You can also approximate your start and stop points by playing the song on the phone. The track position field will tell you how many seconds/minutes have played in the currently playing song.
Kimber On 7/26/13, Robert Doc Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > May I amend this? If you use a program such as winamp you can discover what > your start and stop points before going into iTunes. > *** > When you give unto others whether or not they give to you in return, It > matters not for your job is Complete and your rewards forthcoming. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:45 AM > Subject: RE: Seeking Advice on Creating Ring Tones > > > Hi Rose, > > > > I believe Fedora's instructions are for the Mac. I am not saying it's > easier in Windows, but I posted my instructions quite a few times now and > send them directly to a few more people and I believe they were all able to > follow them and create ringtones. Yes, there are about 8 or 10 steps > involved depending on how I word it and also on how technically experienced > somebody is. However, if you do get it to work and do it a few times, it > takes little more than a minute or 2 to create a ringtone. The most time is > spend on setting the start and end point if you hav a song where you don't > want to start at the beginning and simply set the end point to 38 or 40 > seconds because if you want to start a few seconds in and stop at a point > that makes sense you have to set your start and end point, listen to the > selected part of the song, then fine tune your start and end points where > you listen each time after you do so. Obviously if you do this 3, 4 or 5 > times you can easily spend 3 to 5 minutes doing that. After that it takes > another 30 seconds to create the ringtone, rename the file, copy it into > your ringtones folder and play it so it gets added to the library. The basic > steps are really only that: > > > > 1. Select the part of the song you want by setting the start end end > point in the Options tab in "Get Info". > > 2. Right click on the song and select "Create AAC Version. > > 3. Go to the newly created ringtone, select "Show in Windows > Explorer", then rename it so it has an M4R instead of an M4A extension. > > 4. Now select copy or Move and paste it into the Tones folder which > is in the iTunes Media folder. > > 5. Press enter on it to play it which automatically adds it to your > Tones library, then sync it to your phone. > > > > If you want my more detailed description just write to me off-list and > I'll send it to you. There is a big difference between a process you > perceive to be difficult because it involves a lot of small yet relatively > simple steps and one that really is difficult. > > > > Lastly, there are several apps out there which create the actual ringtone > and which are accessible and being used by members of this list. However, > you still have to email the ringtone to you or use iTunes file transfer to > copy it from your phone into the Tones folder where you can play it and then > sync it. Personally I don't necessarily find these apps any easier than > using iTunes and really the only thing they don't require you to do is > rename the file with the M4R extension. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Rose Combs > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Seeking Advice on Creating Ring Tones > > > > I wish someone would right a straight forward guide for ring tones, > everything I see looks like 20 steps to nowhere. I either buy them, only a > couple, or, send them from some package to myself, save the files in my > downloads folder, then open and they seem to go where they belong but, I > don't think I would ever venture in to how to actually creat one from > iTunes. Why something should be so difficult seems strange to me. I just > read the Fydora Outlier post and after reading it decided that I will never, > ever make a ringtone from scratch. > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 7:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Seeking Advice on Creating Ring Tones > > > > Hi marcy, > > > > While your instructions summarize the basic steps, Bill is not using a Mac > and there are a few more steps involved on a PC. Also, if somebody has > selected MP3 as their Codec they won't have an option to create an AAC file > and would have to first change this. Just saying. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Marcy Weinberg > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 5:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: List viPhone > Subject: Re: Seeking Advice on Creating Ring Tones > > > > Hello, Bill, > > > > Visit this link for full instructions on creating ring tones in iTunes: > > > > > http://www.fedoraoutlier.com/toolbox-create-your-own-ringtones-with-itunes/ > > Marcy > > > > -- > > Marcy weinberg > > Junior Partner > > Fedora Outlier, LLC > > Top down, BETTER THAN EXCELLENT T consulting, teaching and support > > website > > Phone: 888-958-6979 ext.3801 > > Fax: 888-467-2162 > > [email protected] > > Twitter > > Facebook > > blog > > newsletter > > > On Jul 20, 2013, at 2:01 PM, "Bill Gallik" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anybody on this list offer advice on creating ring tones from music > that has been downloaded from iTunes? > ---------------- > Holland's Boy, Bill > - "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." > - unknown -- but I'm sure any one of a number of us could claim it as > our own! 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