How I create video ringtone for my good ol’ Nokia N78

Requirement: ffmpeg installed, determination, taste and fully functional computer with internet access.

1. Select a video from Youtube.com, I choose Daniel Bryan’s Titantron 2011 video.

2. Download video using Keepvid.com

3. fire up command line / terminal

• for windows user press the window key and r (win+r) and type in cmd
• for other system user, you know your way. I’m pretty sure.

4. run ffmpeg with these parameters:

D:\personal files>ffmpeg -ss 5 -i “D:\personal files\Daniel Bryan 2011 Titantron – Flight of the Valkyries.mp4″ -vcodec mpeg4  -acodec libvo_aacenc -b:v 100000 -b:a 128000 -s 176×144 -t 60 “D:\personal files\Daniel Bryan 2011 Titantron – Flight of the Valkyries.ringer.mp4″

5. transfer the video to the phone by bluetooth or cable. Try to transfer to phone memory (C: drive)

6. open up profiles menu and select ringtone, the video should appear in list.

7. miss-call your family or true friend, your percentage to get a return call back is higher this way.

8. be awesome.

Explanation on the ffmpeg parameters:

-ss 5 delay recording time of the video, this is optional

When used as an input option (before -i), seeks in this input file to position. When used as an output option (before an output filename), decodes but discards input until the timestamps reach position. This is slower, but more accurate.position may be either in seconds or in hh:mm:ss[.xxx] form.

-i “D:\personal files\Daniel Bryan 2011 Titantron – Flight of the Valkyries.mp4″ the input file

-vcodec mpeg4 the video codec

-acodec libvo_aacenc the audio codec

-b:v 100000 the video bitrate

-b:a 128000 the audio bitrate

-s 176×144 video size

-t 60 limit video length (in seconds, 60s = 1 minute)

“D:\personal files\Daniel Bryan 2011 Titantron – Flight of the Valkyries.ringer.mp4″ resulting file

 

My previous ringtone was:

Fabtune Top 100: 2011 edition

Fabtune Top 100: Songs with most playcount on my Winamp for the year 2011.

