Yes, ring tones show up in the list, and I finally got it to work. Thanks very much for the help! I have no clue what I wasn't doing before.
Kim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: using my own music as a ringtone Are you seeing the ring tones item in the iTunes source list? I know this might be an obvious question and something you have done, but you have to make ring tones viewable in the iTunes preferences. Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 28, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Kim Carmichael wrote: > > OK, thanks. It is definitely less than 40 seconds. It is a short > beep. > I'll keep trying and maybe I'll luck up. > > Thanks > Kim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Panarese > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: using my own music as a ringtone > > > Off the top of my head, and I admit that I'm wiped out, I'd be > sure the files are less than 40 seconds in length. I followed the > steps of first selecting the piece of the song that I wanted as the > tone, converting it to AAC, copying the m4a file to my desktop and > then changing the extension to > m4r before then playing it. This has worked for me every time. > Again, > though, make sure the file is under 40 seconds. > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Managing Director > Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. > 9 Nolan Court > Hauppauge, NY 11788 > Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com > > AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, > PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, > DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY > IMPAIRED > > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND > SUPPORT > > On Jul 28, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Kim Carmichael wrote: > >> >> Hi >> >> I created the m4a file, then changed the file extension to m4r and >> played it in iTunes. When I go to ring tones and search for the file >> name the list comes up empty. Do you have an idea what I missed? >> >> Thanks >> Kim >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Panarese >> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: using my own music as a ringtone >> >> >> Someone can correct me if there is another way, but you'd have to >> first convert the MP3 file into an AAC file in iTunes. Then, >> manually change the extension from M4A to M4R. Then play it in >> iTunes and it should be added to your ring tones list. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> >> On Jul 28, 2009, at 10:39 AM, william lomas wrote: >> >>> >>> hi on the i phone how can I get my mp3's to play as a ringtone? >>> ? >>> Will >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
