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Hi. How can I add to the alarm rings?
I have a custom tune which I would like to use. Do you know which folder I need to place it in to make it avilable as a selection in the drop down list ?
Max
Just drop'em straight in the windows folder! At least this works for wav-files.
SickBoy said:
Just drop'em straight in the windows folder! At least this works for wav-files.
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I dropped an MP3 in the windows folder, but it doesnt work. Thanks. I will try dropping a WAV file there.
It has to be a .wav file. The smaller the size, the better.
I have a 59sec file that I converted from mp3 to WAV. I dropped it in the Windows folder and sure enough, it shows up on the list of allowed sounds in the alarm program. However, when I select it from the drop down list, the selection reverts to "default". Furthermore, when I try using Spb Time, I can select the tune, but it doesn't play, just silence.
Any ideas?
BTW, if I play the WAV file via File Explorer, it plays fine.
I did a soft reset today, and after that my Kaiser wont play MP3s as Ringtones or via File Explorer (selecting an MP3 as Ringtone has no effect, it plays the "Windows Mobile Ring" Midi File). When selecting an MP3 via File Explorer it says that there is no program associated to this file extension (the symbol in the file explorer for mp3s also looks like unknown file type (the white rectangle with the windows symbol in it). When starting any MP3 Player (GS Player, Mediaplayer, Audiomanager) it plays every MP3 on the Phone properly. But when selecting an file via Fileexplorer or as Ringtone it wont work (WMA or WAV are still working as Ring by the way).
Fixing Ringtones
I had this problem and worked out how to fix it.
Look at the following Reg Key (change midifile to mp3file for mp3 issues)
Delete any EventSoundHandlers already in place and add this Key.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\midifile\Shellex\EventSoundHandlers\{245F94CF-DD9C-46F9-B4C8-D2B14A877893}]
@="XME EventSound Player"
Problem fixed.
David
winthropdc: Dude, you're awesome.
Long Story:
My phone never rang when my brother called me at lunch time. I assumed forever that it was bad signal in my office. Turns out he's the last holdout in my contacts that has a midi ringtone (never changed it because I was used to that being him). I tried checking it finally and low and behold, only the most polyphonic of my ringtones worked... but the musical key was way lower than it was supposed to be on the few instruments that were actually playing.
Short Story:
I found your fix and now my midi ringtones work again.
Here's what confuses me:
Where did these come from?
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\midifile\Shellex\EventSoundHandl ers\{DDDC2AE0-9CA8-4fbb-A7B0-088B6D202749}]
@="Ring Tone Plugin Player"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\midifile\Shellex\EventSoundHandl ers\{FB6D5104-86AC-4f81-8382-237125FF82CE}]
@="RingTone-Plugin Player EX2"
I can only assume that something I installed hacked up that part of my registry, but any ideas what or why?
Hi,
after try and fail of the Vibe player (or something similar), because i don't like the media player the fileassociation is lost.
How can i rearrange the files back to the MP?
And another question is there any player wich is similar to Winamp?
or any other good advice for playing mp3?
THANKS!!
OK... To find out how to change the File Assocs was easy. When i start investing some more time in it.
But(Why is there always a but?) when changing the File Assoc now mediaplayer starts, but with an error. It says that the Path is not correct.
In the properties of the playlist item i can see that "/Internal Storage/Music/ is missing so i entered these values manually in front of the %1 parameter.
But... that doesnt change anything. The Path will no be recognized.
How can i do that?
Thanks!
So... at least i found out myself...
Just set the %1 in parameters into doublequotes (").
That was all...
And for refreshing WMP library just close WMP.
Delete MSMETADATA and WMDRM directories from Internal Storage.
Start WMP again and refresh library.
mp3 file associations - RSS Hub and TF3D player
1st_Xypher,
I have a related issue with mp3 file assocations.
For me, I use RSS Hub to automatically download my mp3 podcasts, but the problem is, is when I click on the podcast in RSS Hub (after it is downloaded, WMP is launched to play it).
I don't want WMP to launch and play the podcast, I want TF3D player to play the podcast.
So, I think I have to:
1) change the mp3 file assocation in Windows mobile to TF3D - but I have no idea where to do this. I have looked in the registry but I am a bit of a lamen.
2) Mod the registry for RSS Hub, but again, I don't know how to do this.
Do you experience similiar issues with RSS Hub? and do you have any suggestions?
Thanks.
I have the same problem.
