polyphonic ringtones

[Guest Spvguy]

Hi there, one of my mates has been programming his phone using the smartphone SDK software and realised it isnt so difficult to get polyphonic ringtones to work on the SPV. Hes simply modified the codac on the windows media player to enable MIDI tones to play on it. This is pretty cool considering there are some crap ringtones on the SPV. :wink: :D

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

You sure your friend isn't telling pork pies?

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[Guest pibrahim]

Come on then, spill the beans!

You can't make a post like that and expect us not to ask how he did it/etc., so fill us in :D

Midi tones already play, but only monophonic - you sure your friend got Midi1/2 polyphonic tones working?

[Guest pibrahim]

Also, WMP surely isn't even used for processing ringtones?!

[Guest chewie]

Also, WMP surely isn't even used for processing ringtones?!

Thats exactley what i was thinking, you literely took the words straight outta... err off of my... keyboard :D

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

It actually makes sense that the same codecs would be used?

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[Guest chewie]

^Hmmm suppose?

Although what was the point in MS making a midi codec for WMP which cant even play midi files properly?

Has anyone even tried playing a midi in WMP? does it sound exactley the same?

I assume that the codec wouldn't need any sort of certification? If this chap truely has hacked to play midi1/2 polyphone then get it on the net so we can all stick it on our SPV's :D

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

The codec is probably a DLL, in which case it WOULD need certification.

I'm setting up the SDK atm, so will try playing a MID in that, and then start tinkering :D

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PS 504 posts, wupah!

[Guest chewie]

PS 504 posts, wupah!

WTF is wupah?

You been watching freinds recently?

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

I do watch LOTS of Friends, but i'm not sure 'wupah' is a valid Friends-ism?

The would be

OH---MY---GOD, 503 --- POSTS!

or perhaps

Could I BE more active on the forum? 503 posts!

:D

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[Guest chewie]

^ oh it is my friend, Chandler says wupah whilst doing a whip snapping mime. Everyone else is taking the piss outta him cuz i whip doesnt sound like wupah!

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

Oh yeah, I remember :D

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[Guest Paul [MVP]]

BTW Friends Episodes work really well encoded for the SPV - I have them all on DVD, so thought i'd try a few.

V nice!

And before any asks, NO! I'm not posting them online :D

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[Guest pibrahim]

I'm not so sure...

WMP supports .mp3, .wmv, etc., but ringtones only support .wav or .midi, I asked Neil Enns (MS) about whether .mp3s could be used as ringtones and IIRC he sounded doubtful, so I'm not convinced there's much overlap between WMP and the ringtones.

Regardless, the whole thing sounds a bit dubious!

[Guest Spvguy]

hi there, I spoke to my mate about this and basically he said he was able to program an "emulator" to make the phone ring. Its just a basic midi emulator, now what he means i dont have a clue, i think what hes saying is that hes programmed his phone to play polyphonice tones BUT they arent polyphonic ringtones as they arent recognised as spv ringtones if you know what i mean. I will keep you updated with this information.

[Guest pibrahim]

Wouldn't an emulator need to be signed?

[Guest Thurstan]

Paul, I'm interested in your post about encoding stuff from dvd to work on SPV. How can you do this?

Also, which movie files are supported by SPV? I can't seem to get any to work when I click on them on the web, it just says file not supported. Sorry for 2 questions in 1 post...

[Guest chewie]

Thurstan

I suggest you look here and here