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Custom Ringtone Distortion
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| Pine Tree 2005-09-26, 11:48 pm |
| I am trying to make my own custom ringtones for my phone (Audiovox CDM
8910). I e-mail the WAV file to my phone, and the phone receives the
WAV just fine - but I am getting a lot of distortion on playback. I
want a ringtone of the quality that you get from getitnow. Any
suggestions? I have tried saving the WAV file in PCM format, with file
qualities ranging from 8khz to 48khz, and have tried both 8 bit and 16
bit settings. I have reduced the volume level of the music by 50%...so
it's quieter, but still distorted.
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| I tried recording wav files to my phone from my MP3 player and they came out
distored as well. When I took the same wav file, converted it to an MP3,
and then re-recorded it to my phone, it came out fine. Not sure if your
phone supports MP3 ringtones or not. BTW, I have an LG VX8000.
"Pine Tree" <pine@tree.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to make my own custom ringtones for my phone (Audiovox CDM
> 8910). I e-mail the WAV file to my phone, and the phone receives the
> WAV just fine - but I am getting a lot of distortion on playback. I
> want a ringtone of the quality that you get from getitnow. Any
> suggestions? I have tried saving the WAV file in PCM format, with file
> qualities ranging from 8khz to 48khz, and have tried both 8 bit and 16
> bit settings. I have reduced the volume level of the music by 50%...so
> it's quieter, but still distorted.
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| Bob the Printer 2005-09-26, 11:48 pm |
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"Pine Tree" <pine@tree.com> wrote in message
news:m81hj11b7muqaes
4h2b7pimav05tq42dfq@
4ax.com...
>I am trying to make my own custom ringtones for my phone (Audiovox CDM
> 8910). I e-mail the WAV file to my phone, and the phone receives the
> WAV just fine - but I am getting a lot of distortion on playback. I
> want a ringtone of the quality that you get from getitnow. Any
> suggestions? I have tried saving the WAV file in PCM format, with file
> qualities ranging from 8khz to 48khz, and have tried both 8 bit and 16
> bit settings. I have reduced the volume level of the music by 50%...so
> it's quieter, but still distorted.
Did you try making the WAV file into an MP3 file and then sending that to
the phone?? Some phones require a .MID extender, even if it isn't really a
midi file.
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| Pine Tree 2005-09-27, 2:48 am |
| Thanks, folks, for the suggestions. I tried sending an .mp3 instead
with the same results as the .wav. When the phone receives the file,
it saves it as a .qcp file, whatever that is.
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:18:41 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
<bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:
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>"Pine Tree" <pine@tree.com> wrote in message
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>Did you try making the WAV file into an MP3 file and then sending that to
>the phone?? Some phones require a .MID extender, even if it isn't really a
>midi file.
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| Bob the Printer 2005-09-27, 2:48 am |
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"Pine Tree" <pine@tree.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, folks, for the suggestions. I tried sending an .mp3 instead
> with the same results as the .wav. When the phone receives the file,
> it saves it as a .qcp file, whatever that is.
Uhoh, that doesn't sound good! .qcp is a 'qualcomm' sound file and is of
very low quality. It's normally just used for voice memos and the like and
apparently that Audiovox phone converts the original file into that low
quality format. If you look around qualcomm's web site you might find a
program to deal with those files. But don't get your hopes up. See if
there's an Audiovox section on yahoo groups, or howardforums, or
wirelessadvisor.com, or the like.
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| David S 2005-09-28, 11:48 pm |
| On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:59:28 -0700, Pine Tree <pine@tree.com> chose to add
this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:
>Thanks, folks, for the suggestions. I tried sending an .mp3 instead
>with the same results as the .wav. When the phone receives the file,
>it saves it as a .qcp file, whatever that is.
Try converting the file to .qcp before you send it.
..qcp is the extension for Purevoice, a proprietary format belonging to
Qualcomm. Fortunately, you can get a very easy to use converter from their
web site. You just drag a .wav (or several other types, I think) onto the
converter and in a couple of seconds, you will have a new file with the
same name as the original but with a .qcp, or drag a .qcp onto it and
you'll get a .wav. I thought there were directions to it on Roger Binns' LG
VX4400 FAQ page, but I just looked and didn't see it there. If you can't
find it easily on Qualcomm's site, Google this group for purevoice.
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