converting mp3 files to drm

[chippermon]

I have downloaded ring tones for my samsung cell phone off of the internet. I can play them on my phone with ease but cannot assign them as ringtones because they do not have a drm designation. A quirk of samsung phones that use the sony erickson software. Does anyone know of an application that will assign drm to my mp3 files?

Thank you

Chippermon

[Just17]

try renaming the .mp3 files to  .3gp

[chippermon]

I renamed the files .3gp (thanks Just17) and the phone read them but still will not accept them as ringtones. The phone's software will not read anything as a ringtone unless it is locked. The other .mp3 files that it will let me assign as a ringtone (they came with it) have a little padlock next to them. My downloaded .mp3 files do not have a lock next to them so even though the phone will play them for me I cannot assign those files to a contact as a ringtone. From what I gather, perusing the net, the phone's software will not allow me to use a ringtone that is not a drm .mp3.

There is windoze software to change these files but I do not have any Microshaft. I was hoping some one might have come across this before and had a good fix.

[agmg]

There is windoze software to change these files but I do not have any Microshaft. I was hoping some one might have come across this before and had a good fix.

Maybe this software you mention will run under Wine, which you can find in PCLinuxOS repos.

http://www.winehq.org/

There is a section called AppDB where you can get information on application compatibility with Wine. If you are lucky, your application may have been already tested so you can see if and how good it runs.

[daniel]

Can you play the mp3 with mplayer, or ffplay?

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mplayer "*.mp3"

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ffplay "*.mp3"
If yes, you can use ffmpeg to convert in any other format.

[chippermon]

Maybe this software you mention will run under Wine, which you can find in PCLinuxOS repos.

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried but to no avail. I haven't had much luck with Wine. In fact, I have tried running my blackberry playbook software and ITunes software in Wine without any success.

Can you play the mp3 with mplayer, or ffplay?

Still working on the ffplay thing. It's a little beyond my limited capabilities. Thanks

[kjpetrie]

If I understand what you describe correctly, Samsung are using a DRM key to ensure you only use ringtones downloaded (and paid for) from a supplier they approve (and from whom they presumably get a cut).

If that's the case, you would need an approved key with which to sign the packages yourself, and obviously Samsung and its business partners will not give you that for commercial reasons.

I would be wary of using any application (especially Windows) which claimed to be able to circumvent this, as it would either contain an unlawfully obtained copy of the key (and therefore put you on the wrong side of the law), or be a trojan which installed malware on your computer while pretending to do the job.

[Just17]

What is the model of this Samsung phone?

I have no problem setting MP3 files as ringtones on my Galaxy

For info:

Copy the MP3 file to the Sounds directory on the phone.

Play that file with Media Player .....  and Pause play

Select the left button (options I think) at the bottom of the screen

Select the "Set As" option from the list presented .....  gives you options to set it to a particular caller etc.

Save and that is it.