1. Bullet for My Valentine – Intro
2. Slipknot – Wait And Bleed
3. Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side
4. Beck – Ramona
5. billie myers – kiss the rain
6. Bullet For My Valentine – Pretty On The Outside
7. Final Fantasy Advent Children – One Winged Angel
8. Frank Black – I Heard Ramona Sing
9. Bullet for My Valentine – The End
10. Teh Tarik Crew – Easiest Way To Fall Featuring Shorti
11. Bullet for My Valentine – Spit You Out (Bonustrack)
12. Bullet for My Valentine – Hand of Blood
13. Outkast – Bombs Over Baghdad
14. Madcon – Beggin
15. Potap i Nastiya – V Nature
16. Bullet for My Valentine – Her Voice Resides
17. Toni Braxton – Un-Break My Heart
18. Rafeah Buang – Penawar Rindu
19. ELLA – KESAL
20. Sex Bob-Omb – Garbage Truck
21. Tricky Feat. Hawkman & Ed Kowalczyk – Evolution Revolution Love
22. Misha Omar – Bunga-Bunga Cinta
23. Colbie Caillat – Realize
24. Spring – Bourgenvilla
25. Paramore – Emergency
26. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Face Down
27. Wali – DIK…
28. Get Cool – Shawty Got Moves
29. Ella – Permata Biru
30. Hujan – Pagi Yang Gelap
31. Saleem – Ramli Sarip – Nash – Bukan Kerana Nama – Ramli Sarip
32. Sarah – Kesetiaan
33. Bullet For My Valentine – End Of Days
34. Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
35. Il Divo – Sei Parte Ormani Di Me
36. Moby – Bodyrock
37. Bullet For My Valentine – Fever
38. Elton John – Original Sin
39. Ella – Kesal
40. The Ataris – The Boys of Summer
41. The Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon
42. Bullet For My Valentine – Begging For Mercy
43. Sex Bob-Omb – Summertime
44. Miley Cyrus – See You Again
45. Andrew W.K. – Party Hard
46. Bullet for My Valentine – 4 Words (to Choke Upon)
47. Agnes Monika – Matahariku
48. Bullet For My Valentine – Breaking Out, Breaking Down
49. Taio Cruz Feat. Ludacris – Break Your Heart
50. IYAZ – Solo
51. Marilyn Manson – Tainted Love
52. Shawn Colvin – Sunny Came Home
53. Spring – Sejiwa
54. Pfeifer Broz – Casino Royale Theatrical Trailer
55. Nicki Minaj – Roman’s Revenge (feat. Eminem)
56. Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls
57. Stella Soleil – Kiss Kiss
58. Search – Laila namamu teratas
59. DAVID USHER – BLACK BLACK HEART
60. Melly Goeslaw – Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
61. Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows (Unkle Remix)
62. Fahmy Shahab – Kopi Dangdut
63. Saleem  – Trilogi Cinta
64. Dada Feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix – Lollipop
65. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
66. nom nom nom
67. Flyleaf – Cassie
68. aizat – hanya kau yang mampu
69. Kid Rock – Only God Knows Why
70. Britney Spears – Born To Make You Happy
71. TAKA – V (for EXTREME)
72. Prodigy – Breathe
73. Bullet for My Valentine – Tears Don’t Fall
74. Fatboy Slim – Planet of the Phatbirds
75. Yellowcard – Lights And Sounds
76. My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na
77. Avril Lavigne – Skater Boy
78. Benny Benassi – remix alizée
79. The All-American Rejects – Move Along
80. Lily Allen – Littlest Things
81. CREED – DON’T STOP DANCING
82. Bobby Vinton – Sealed With A Kiss-
83. Jay Sean – Down
84. Evanescence – Lithium
85. The Prodigy (2005) – Breathe
86. Michelle Branch – Breathe
87. Bruno Mars – Talking to the Moon
88. Stacie Orrico – (There’s Gotta Be) More To Life
89. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
90. Khalifah – Kasih Laila (feat Saleem)
91. Asian Dub Foundation – fortress europe
92. Mindless Self Indulgence – Straight to Video
93. Robert Miles – Fable
94. pitbull – culo 2010 ( dj samba barreto mix)
95. 6 Otai Rock – Cinta Kristal
96. Benny Benassi – Who’s Your Daddy
97. Paramore – Decode
98. L.E.D.LIGHT-G – HELL SCAPER
99. Ungu – Cinta Dalam Hati
100. Marc Anthony – My Baby you

 

Behind the scenes of Fabtune Top 100 – converting my m3u playlist content.

How I convert the m3u playlist to a more readable content.

this is the original content:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:142,Bullet for My Valentine – Intro
D:\MP3\Bullet for My Valentine – The Poison (Limited Edition-Digipak) [2005][SLIPKNOT][www.emwreloaded.com]1-bullet_for_my_valentine-intro-fnt.mp3
#EXTINF:184,Slipknot – Wait And Bleed
D:\MP3\Slipknot – Wait and Bleed.mp3
#EXTINF:298,Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side
D:\MP3\Scott Pilgrim vs the World4-beachwood_sparks-by_your_side.mp3
#EXTINF:263,Beck – Ramona
D:\MP3\Scott Pilgrim vs the World\17-beck-ramona.mp3
#EXTINF:249,billie myers – kiss the rain
D:\MP3\VA-One_Hit_Wonder_Vol.11-2CD-2009-MST\205-billie_myers_-_kiss_the_rain-mst.mp3

Using the power of regular expression (REGEX) search in Notepad++, follow the following process:

