Custom "jane is calling" ringtones using Songify & Ringdroid

[Jonas Schneider]

I have created ringtones and assigned them to specific phone numbers but I
just want to improve the process.

The two programs I've used are Songify:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smule.songify&hl=en
And Ringdroid:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid&hl=en

I have the process "working" but I just have a few questions.

Here's how I create the ringtone:
1) I start songify & say "jane is calling" & then "songify" those words
2) I press a link on my desktop to where Songify saves the songs
/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.smule.songify/files/output.ogg
3) I can copy that output.ogg to anywhere I want & convert to any format

The 1st question is what folder do I copy the ogg so Ringdroid can see it?
The 2nd question is where do you normally put ringtones?
The 3rd question is what audio format do you normally convert ringtones to?
And the 4th question is what length do you limit your ringtones to?

[tlvp]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:35:10 +0000 (UTC), Jonas Schneider wrote:

> where do you normally put ringtones?

One Google-suggested answer is: /system/media/audio/ringtgones .
On my early Sony Xperia it's: /mnt/sdcard/ringtones . HTH. Cheers. tlvp
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[Andy Burns]

tlvp wrote:

> Jonas Schneider wrote:
>
>> where do you normally put ringtones?
>
> One Google-suggested answer is: /system/media/audio/ringtgones .
> On my early Sony Xperia it's: /mnt/sdcard/ringtones

Putting them there is not enough, you have to get the android media
scanner to run so they are noticed, then they will become available as
ringtones. The media scanner runs at every boot, or there are apps in
the store that will run it on demand.

[M.L.]

>The 2nd question is where do you normally put ringtones?

Create a "Ringtones" folder in either your internal or external (or
both) SD storage area and Android will recognize all ringtones within
as one of its own.

>The 3rd question is what audio format do you normally convert ringtones to?

Certainly MP3, but WAV, OGG and FLAC will also likely be supported.

>And the 4th question is what length do you limit your ringtones to?

The ringtones repeat so lengths of 1 sec to 30 secs should be OK.

[Jonas Schneider]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:41:29 +0000, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:

> Putting them there is not enough,

I know. Just putting them there isn't enough.
In fact, I put them in every place that had ringtones.
And they weren't recognized as ringtones.

That's why I had asked!

> you have to get the android media
> scanner to run so they are noticed, then they will become available as
> ringtones.

One strange thing I found was that ES File Explorer search didn't find ogg
files that I knew I had just made so I knew they were on the phone.

Do I need to "register" the OGG files with android media scanner first?

> The media scanner runs at every boot, or there are apps in
> the store that will run it on demand.

Is that why ES File Explorer can't find a new ogg file that I know is on
the phone?

[Jonas Schneider]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:21:13 -0600, "M.L." <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:

>>The 2nd question is where do you normally put ringtones?
> Create a "Ringtones" folder in either your internal or external (or
> both) SD storage area and Android will recognize all ringtones within
> as one of its own.

I think I see now why I saw what seemed like a hundred "ringtone" files
(and "notification" files) when I ran various apps, some of which say "ui"
next to them while others list the maker of the phone hardware.
. Battery caution
. Beep once
. Bubbles
. Call connect
. Call disconnect
etcetera

There may even be more than a hundred, most of which are less than a second
long.
. Camera click short
. Camera empty
. Camera focus
. Chirps
etcetera

Where are all those hundreds of one-second ringtone files hiding?

The Android Media Converter app shows these directories but the files shown
above are somewhere else.
/storage/emulated/0/Music
/storage/emulated/0/Ringtones
/storage/emulated/0/Notifications
/storage/emulated/0/media/ringtones
/storage/emulated/0/MediaConverter
/storage/emulated/0/MicDroid/recordings
etcetera

>>The 3rd question is what audio format do you normally convert ringtones to?
> Certainly MP3, but WAV, OGG and FLAC will also likely be supported.

I am having trouble with the OGG files so maybe I need to convert them?

>>And the 4th question is what length do you limit your ringtones to?
> The ringtones repeat so lengths of 1 sec to 30 secs should be OK.

Thanks. Mostly I'm just saying "jane is calling" and then the Songify app
turns that into a much longer song. So I can use Ringdroid to cut it down
to a minute and a half.

[Carlos E. R.]

On 2017-02-21 17:33, Jonas Schneider wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:41:29 +0000, Andy Burns <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:


> One strange thing I found was that ES File Explorer search didn't find ogg
> files that I knew I had just made so I knew they were on the phone.

Maybe ES can not play ogg files.

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Cheers,
Carlos E.R.