jasonohler
10-22-2005, 11:32 PM
Thanks to a lot of advice I read through this forum, I am finally creating high quality ringtones on my Mac for my SANYO 5600 and transmitting them with the USB cable, though it takes a PC for the transfer part.
Being able to use the USB, rather than having to use an upload website like Focus, is very important to me because I do not have PCS Vision available to me in Juneau, Alaska, where I spend most of my time. So, it’s USB or nothing at all.
Here’s the step by step on the Mac (with a bit of PC):
The steps are:
1. Create your song. I saved mine as an MP3.
2. Open iMovie on the Mac and drop your music into an audio track. I put a few still pictures in the video track for good measure, though I don’t think I needed to do this.
3. After saving the project, export it through the file option “Share.” To do this, go to File, Share and then choose your resolution setting. I saved it on the highest possible setting, in this case “Full Quality DV.” When I “shared” the file, a file was created with the name “filename.DV.”
Note 1 - I started by saving using much lower quality settings because I read in many places the MM 5600 would only accept lower quality files. Not so in my case, and the result is a great sounding ringtone. Memory limitations may constrain your file resolution.
Note 2 – nothing special here about doing this on a Mac. You could do the same thing with any number of programs on the PC.
4. Open “filename.DV” in QuickTime Pro. Go to File, Export and export the file as “Movie to 3G.” Doing so creates a file called “filename.3gp”
5. Rename the file “filename.3g2”
6. Now go find yourself a PC to plug your 5600 into because digital bigotry still abounds. Translation: when you plug your phone into the Mac and start the USB connection, an icon for the miniSD appears on your desktop but it is read only! (So close yet so far.) So, you need to upload via a PC. If this glitch were fixed, you could create and upload high quality ringtones via USB all on your Mac. And what a user-friendly world that would be.
7. I used a USB pin drive to move my final file from my Mac to the PC. However you do it, once you have the file on the PC, establish the USB connection, go to miniSD. When you can see and open the contents of your miniSD (I did so by going to “My Computer” where I found it as an attached drive), then go to the folder “DCIM”; within that is a folder called “SANYO100.” Put your file inside that folder.
8. Back to your phone. To set the ringer, go to Settings, Ringer Type, and choose the type of ring you are setting a sound for. You will see a list of ring tone options. Under “== Videos ==” select “miniSD.” Then select “SANYO100.” There you will find your file. Select it. There you go.
Posting this step by step is my way of saying thanks for all the help I received through this forum.
Jason
Being able to use the USB, rather than having to use an upload website like Focus, is very important to me because I do not have PCS Vision available to me in Juneau, Alaska, where I spend most of my time. So, it’s USB or nothing at all.
Here’s the step by step on the Mac (with a bit of PC):
The steps are:
1. Create your song. I saved mine as an MP3.
2. Open iMovie on the Mac and drop your music into an audio track. I put a few still pictures in the video track for good measure, though I don’t think I needed to do this.
3. After saving the project, export it through the file option “Share.” To do this, go to File, Share and then choose your resolution setting. I saved it on the highest possible setting, in this case “Full Quality DV.” When I “shared” the file, a file was created with the name “filename.DV.”
Note 1 - I started by saving using much lower quality settings because I read in many places the MM 5600 would only accept lower quality files. Not so in my case, and the result is a great sounding ringtone. Memory limitations may constrain your file resolution.
Note 2 – nothing special here about doing this on a Mac. You could do the same thing with any number of programs on the PC.
4. Open “filename.DV” in QuickTime Pro. Go to File, Export and export the file as “Movie to 3G.” Doing so creates a file called “filename.3gp”
5. Rename the file “filename.3g2”
6. Now go find yourself a PC to plug your 5600 into because digital bigotry still abounds. Translation: when you plug your phone into the Mac and start the USB connection, an icon for the miniSD appears on your desktop but it is read only! (So close yet so far.) So, you need to upload via a PC. If this glitch were fixed, you could create and upload high quality ringtones via USB all on your Mac. And what a user-friendly world that would be.
7. I used a USB pin drive to move my final file from my Mac to the PC. However you do it, once you have the file on the PC, establish the USB connection, go to miniSD. When you can see and open the contents of your miniSD (I did so by going to “My Computer” where I found it as an attached drive), then go to the folder “DCIM”; within that is a folder called “SANYO100.” Put your file inside that folder.
8. Back to your phone. To set the ringer, go to Settings, Ringer Type, and choose the type of ring you are setting a sound for. You will see a list of ring tone options. Under “== Videos ==” select “miniSD.” Then select “SANYO100.” There you will find your file. Select it. There you go.
Posting this step by step is my way of saying thanks for all the help I received through this forum.
Jason