[d_fisher]

What Is - Supported audio formats
Article Number: DB-00497

Description

The supported audio formats on BlackBerry devices are the following:
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Additional Information

AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) - The supported formats include MPEG2 and MPEG4, as well as HE-AAC / AAC+. The supported sample rates are 8 KBps, 11.025 KBps, 12 KBps, 16 KBps, 22.05 KBps, 32 KBps, 44.1 KBps and 48 KBps. The supported channels are all configurations of mono and stereo (Note: Depending on the BlackBerry Device Software version, AAC+ may not support parametric stereo ).
AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) - The supported AMR-NB rates are 4.75 KBps, 5.15 KBps, 5.9 KBps, 6.7 KBps, 7.4 KBps, 7.95 KBps, 10.2 KBps, and 12.2 KBps; and the input must conform to RFC3267 Section 5 on the Internet FAQ Archive web site.
MIDI - Partial support of MIDI on older BlackBerry devices refers to a buzzer capable of buzzing at various frequencies and volumes. All other BlackBerry devices support polyphonic MIDI.
MP3 - Currently, the supported format is MPEG-1 Layer 3; the supported sample rates are 32KHz, 44.1KHz, and 48KHz; and the supported channels are 1 (mono) and 2 (stereo).
ADPCM2 - This is a proprietary sampled audio format.
WAV - The supported encodings include PCM, uLaw, and aLaw. The supported sampling rates are 8 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz with 8-bit and 16-bit depths in mono or stereo.

[Mercutio84]

MPEG-4 (.m4a) audio format is also supported by the Blackberry Pearl.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice it was already listed, please delete

[stripes2010]

I have tried EVERYTHING with WAP program converting files into some of these supported files. I dont know how to transfer them using Desktop Manager and I've tried e mailing the files to my account but It wont let me open the attachment. What can i do to get these on my phone to use as ringtones!? Please Help!

[NJBlackBerry]

Hello Stripes. You should probably have started a new thread rather than add to this one.

Thsi is a VERY commonly asked question. VERY, VERY COMMON.

You can not e-mail ringtones. You must upload them to a web site and then download them using the BB Browser.

There are some very good sticky threads FAQs at the top of the Ringtones forum.

Good luck!

[java_junkie]

BB pearl users, for audio files how can the BB store the most music? & which format?

[Schneider]

the more "Kbps" is lower in the mp3/music file, the less Mb- then you can put more music on the phone