Just Curious..

[Guest Predonica]

Okay..first my apologies to the mod if i put this post in the wrong forum :lol:

Yesterday i've tried the SE P900..and it can plays MP3 as a ringtones.

So why smartphone couldn't do it? (again, sorry...cause i've tried to search for this question but i can't found it...so just send me a quick reply okay :?)

How about using reg. editor? or any anything that will assign the MP3 as a

ringtones.

Thanks!!

[Guest shadamehr]

Surprised you can't find it, as its flogged to death on this board.

Also, you say SPV, which is unhelpful, as there is the original SPV, then the E100, then the E200, and what they can play differs between each.

So it would have been helpful if you made it more clear.

Assuming you have an E200 however, the answer is as follows.

As a Smartphone is a Microsoft Operating system based device, Microsoft prefer there OWN standards where possible.

This means that in terms of ringtones, you can use a normal midi file (.mid or .midi), a wave file in PCM format (.wav) or, and what Microsoft introduce with the E200, Windows Media Audio format (.wma) which is the alternative to mp3, and smaller.

Strangely however, you can ALSO use mp4 audio files as ringtones (.mp4 AUDIO ONLY).

Hope this helps - bear in mind that if yours is NOT an E200, as you don't make it clear, it can't use mp4 or wma, but POSSIBLY can use .mp3. It can certainly use .wav however.

[Guest Predonica]

Thanks for the reply..i understnad. Ohh..by the way, my phone is an Orange SPV.

Thanks mate cheers!!

[Guest shadamehr]

The Origninal SPV, the E100, and the E200 are ALL ORange SPV's mate *lol*

But I suspect what you are saying (?) is that you have the first ever, original SPV, that has no numbers, lie E100, or E200 etc?

If so, then .wma is out.

But I THINK (?) you can use .wav files (in normal PCM format) as ring tones.

[Guest [email protected]]

Sorry for getting off your topic guys, but could you tell me a little more of .mp4? How is it different from .mp3, smaller, better?

[Guest shadamehr]

.mp4 is the newest format - allegedly better quality, and smaller size.

BUT, its not a free format.

So to convert to .mp4 you need a converter, such as Quicktime (PRO version) which costs.

I have a post on here somewhere about the comparitive file sizes.

.wma came out at 525K for a file I made at 96K bitrate. mp4 was 514K, and mp3 was 589K

[Guest [email protected]]

Thanks Shadamehr! Is Apple the owner, like Microsoft to .wma? I seem to remember an .mp4 buzz from a few years ago, musicfiles with built-in player and album cover image... Is this the same?

[Guest shadamehr]

Don't recall if they are the owner as such - I think Thomson, and others were main licencees...

STOP - scrap that, I'm getting confused with mpPRO - the intended replacement for mp3 audio...

mp4 is the next generation format for digital audio and video, and developed by the main players, so this includes Apple who have indeed had a big input into it, yes.