My file association for MP3 is gone. No idea how to get it back.
All my ringtones that ive used now dont work and the phone uses the default windows ringtone when i get a call.
sigh
The same thing happened to me when I installed a media player. I used total commander to fix the association, it worked.
However, media player can play .mp3 but I cannot use .mp3 as ringtones???I can select them, but they will not play. The default phone ringtones are .wma, how can I use .mp3 ones??
Bump...this is so important..!!
Garret said:
The same thing happened to me when I installed a media player. I used total commander to fix the association, it worked.
However, media player can play .mp3 but I cannot use .mp3 as ringtones???I can select them, but they will not play. The default phone ringtones are .wma, how can I use .mp3 ones??
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Use the File Explorer(Not 3rd party File Explorere) from /Start/Programs, goto the Music folder where you place your .mp3 file. Click & Hold, a drop-panel appeal select "Set as ringtone"
Hmm...thanks man, but there is no such choice...
I only get:
"cut,copy, rename,delete,send, beam file" .....
any other ideas guys??
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Why don't you try Schaps Advanced Config?? on the right context menu there's an option File Associations??
That should do the trick....so start advanced config and tap on 'menu' and then File associations
Hope this will help you all..
Greetzz Jeroen
...the association is fixed, I can select and play .mp3 files now with media player BUT when I select them as contact ringtones (in the contacts information tab) they WON'T FUNCTION...no sound, NOTHING...while the default .wma ringtones work fine...
other ideas??
i got a similar problem but its with image files. I recently installed coreplayer and it took the file extentions jpg jpeg png etc over i removed them from coreplayer and now none work with i click on them. I will give this mentioned total commander a try and that other one. I hope one of them works!!!
Hi All,
A few days ago, a client of mine brought me back his diamond saying that the music player was not working.
After more than 8 hours of trying to fix this issue by trying everything I could find on this forum and every possible solution my imagination could think of, I'm left no other choice than asking the community for help.
When ever I put a large amount of files on the storage card (around 3Gb) and use the TF3D interface to play the music, Audiomanger_eng.exe crashes (sometime other files crash but I forgot the names).
Now, I have tried pretty much everything:
1. I tried both WMP 11 to transfer the files and the direct copy/paste of the files to the storage card.
2. I tried putting another set of songs coming from a different PC
3. I tried having all the songs together in the same folder (that caused even more issues as album arts were overlapping) and I tried the WMP function to get each songs in its correct subfolder (ie: artist... Album...).
4. I tried deleting the database file of the AudioManager (which causes it to rescan all the files which it does but then crashes as it tries to play certain songs)
5. I tried on two different Diamonds, using 1.93 in English (HK), 1.93 in French, TOM_DiamondProject_v3.2, Dutty's latest rom. Through this I tried the original HARD SPL of HTC and also Olinex and another guy's one. (All the test I did using these various ROM created approximatively the same error though varied slightly from one ROM to the other)
6. I have also tried a million soft reset and hard resets.
7. I have tried loading the music in Windows Media Player Mobile which works perfectly but does not change anything to the problem I have with the TF3D player.
8. Following stevedpl7's comment, I went in the file explorer, created a new folder called My Music, then I cut and paste all the music from Storage/Music to Storage/My Music, went to the application data/HTC/AudioManager_eng/ and deleted the database file: AudioManager_Eng.vol, then I did a soft reset. When I now go to the music Tab, it crashes before I even get a chance to play a song. In the music list, I can see all the transferred files.
9. And many other small things....
Any idea or suggestions?
Just a quick question about where you are putting the music files?
I have exactly the same problem if i save my music foldes to Internal Storage\Music (which is where WMP saves them by default)
However when i created a 'My Music' folder in the Internal Storage\My Documents All worked fine. So Try....
Internal Storage\My Documents\My Music\''your music here''
As i said you may well have to create the 'My Music' folder, on my Diamond only My Pictures and My Videos were there by default.
Hope this helps.
I have the same problem, the only thing I can put it down to is the new 1.93 ROM from HTC, as it was working fine until I flashed the phone with this ROM.
I have tried the solutions above and it still isn't working, so if anybody else has further ideas please let me know, if not I'll wait for the official word back from HTC and post their solutions up here also.
