Date: 07/23/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web, microsoft

Crossposted: My apologies to those who have to see me twice.

So I'm sitting here with a new computer (Vista from Dell) and a new phone (RAZR) and I wanted to create my own ring tone from some mp3s I have to put on my phone.

Seems simple enough.

But I continue to get an error with this multimedia studio from Motorola when it comes to saving the file.

This is what I receive if I just try to transfer the file to the phone.
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Melody Studio
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Unsupported format
(mp3 codec may be inappropriate or missing)
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OK  
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This is what I receive if I try to save the file to my HD.

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Melody Studio
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Failed to create file
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OK  
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So, it seems that there's not an mp3 encoder installed, which is also what Motorola's website states for this particular error.

But how the heck do I get it loaded?

I'm normally very handy on computers but for the life of me I can't figure out where to get one nor how to make it work.  I attempted to download Audacity and LAME a few months ago when I went through all this but I couldn't seem to get that to do what I wanted.  I've searched Microsoft and can't seem to find a way to do this through them.  So, here I am.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1090619.html