringtones

Just got my xda2 a few days ago and found how cool you can make the ringtones. With the old nokia stile phones you could go to the web site selling tones and just rip the midi files directly in to data suite and transfer them. well sites started to make the preview as an mp3 making it very hard to convert them back to midi. well how cool is it that i can now go and get polyphonic tones of the pay sites and just convert them in to wave files and set them as ringtones. Or if you not like poly tones just cut down an mp3 file with 'real soundin' music and convert that. ohh i like it

Have you already tried to record something like "Mom is calling! $your_favourite_ring" and use it with personalized ringtones? Or "Incoming short message detected!" - sounding like StarTrek?

Hi,
Yip its very very cool!!!!
And you can also try wma files
Or go to my page and get some there for free
Cheersssss!!!!

Difficulty adding my own ringtones

I have audio files of various formats which I wish to use clips from as ringtones. I notice that the preset ringtones are WMA format, & try making the file I wish to use into a WMA, yet my Xda2 still does not show it on the ringtones list.
What must I do to make an audio file on my desktop PC into a ringtone for my Xda2?

there is a program in the settings section system tab called "add ringtone" you can use that or if all else fails you can put your WMA file directly in the directory "My Pocket PC/Windows/" in your XDA.. then try looking at your ringtone list.. it should be there..

Neither work. ;_; The file is currently in windows, & add ringtone does not show it.

some people report that the xda's cant play all bitrate wma's try to see if you can play them on media player

EotW said:
I have audio files of various formats which I wish to use clips from as ringtones. I notice that the preset ringtones are WMA format, & try making the file I wish to use into a WMA, yet my Xda2 still does not show it on the ringtones list.
What must I do to make an audio file on my desktop PC into a ringtone for my Xda2?
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convert your .mp3 or any other audio file using dpoweramp converter its freeware and then copy that .wma to \mypocketpc\windows\rings and paste it there, and then just open sound and notifications on your pda and select incoming call and choose that .wma that you pasted IT SHOULD WORK FOR SURE !!
regards
jeetz

or if all else fails, instead of converting your mp3's to wma, why don't you just convert it straight to wav format? that way you won't have any problems.. because one problem with the wma format ringtones is if you use it for the sms alert once it rings it wont stop (since it is long) even if you click on everything.. which sucks big time.. while in wav you can easily cut the song to the part you only want with alot of different wav editors..

Ring Tones.
Hi there,
I have an XDA II and I hv tried this great progrm Ringtone X this is available for download / purchase at www.mtux.com not only u can use wma files but also wav and midi files to set as ring tones. U can also set ring tones by group / individual contact or by phone No. great program. try it.

Success. ^_^ Realised the 'add ringtone' option didn't detect the WMA file, so used a WAV, then found the directory 'Rings' in Windows, & switched it for the WMA again. Found out it doesn't like mp3 files for ringtones, & that any files with foreign characters in their names (eg Japanese, etc) will not transfer.
Thank you all for the help.

Help is my middle name... heehee

The easiest way to get them working is to drop a wma into the rings folder, they should appear in the drop down from phone options after doing so (you will have to exit the options page if you had it open whilst transferring the file).
Any good sound editing program (nero wav editor, audacity, av music morpher) should allow you to load your file up, chop and change it and then save out as a wma. Try lowering the quality slightly to bring the file size down even further(wma should be a lot smaller than wav).
As for other sound notifications on the Xda, just drop a wav file into the Windows folder to add it to the appropriate drop down.

well i agree WMA is slightly lighter than WAV.. but if you're not too familiar with audio editing better use WAV and edit it with Audioblock as it has an easy interface or if you are an advanced user and wants to cut WMA better use Adobe Audition or the newer versions..

Notifications - MP3 Instead of WAV

Is there anywhere to amend the wizard's registry to allow it to use MP3's for the notification sounds. Wav files are massive files and take up alot of room which i dont currently have.

eversince I've been using PPCs it has always been wav for notifications. i sometimes see apps that use mp3s for alarms but these are for the alarm only [other notifications are not included]. you may want to re-encode your wavs into a smaller bitrate. iirc you can use sound recorder [on any windows pc] and save the wav as PCM 16bit. you can also chop up the wav files using sound recorder.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42546
I've still not found a way. I would not think it possible via reg hack, mainly due to MS's own ADPCM / IMA compression on the wavs not working. Plain old PCW uncompressed only, anyway check out that thread and let us know if you make any progress.

mp3 as ring tone on Jamin?

