Smaller file sized ringtones??? Please Help

[Guest vampyre69]

This is not a plug for my site...

If you look at the ringtones section of it...

http://www.allspv.co.uk/ringtones.html

...and download one you will notice they are near CD quality but most are nearly a meg+ in size!!!

I used quicktime on a mac to export them to .wav.

What are the best compression settings? is there an app that can do it with little loss of quality.

I noticed that even though some of these sound crackly on pc on the spv the crackly noise is almost unheard!

Any ideas.

I can use a PC or MAC if this helps.

I need to get these files much smaller as I am running out of webspace very fast.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Guest Richie M]

You really should of done a search, but as i downloaded 2 tones off your site :wink: i'll tell you what i done cos i found that they were a bit big for the SPV.

REALLY SIMPLE. Open the .wav in "Sound Recorder" (comes with most Windows (ProgramesAccesoriesEntertainment)) then do "Save As" at the bottom it shows "Format" with a "Change" button, click that. then change the setting to 8.000 Khz, 8-bit Mono. Then save.

Using this method i got your "For an Angel.wav" down from 1,728 Kb to 216 Kb :!: :) :shock:

[Guest vampyre69]

You really should of done a search, but as i downloaded 2 tones off your site  :wink: i'll tell you what i done cos i found that they were a bit big for the SPV.

REALLY SIMPLE. Open the .wav in "Sound Recorder" (comes with most Windows (ProgramesAccesoriesEntertainment)) then do "Save As" at the bottom it shows "Format" with a "Change" button, click that. then change the setting to 8.000 Khz, 8-bit Mono. Then save.

Using this method i got your "For an Angel.wav" down from 1,728 Kb to 216 Kb :!:   :)  :shock:

Cool thanks very much loads more ringing tones on there way on monday/tuesday.

[Guest jhew]

Try this app called wav compressor, I find it very handy. Compresses the .wav files right down. Quality is dependant on the output setting that u choose, but it has plenty of choices, so it's easy to find a compromise.

Download here

[Guest HelloDave]

Quality is dependant on the output setting that u choose

Don't forget the SPV can only use PCM (uncompressed) wavs (or GSM 6.10 compressed but can't really recommend it) . I find sound recorder is as good as anything, and lets you choose exactly the sample rate and bitrate that you want, without having to rely on presets.

I used quicktime on a mac to export them to .wav.

Quicktime - ugh! Poor you! :wink:

Ooh - my 500th post; i'm scared! :)