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Old 27-05-2005, 16:48
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as the title suggests, is there any program that would allow me to do this as i have a song i would like to put on my phone but when i try to transfer it it says 'file to large'

thanks in advance
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Old 27-05-2005, 16:51
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yep, you can re encode it at a lower bit rate.

i use www.dbpoweramp.com but mp3 is no longer free, its only a 30 day trial, but if you only need it for one song...
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Old 27-05-2005, 16:55
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Originally Posted by monkey75
yep, you can re encode it at a lower bit rate.

i use www.dbpoweramp.com but mp3 is no longer free, its only a 30 day trial, but if you only need it for one song...
LOL cheers for that
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Old 27-05-2005, 17:12
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Download FREE media monkey from www.mediamonkey.com , get the track you want and convert it into mp3 at a loweer bitrate! simple and FREE!
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Old 27-05-2005, 17:15
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Originally Posted by zoton2
Download FREE media monkey from www.mediamonkey.com , get the track you want and convert it into mp3 at a loweer bitrate! simple and FREE!
cheers for that too
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Old 27-05-2005, 18:30
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Use DietMP3.. I swear by the program - and its so easy to use. I can manage about 60 MP3s on my LG8150 using it:

http://www.eniacjia.com/
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Old 27-05-2005, 18:37
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Originally Posted by rossonthenet
Use DietMP3.. I swear by the program - and its so easy to use. I can manage about 60 MP3s on my LG8150 using it:

http://www.eniacjia.com/
i have a NEC e616v with 19mb memory in it, how many do you reckon i would get on it with this programme?
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Old 27-05-2005, 18:53
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i have a NEC e616v with 19mb memory in it, how many do you reckon i would get on it with this programme?

I got 25 + on a e228 useing Windows Media Encoder
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Old 27-05-2005, 19:57
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Also check to see if your phone can also play them in a different file format. Nokias can play AAC music files as well as MP3's, I find that 80-96kbps in AAC can sound as good in most cases as a 128-160kbps MP3.
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Old 28-05-2005, 02:39
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Originally Posted by neo6776
i have a NEC e616v with 19mb memory in it, how many do you reckon i would get on it with this programme?
well, roughly 400K per file.. so work it out
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Old 28-05-2005, 13:07
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Originally Posted by rossonthenet
well, roughly 400K per file.. so work it out
nice thanks for all your suggestions guys

also what settings do you have to get one down to 400k? as i can only get them down as far as about 1.5mbish
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Old 28-05-2005, 13:11
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heres what i use http://www.mptrim.com/

it's free

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Old 28-05-2005, 13:48
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Originally Posted by rossonthenet
Use DietMP3.. I swear by the program - and its so easy to use. I can manage about 60 MP3s on my LG8150 using it:

http://www.eniacjia.com/
I can only find a trial of this, how much does it cost? as i was sick of it only doing half a song.
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Old 28-05-2005, 15:54
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Originally Posted by swiftyme
I can only find a trial of this, how much does it cost? as i was sick of it only doing half a song.
David
yeah its only the trial im using as well, seems to be doin the whole song for me and not just half.

says it costs $14.99
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Old 28-05-2005, 16:01
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yeah it used to only do half, now it does the whole thinkg but only fifteen of them, might buy it one day though.
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Old 30-05-2005, 12:14
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nice thanks for all your suggestions guys

also what settings do you have to get one down to 400k? as i can only get them down as far as about 1.5mbish
Choose cellphone, telephone quality and stereo as your options when setting up.
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Old 30-05-2005, 15:25
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Originally Posted by rossonthenet
Choose cellphone, telephone quality and stereo as your options when setting up.
i tried that and when i try to play them on my phone, the phone wont open the files
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Old 30-05-2005, 15:33
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http://www.mp3prozone.com/download.htm
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Old 30-05-2005, 15:43
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Originally Posted by neo6776
i tried that and when i try to play them on my phone, the phone wont open the files
maybe your phone won't play .wma extensions?
you'll have to convert to .mp3 first!
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Old 30-05-2005, 18:47
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Originally Posted by rossonthenet
maybe your phone won't play .wma extensions?
you'll have to convert to .mp3 first!
now this is the thing, it does support .wma also aac, 3ga, asf, mid and midi files.

when i use dietmp3 it will convert the mp3 to a smaller size when i do cell phone, fm quality, mp3 and mono it will play fine on the phone, now if i change from fm quality to telephone the phone just says unable to open file and it has been converted to an mp3 file
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Old 30-05-2005, 19:28
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maybe it cant handle certain bit rates or encoding types, like VBR, or maybe a mixture of both?

if it can handle aac, i would use that at the lower bit rate, just to throw some more confusion in the bucket
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Old 30-05-2005, 19:56
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Originally Posted by monkey75
maybe it cant handle certain bit rates or encoding types, like VBR, or maybe a mixture of both?

if it can handle aac, i would use that at the lower bit rate, just to throw some more confusion in the bucket
LLF ok so how do i go about shrinking them to a decent size?
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Old 30-05-2005, 20:37
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Originally Posted by neo6776
LLF ok so how do i go about shrinking them to a decent size?
www.dbpoweramp.com should do that for free

for best results, always start with a CD source and rip that directly, or to a wav and then convert

then select AAC, chose the lowerst biteate and hit convert
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