1. take out that header #EXTM3U

replace ^#EXTM3U with empty string by using Regular Expression search mode

result:
#EXTINF:142,Bullet for My Valentine – Intro
D:\MP3\Bullet for My Valentine – The Poison (Limited Edition-Digipak) [2005][SLIPKNOT][www.emwreloaded.com]1-bullet_for_my_valentine-intro-fnt.mp3
#EXTINF:184,Slipknot – Wait And Bleed
D:\MP3\Slipknot – Wait and Bleed.mp3
#EXTINF:298,Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side
D:\MP3\Scott Pilgrim vs the World4-beachwood_sparks-by_your_side.mp3
#EXTINF:263,Beck – Ramona
D:\MP3\Scott Pilgrim vs the World\17-beck-ramona.mp3
#EXTINF:249,billie myers – kiss the rain
D:\MP3\VA-One_Hit_Wonder_Vol.11-2CD-2009-MST\205-billie_myers_-_kiss_the_rain-mst.mp3

2. take out the file path string

replace ^D:+[A-Za-z0-9\t\b\s\-\\\(\)\[\]\.\_\’\&]*([mp3|wma|m4a])$ like what I did with the file header

result:

#EXTINF:142,Bullet for My Valentine – Intro

#EXTINF:184,Slipknot – Wait And Bleed

#EXTINF:298,Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side

#EXTINF:263,Beck – Ramona

#EXTINF:249,billie myers – kiss the rain

3. take out that whatever it is before the Artist name and song title

replace ^#EXTINF:[0-9]*\,

result:

Bullet for My Valentine – Intro

Slipknot – Wait And Bleed

Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side

Beck – Ramona

billie myers – kiss the rain

4. looks good now, but I like it without empty line between them

using Extended Search mode, find the new line \n\r and replace with empty string

result:

Bullet for My Valentine – Intro
Slipknot – Wait And Bleed
Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side
Beck – Ramona
billie myers – kiss the rain

siap… I am doing this to prepare my Top 100 songs playing in my Winamp on my Office Laptop, the list was created by selecting 100 songs, sorted by play count.

Software Configuration Management:

The goals of SCM are generally:

• Configuration identification – Identifying configurations, configuration items and baselines.
• Configuration control – Implementing a controlled change process. This is usually achieved by setting up a change control board whose primary function is to approve or reject all change requests that are sent against any baseline.
• Configuration status accounting – Recording and reporting all the necessary information on the status of the development process.
• Configuration auditing – Ensuring that configurations contain all their intended parts and are sound with respect to their specifying documents, including requirements, architectural specifications and user manuals.
• Build management – Managing the process and tools used for builds.
• Process management – Ensuring adherence to the organization’s development process.
• Environment management – Managing the software and hardware that host the system.
• Teamwork – Facilitate team interactions related to the process.
• Defect tracking – Making sure every defect has traceability back to the source.

source: Wikipedia.org

and it is my job to perform those tasks.

writing for a slightly different purpose

Along my way to work, I turn on to my favorite radio station just to hear a bad news. One of the guys I look up to have passed away, Steve Jobs. Radical as he is he was never always a good friend, not always be a good boss and sure as hell not the person you want to mess up with.

However, Steve has come up with ideas, innovation and vision that not only change the perspective of how we look at things, but it also suit us and change the way we think, move forward and even change the way we live.

Ideas, vision and innovation begins on paper. On top of that paper is a combination of curves and strokes uniquely form a picture and we process that image inside our brain to structure a meaning. A simple stroke could form another idea. But it takes a novel sense from a complex mind to take some of that strokes and curves to form a whole new meaning of what should have been a very complex idea. That is innovation.

Write… It is not the audience that matters. It is no longer the matter of who forms the idea. It is what the idea you help them form and how does it play a role in their life.

Write… either by syllable or syntax. Some of us may not have the talent to write a persuasive or capturing combination of words. Some of us may have the capability to form a formula to help enhance every aspect of our life. While some of us write pieces of codes that is being processed in another medium to become an application. Which is applicable and useful to another human being, ready to be interacted with.

Write up… because idea, innovation and vision become revolution in so many ways. It flies over our head, beneath our feet, inside our palm, between our selection of words.

And in order to do so… read. It is the first thing that was taught to us.