Sadly, it didn't work either for me
Thanks you Stevedpl7 for the info, sadly I have tried and the problem even got worse
I went in the file explorer, created a new folder called My Music, then I cut and paste all the music from Storage/Music to Storage/My Music, went to the application data/HTC/AudioManager_eng/ and deleted the database file: AudioManager_Eng.vol, then I did a soft reset.
When I now go to the music Tab, it crashes before I even get a chance to play a song. I the music list, I can see all the transfered files.
Are those files made from scratch on your or the customer's PC, or were they downloaded from the Internet? I know that some downloaded MP3s are defective, furthermore some players do not understand all variations of the MP3-format like VBR, joint stereo et al. There is no strict "standard" for MP3, the technology has developed over the years and no one has made an attempt to define "levels" as they did with MPG-2 or with DivX. So there is always a level of uncertainty whether a player is able to play all files. A resampling with a MP3-software or even converting them from MP3 to WMA might help.
It's always a good idea to use WMP on the PC to create MP3 or WMA. Not because it excels in quality, but because it uses very standard features in the format.
Have fun!
Lost_in_translation said:
Are those files made from scratch on your or the customer's PC, or were they downloaded from the Internet? I know that some downloaded MP3s are defective, furthermore some players do not understand all variations of the MP3-format like VBR, joint stereo et al. There is no strict "standard" for MP3, the technology has developed over the years and no one has made an attempt to define "levels" as they did with MPG-2 or with DivX. So there is always a level of uncertainty whether a player is able to play all files. A resampling with a MP3-software or even converting them from MP3 to WMA might help.
It's always a good idea to use WMP on the PC to create MP3 or WMA. Not because it excels in quality, but because it uses very standard features in the format.
Have fun!
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They are mainly downloaded MP3s and a few WMAs. When I transfer the files using WMP, some are converted. The thing is that all these files work fine in Windows Media Player on the Phone.
I just realised that there is a possibility that if your MP3's has the album artwork embedded into the files. the audio manager would crash.
currently i'm doing a trial and error of it and have yet to fully test everything out just yet.
would anyone like to comment or verify if the embedded artwork might be the cause of crashes?
I think you are right. I have tried putting one song with the artwork embeded and it crashes the software!!!
erm. and yet. i did manage to sneak in one album with an embedded artwork. :\
but that was 1. i tried it with another album with the embedded artwork and had a crash.
I'm now thinking about giving up and installing TF3D config tool to hide the music tab and then install the old audio manager to play the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407145&highlight=audiomanager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405749
This is painful...
just spent 3 hours trying to figure out which mp3's work and which doesnt.
like wth... i dont get it. someone please assist in explaining how audio manager works ?
Same problem here, anyone knows how to solve this?
Note even the original demo tunes work
Audiomanager worked fine before (1.37 ROM), but when I updated to 1.93.413.3 SVE not even the "built in" demo tunes work. It just hangs on the first tune... Removing the .vol file does not solve the problem. Windows Media player can play the tunes without problems.
Use MP3Tag to mass delete all coveralbum info from your MP3 files on the PC side and then resync everything back using WMP. This solved all freezing problems with the TF Audio Manager for me. MP3Tag can be found here: http://www.mp3tag.de/
coredump said:
Use MP3Tag to mass delete all coveralbum info from your MP3 files on the PC side and then resync everything back using WMP. This solved all freezing problems with the TF Audio Manager for me. MP3Tag can be found here: http://www.mp3tag.de/
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Confirmed that this method does work
Works but people embed album art coz they want it to show up in the AudioManager in the first place. Now the only way to do is, is to extract the album art, rename it to folder.jpg and put it in the song's album folder. This is a really huge hassle especially if u've got tons of files embedded with album art....
Did you find a solution in the end ?
This issue is not tolerable for such a ppc... .
So if I happen to copy too many albums or mp3 files, my phone would crash and won't be the music ?
cornwall said:
Did you find a solution in the end ?
This issue is not tolerable for such a ppc... .
So if I happen to copy too many albums or mp3 files, my phone would crash and won't be the music ?
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U have to remove your embedded album art from your mp3 first before transferring, and then extract that album art and put it in the same folder as the mp3 with the name folder.jpg. A huge hassle for people who have a huge collection of mp3s with embedded artwork.
Anyways, I've written to HTC Tech Support about this and "strongly suggested" to them a ROM update for this issue.
Audio Manager crash with mp3 in VBR mode ! I've converted my mp3 in CBR mode, and all went ok !
Is there a better solution to this than removing the embedded artwork?