Is it possible?

oyeah once you convert it to wav :roll: methinks

laca4025 said:
oyeah once you convert it to wav :roll: methinks
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what are you talking about ? Jamin can use mp3's as ringtones - you don't have to convert them to WAV !!!

wav it's the only supported format for WM5?
And what about wma files in windows directory?

I don't understand guys....
I've mp3 file and I'd like to use it as ring tone end/or alarm sound.... can you explain me where I have to put it to be inserted in the sound and notifications list?

You can easily use an MP3 as a ringtone... all you have to do is put it in the folder: Windows/Rings and then you can select it for any of your contacts... alternatively, just click and hold on the MP3 and one of the menu choices is 'Set as Ringtone' this sets your general ringtone as the selected MP3.

Just one little comment: If you are using MP3 for ring make sure they are small (not several MB like normal music) or you will get a delay before you here the ring (maybe several tones long). There are two excellent free apps I found that let you mold your MP3's to ring size:
MPTrim: http://www.mptrim.com/ it will let you cat the length of the file and increase volume if needed.
Second:
http://www.mp3-converter.com/mp3_to_all_converter.htm not only will this let you reduce the bit rate to make the files smaller it lets you re-encode files to and from many different formats.
Final note: You can also use files stored in your SD root (if you have one) but they are very slow to load, and you can use the sound from WMV files without separating it from the video.

Try to use Ringo Mobile from http://www.electricpocket.com/ringo-mobile/
: )

MP3 alarm?
Hi, do you know how to use mp3 song when the clock alarm rings? I tried putting into windows\rings but they don't show in the list for the alarm application. thanks in advance,

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Hi, do you know how to use mp3 song when the clock alarm rings? I tried putting into windows\rings but they don't show in the list for the alarm application. thanks in advance,
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No Way!!
Clock alarm and SMS rings accept just wav files.Just put your wav files in Windows default folder

Many thanks guys! :wink:

Hi guys!
I've still a problem....
I justy put my mp3 in windows/rings dir but if I go to sound and notifications I can't see my mp3 in the list of rig tones...
I tryed soft reset too but the problem is still present.
I installed some sw like Photo Contact and Phone profiler ecc....
Now I have installed WMA Phone Profile and Photo contact (not Pro versione!). Is it possible that those sw can change some config on my Jamin?

Again. MP3 can ONLY be used as RINGTONES. They CANNOT be used for notifications (SMS, MMS, Clock,...).
To use MP3 as ringtones, you only have to copy them to the \Windows\Rings directory.
Enjoy!

Should be added that to select them go to:
Start->Settings->Personal->Phone

Ring tones
Curiouser and curiouser. After upgrading with Jester's 2.2 and installing Pocket Music, I cannot play mp3's as ring tones any more, but I can play .wav files. I can see them both, and both appear to open, but the mp3's are silent..... (both mp3's and .wav files are installed in Windows\Rings directory in this case). Last week the .mp3 files would play but not the .wav files!
.wav files installed in the Windows directory continue to behave as normal, appearing and opening as Notifications.

Can you still play MP3's with the built in WMP?
I suspect Pocket Music overwrote the codec for MP3 or screwed up the registry linking MP3 to it.
No idea how to fix this (short of hard reset though).

Yes, WMP still works just fine. No other impacts seen so far. So I'm happy enough, but would like to understand what happened.....

Extracting audio from a note file (*.pwi) & sound recording

Hey. I'm a musician and sometimes I use the microphone on my Wing to record song ideas. I usually open up "notes", "view [the] recording toolbar" and record. The last time I opened notes it started me out with a black note. I recorded a guitar riff, and then a little speaker icon appeared in note; when I click on the icon it plays the recording. Is there a way to extract that sound file that's embedded in this note so I can save it as a .wav file?
I've tried recording with "voice notes," but the quality sucks; *.amr files are annoying. Is there a way to change the quality and type of file?
Thanks.

PWI2WAV
adam79, a few months ago I found a solution: Look here: http://www.huslik.net/. It's freeware.
Go to Software section and choose PWI2WAV.
It converts perfectly. Just drag the PWI file onto the exe in Windows (I stil think this is a funny way of filehandling) and the wav comes out!
Good luck.