Hi Simon, Thanks so much for posting these instructions! I'm very glad there is a way to do this. I have lots of music that I've either burned from CD, or that I've purchased from Amazon, so that gives me lots of ringtone choices. I'll give it a try today and see how it goes. Just curious, do you know why this can't be done with songs purchased from the Itunes store? I know Apple had to work out some complicated deal with record companies when they went DRM free, but if they can, it might be something they should rethink. Not having to purchase the ringtone separately gives me a big incentive to keep buying from Amazon. Take care, Donna
-----Original Message----- From: Simon Cavendish <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: creating ringtones Hello, here are detailed instructions posted by a knowledgeable person on viphone list on how to create ring tones. i'm pasting them below. first of all, this can only be done with music you haven't purchased from the itunes store. step by step instructions 1. open itunes 2. find the song you want to select for your ringtone. highlight it with your vo cursor. 3. press cmd--I to get info and go to the options tab. 4. check the start and end time boxes. [note, make sure you know where you want your start and end to be. this must be 40 seconds or less] once you've selected the allotted time, click OK. 5. go to advance and select create AAC version. this creates a duplicate of your selected song. 6. Now, the song you just created should be sitting below your original in the songs table as an aAC version. go to the original, you will know it's the original because the time is still the original length. Now you should get info again on the original track, ensuring the track is highlighted, and uncheck the boxes you checked previously. This will make sure your song is in tact. 7. Now highlight your duplicate song, the one you made for your ringtone, and hit cmd--c to copy. Paste it to your desk top and delete the duplicate in itunes. [this must be done or else the following steps will not work] 9. Rename the file on your desktop, with the m4r extension. all you need to do is hit enter/return on the file on the desktop and go to the end of the file name, deleting the m4a and typing m4r. 11. go back to itunes and hit add to library cmd--o. find your new ringtone on the desktop and import it. 12. go to your ringtones playlist and it should be there. 13. sync your iphone. On 7 Sep 2009, at 06:27, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > What I would do is use a program like amadeus Pro to select the > segment of a track you want to use as a ringtone, copy it to a > separate file, save that file in AAC format, and change the extension > from M4A to M4R. I think Amadeus Pro might be able to save as a > ringtone, so you wouldn't need to make the extension change. > > HTH, > Anna > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
