The other day i was wondering if i could convert my mp3 collection into ringtone files for my mobile. It's a Motorola C350. It supports polyphonic tones. I have a cable for it. I downloaded a few ringtones over GPRS and they are in .mid format but i cannot play them using windows media player.
Can anyone suggest a software that i can use to convert mp3's into the format used by mobiles.

You can't play midi's in your Windows Media Player? Perhaps you've turned them off in your soundcard options or muted them?

Not sure wat thats got to do with anything but i can help with your question. there are a few players out at then moment that make ringtones but heres the catch - they cant be done as mp3 as far as i know i may be wrong but then it really should not matter if you add one more step into the process.
Steps to get from mp3 to ringtone:
1. Download or use a Mp3 to WAV conveter you hav keeping it at the same bitrate as this wont matter much since the bitrate will be downgraded to play on your mobile.
2. Once that is done open the wav file in a wav editiong system prefferably the one used to encode and choose your strip of music you want and make it so that it sounds like a loop with start and end so the ringtone will sound smooth.
3. Once you have that file use this program you never thought you would-windows sound recorder in accesories and convert it to 8bit and save once more.
4. Finally get a converter such as YAMAHA smaf confeter and point it to ur degraded wav file and convert to smf A.k.a ringtone format.

Good Luck

My Dad was trying to get a ring tone the same way you ate. Am, um, yeah, Reaver probably knows what he/she is talking about but I am going to include my input because I'm not sur eif it will help or not. He e-mailed the file from his computer to his phone. If you have the internet I believe you can do this. Or you can check with your service provider (t-mobile, cingular, etc.) and ask thenm how to tranfer files from your computer to your phone. My dad had a newer phone (the one in the commerical with the guy text messaging like crazy down the street and then he runs into the resturant and sticks his thumbs in the fish tank. yeah, that one. Okay but anyway, it was something like that. If anybody could explain more clearly what I just said please feel free because i think i just confused them and me at the same time. Oh bother.

LoL...no, it uses a whole nother code than just a normal song would do.

If your phone supports playback of QCP files you can convert them into TrueTones in QCP format using the Qualcomm PureVoice recorder/converter tool. Some phones now (like mine) support MP3 ringtones so I don't even have to convert them, just clip them.


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I suggest that you download a newer version of Windows Media Player and if it is quite new then I think that there's a major problem with the MID files.
For making them ringtones, your phone should be supporting MP3 TrueTones. Why don't you create a ringtone with the following software otherwise:
Create Ringtone 4.2

Motorola should have a software just for your phone. For instance, my husband owns a razr. The software allows him to upload to his phone/ download from his phone pics, ringtones, videos, etc. This is much easier than trying to use some generic software. A brand specific software usually includes a mp3 clipper or studio that allows you to edit the mp3 or mid beofre putting it on your phone.