Make a program to play mp3 as ringtone..

[kane14]

You would think for as many people that use the windows ce operating system that someone would actually take the time to sit down and make a simple program to allow us to play mp3's when the phone rings.. ? any ideas?

[Peter Poelman]

Nah, someone needs to make something like PhonExt which can just execute anything as a distinctive (or global) ring.

[JGUI]

why do you want to use mp3 when you can use wma?

it takes a bit less size than mp3 with the same sound quality, and PPC2003 plays wma without any additional software.

[wuffi]

Hmmm I know that it can play WMAs, but the bad message is that it copies the WMAs to /Windows/Rings/ ... I'd like it plays the WMAs directly from memory card... And another bad message is that for SMS you can use only WAVs (stored in /Windows/)...

[JGUI]

your 1: solution could be my apps MY|PHONE|PROFILE
http://www.geocities.com/myppcpe2003/

your 2: I work about :-)

[Biso007]

I know it might sound a bit stupid, but I would really love to find a way to play WMA rings on PPC 2002. I have so nice WAVs, but they are so big for such a little device ... all I can do is creating 10 secs WAV of MIDI files, but it's too short ... any ideas ?

[Rudegar]

try lowing the samplerate and or the bit resolution of the wav
it would lower it's size a great deal

[wuffi]

yes - and you can also convert it to mono

[Biso007]

Thanks guys for all advices :) , but I already use 11K mono for sampling and still get ~200K for 10 secs of WAV :? ... I know I should go for PPC2003, but my XDA is very stable and fast and I hate to mess up its ROM ... in addition to that I may void the 5 yrs warranty ... yes you heard it right ... FIVE! ... :lol:

[wuffi]

Hm... That's something strange with the WAV conversion... So wait for a stable version of WM2003 :)

[Biso007]

wuffi,

I 'm using Midi2Wav Recorder V 3.0 from RINASoft ... if you have/know a better tool that can give smaller wav output, I would appreciate it. :)

btw, I know that current versions of WM2003 is almost stable, but I have to think about the GPRS "always connected" concept ... it has its cons :!: