Thanks Colin, I'll give this a try. On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:42 AM, Red.Falcon wrote:
> 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. > > -- 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.
