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I have just got my P800 (it is still in the box at the moment) and I was wondering how I use MP3s as ringtones.
I have heard that you have to convert the MP3s to WAV before you can use them as ringtones.
Is this true? If so, it there a recommended way of doing this.
Any advice would be appreciated as once I have given the phone its 12hr charge I plan to do some SERIOUS playing.
Thanks in advance
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Posted: 2003-05-21 17:01:00
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Yup, you have to convert the MP3 to WAV to use it as a ringtone, SMS alert, or alarm.
I found that these are the optimum settings when converting from MP3 to WAV:
Convert to WAV format using the ff settings:
-use GSM 6.10 compression (this slashes the original WAV size to 1/10)
-22 kHz, you can use 11kHz or 8kHz, but I found 22 sounds the best and loudest
-downmix to mono, since the ringtone only plays over the mono speaker, why waste the excess KB on stereo?
-try to trim the WAV file as small as possible... any excess silent sections at the start or end adds to it's overall size.
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Posted: 2003-05-21 17:12:00
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Thanks for the info.
What application or util do you use do convert the MP3 ?
Thanks again
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Posted: 2003-05-21 17:44:00
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use winlame,drop quality level down to lowest setting then encode to a wav file,you can also split the wav into smaller bits like the best bit of the song with a wav splitting tool
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Posted: 2003-05-21 19:04:00
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I use SoundForge ... but I think there are a lot of free WAV editors out there (not sure) ... try typing WAV editor in Google.
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Posted: 2003-05-21 19:18:00
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I hope a 3rd party app makes it possible sometime
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Posted: 2003-05-22 02:05:00
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This is so ironic, but since I used to own a 9210, I use the Nokia Multimedia software to convert my MP3s to WAV files.
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Posted: 2003-05-24 18:41:31
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Posted: 2003-05-24 19:26:50
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