Donna, yes, it is a rather laborious process unless your ring-tone starts at the beginning of the song. Don't know of any other way of doing it. The remember position checkbox doesn't help so I wouldn't bother with it.
Best wishes, Simon On 8 Sep 2009, at 02:04, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > Thanks so much for the help. I just want to make sure I > understand. Is what you're saying that I need to set the start and > stop positions, and then see what fragment of the song I end up > with? I can see the total length of the song, so could make an > approximate guess, but that seems like the hard way to do this. > > Also, should I have the " Remember playback position" checked? I > checked it, but it doesn't seem to have helped. > Thanks, > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Cavendish <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: creating ringtones > > > Donna, > > I've only done it a few times so I may not remember but the trick is - > according to the steps I sent you - to go to the "get info" menu with > command+i and then set the begin" and 'end" times of your ring-tone. > It takes a bit of experimenting but once you set the begin and end > points, it can be done well. As far as I can remember you have to > check the start point position and - unless it is different from the > very beginning point - you need to type in a value in seconds, and > then set the end position. I remember having to go backwards and > forwards setting various values to get the ring-tone I want. The ring- > tone mustn't be longer than 40 seconds. > > Hope this helps, Donna. I've no time to try and do it myself at the > moment. But when I played with the instructions I had sent you, they > were pretty good. > > Let me know how you are getting on. > > With best wishes, Simon > On 7 Sep 2009, at 18:15, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Hi Simnon and all, >> >> Is there some way to get your playback position once you've gotten to >> the point in the song where you want to start the ringtone? >> TIA, >> Donna >> On Sep 7, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: >> >>> >>> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
