Help!! mp3 ringtones!

[Guest kimchi29]

ahh!! i just got my mio 8390, love the phone. but where do i put the mp3 ringtones? polyphonic just doesnt float my boat!

[Guest squall]

You cant use mp3s as ringtones im afraid. However you can convert them to .wav files and use them as ringtones that way.

Place the files in /ipsm/Sounds

Click HERE for a guide to converting to .wav or see HERE for tones already converted

[Guest kimchi29]

are you sure? it says that the mitac mio 8390 is able to use mp3 as ringtones, theres even an mp3 ringtone that comes with the phone. Anyone know where the ringtones are stored?

[Guest schriss]

I'm sure you can use mp3 as ringtones, it's mentioned in every 8390 review I have seen!

[Guest gabry]

Hi Kimchi29, as the user manual say you can use your own files by copying the suond files ( .wav, .mmf, .mid or .MP3 format) from your desktop computer to the StorageApplication DataSuonds Folder in the smartphone.

NOTE- If PhoneExplorer is not installed in your smartphone use ActiveSync to copy files from the desktop computer to your smartphone.

You must have free space on your mitac!

[Guest the bishop]

hmmmmm - I did copy some mp3 files in there, but they sound HORRIBLE ... maybe the settings like hz, mono, etc are not right?

also, is there somewhere on my storage card I can put these files and select them from there instead?

[Guest emerica]

There is no way you can put your ringtones in the storage card....

But the quality of the ringtone depends on the amount of KPBS of the mp3 file. The higher the KPBS, should the quality be higher. I usually encodes all the MP3 i am gonna use as ringtones to a 96 KPBS quality, so that the file will be smaller and you can put more mp3s as ringtones into your storage memory..... and a 96 kpbs mp3 sounds still acceptable as a ringtone.

P.S. Store your ringtones files (.mp3, .wav ...etc.) to "storageapplication datasounds" ans you should be able to select them at the sound settings menu.

Hope this helps!

[Guest neko]

also you don't need a whole 5 minute song for a ringtone, your calls will be redirected to another number or voice mail anyway. to reduce the file size of the ringtone you are recommended to cut it like around 30 seconds each. I perfer using 128kbps as bit rate and stereo or mono doesn't matter (in the case you will get a stereo headset, enjoy the stereo tone :wink: )

one more important thing, after you get your mp3 encoded try it on the windows media player first (on the phone, not your pc). some mp3 encoders (or in combination of different settings) does not work properly with the windows mobile default media player. if you can't get it play well here neither you will get it work as a ringtone. try using another mp3 encoder or codec etc. CDex is one of the most popular mp3 encoder around, the lame encoder engine makes good sound but unfortrunately I can't get it work on any WINCE devices (yes, both the phone and my PPC2002)

Personally I use the Sony Sound Forge 7 to do the sound cutting, recording, mixing, resampleing and encoding etc. it works great for me, but it could be a bit difficult to use. you may get a free trial from the sony web site if you are interested.

have fun. :)

[Guest the bishop]

I will try that. Actually these were like 128k or so in MP3 format ... but they sounded SLOW and played very slowly like old time records on the wrong speed setting -- that's what I meant when I said they sounded horrible. :)

[Guest modojojo]

Mp3's work fine. You should look into some of the many free shareware mp3 editors, cutters and splitters. They allow you to scale your mp3's down to an acceptable running time for a ringtone. my mp3 ring tones range from 10-30 seconds and they don't take up much storage space.