I can't set an mp3 as my ringtone. It just can't play mp3 when i use them for ringtones. I can listen to them in windows media player.
Hi,
My first post on this forum but hope it is of help.
Using an mp3 as a ringtone is cumbersome in winmo6.1 but possible. The problem is that it will not use mp3s from the internal storage card but the internal memory is very small.
My suggestion would be to use a program of some sort to trim the mp3 to just the 20s or 30s you need (winmo has a program called "MP3 Trimmer" but I haven't had need to use it so can't comment on it). Then copy the mp3 to My Device\My Documents\My Ringtones\.
Or you can just use "File Explorer", find the mp3 you want, hold-click on the file and choose "Set as ringtone". This will copy the file to the above-named folder and set it as ringtone.
Hope it helps!
will work from storage
gm1980 said:
I can't set an mp3 as my ringtone. It just can't play mp3 when i use them for ringtones. I can listen to them in windows media player.
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I use mp3s from storsge card (4gb internal storage on Diamond) for ringtone, text alert, etc. Works fine. Just make sure you have a MyDocuments folder on your storage card, then copy mp3 to storage card/myDocuments. Then when you open sounds & notifications tab to select ring & alert sounds, your mp3s will show up in the dialog box that you scroll through to select sound. Has worked just fine for me on my diamond for the last year
(until yesterday, when I used a new file exp
lorer to force file association of mp3s to win media player, forgetting that my system needs em for tones & rings. now now any mp3 file in my device will ONLY work thru media player, not rings/alerts. Trying to figure how to fix that now)
but you should have no problem with ringtones from storage card(internal storage)/MyDocuments. Same is true with wallpaper for today screen, anything you put in storage/MyDocuments, will be selectable. hope you check this thread back.
Nice but possibly untidy?
That sounds much simpler than my suggestion! However, it also means giving up the My Documents folder to music, or making it untidy as it is mixed with other files.
I suppose I could have a different folder for my actual documents. But will the camera still save in its default storage\my documents\my pictures location within the folder with all the music?
On a slight side note, is it possible to change the folders used by the TouchFlo 3D music app? My app has decided to list all the mp3s in the TomTom folder & in any games folders
@ meister2681...
Your folders don't need to be terribly untidy. For example, on my storage, I have , the root has folders for Zips, Cabs, Program Files, MUSIC, My Documents, etc. My Documents has subfolders for My Videos, My Pictures, I think maybe 1 more folder, I forget. Anyhow, MUSIC, is where I put all my mp3s. The few that I use for ringtones and alerts, I copy them to storage/My Documents (I use only about 5, so it's not too messy or cluttered).
Yes, camera will still save to storage/My Documents/My Pictures
Don't know about htc music folder. I don't use Touchflo (don't like all the scrolling required), and just don't really have time to examine it right now (my 3yr old is demanding attention )
Long press on your mp3s should give you a 'set as ringtone' option. Mine doesn't anymore, but it's because of something dumb I did
Cool!
I will have to try it that way once I've put the latest ROM on (I'm sticking with official ones at the moment, I have 1.93 but just downloaded 2.03). Will be upgrading soon, hopefully to HD2, then will mod the diamond to oblivion!
Thanks for the advice, hopefully the original thread author will log in and check!
FWIW...
WooHoo, I finally got all my menu options back. Wiped my device. It turns out, the Clear Storage option under Settings restores your device to factory settings BUT, leaves your storage card/Internal storage in tact. So I still have all my music, and all my cabs for easy reinstall of all my programs. Cool! I thought it would wipe my entire device AND mass storage. But no. Just wish I woulda backed up contacts somehow :/
Activesync
I use activesync (or Mobile Device Centre on Win7) to synchronise contacts with Outlook. Find it works a treat and also makes it much easier to send emails - I use Outlook as my primary email program. Also synchronises calendar / notes etc.
will look
I'll look into that for next time. I've actually never playedwith/figured out activesync. Or Outlook, for that matter. The computer at my house doesn't have any Office progs, butjust did some digging and found it has Outlook Express (it's my roommates desktop, set up mostly for gaming, I guess). Will have a look, thanks.
My Phone
Not sure about Express, I remember it worked with my Nokia's sync software but dunno about activesync.
I also recently found that MS have a download called My Phone, which backs up everything to their server (cue conspiracy theorists!!). I've used it for text messages and I can now access them all through my hotmail account. Should work for all the rest as well, and I think it allows for restoring.