Hi there! Just to let you know alerts can be up to 29 seconds and ringtones 39 and if you like when you've changed to M4R then just command+o and it should just start playing and be added to the ringtones section of your iTunes! hth Colin
On 7 Feb 2013, at 05:30, Stacey Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, > Is that all I do? > rename the extension and put the tone in automatically add to itunes? > > On Feb 6, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Locate them in the finder, or Windows explorer, and rename their extensions. >> My understanding is that iTunes and iOS rely on file extensions to >> categorise, but at the end of the day all those files are just AAC. So, to >> make a ringtone, you'd create the AAC file and rename it to .m4r. Music is >> .m4a, books are .m4b. Since they are all AAC "under the hood", you can >> rename the extensions with no actual conversion required. Also, ringtones >> have a max length of around 40 seconds, and alert tones I think around 10. >> On Feb 7, 2013, at 12:21 AM, Stacey Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I purchased a bunch of ringtones from iTunes, and for some reason, iTunes >>> thinks they're music. >>> I looked, and they are m4a files. >>> How do I convert them to m4r so they will be tones like they're supposed to >>> be? >>> Thanks, >>> Stacey >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
