Free online IMY to OGG converter

Older phones and ringtone archives may contain iMelody files that ordinary audio editors cannot open. Converting one to OGG renders its ringtone notes as playable audio that can be edited or used in players that support Ogg Vorbis.

What the IMY format is

IMY usually denotes iMelody, a text-based mobile-phone ringtone format associated with Ericsson and Sony Ericsson devices. It stores musical instructions—such as notes, duration, tempo, and volume—rather than a recorded waveform, so it needs an iMelody-compatible player or renderer to produce audio. IMY files are commonly found in old ringtone collections and phone backups.

What the OGG format is

Ogg is a multimedia container; Ogg Vorbis is a common lossy audio codec stored in it. Vorbis files are supported by many desktop media players and audio tools, and can be smaller than uncompressed PCM audio. Choose OGG when an application accepts Vorbis but does not recognize iMelody.

How to convert IMY to OGG

Online on 101convert.com

1. Open the IMY-to-OGG converter page on 101convert.com and upload the IMY file. The page allows batch conversion; check its displayed per-file size limit.
2. Start the conversion and wait for it to finish.
3. Download the resulting OGG file or files.

Offline with desktop software

IMY must first be rendered into audio; an encoder such as FFmpeg cannot interpret iMelody instructions by itself. On Windows, use PsmPlayer to open an IMY file and export or save it as WAV. Then encode that WAV with FFmpeg, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux:

1. In PsmPlayer, open the IMY file and use its WAV output/save function. Confirm that the ringtone plays correctly before exporting.
2. Encode the rendered file as Ogg Vorbis: ffmpeg -i ringtone.wav -c:a libvorbis -q:a 5 ringtone.ogg. Replace ringtone.wav with the exported filename; adjust -q:a 5 to change the lossy quality setting.

Quality and compatibility

The conversion synthesizes the ringtone from its note instructions; it does not recover an original recording or preserve the IMY text as editable musical data. The rendered sound depends on the renderer’s interpretation of the ringtone, and Ogg Vorbis encoding is lossy. Keep the IMY source if you may need to edit the notes or render them again.