Graham, These instructions are for iTunes 11.1 for Windows but I assume the Mac iTunes has similar capability.
1. Open iTunes and go to Preferences. In Windows iTunes, you can hotkey to it by pressing ctrl + a comma. 2. The first tab on the dialog which opens is General and it contains an Import Settings button which can be opened by pressing alt + o in the Windows world. 3. The first drop-down box is Import Using and should be set to AAC encoder. 4. The next drop-down is the Setting option for the quality of the recording and I'd recommend iTunes Plus or you could customize the settings to get a higher quality. 5. List the mp3 files you'd like to convert by searching for them. 6. If you're wanting to convert them to m4r which is the ringtone or alert tone format, you'll need to limit the length to 40 seconds or 5 seconds, respectively. I'm not going to detail how to do this since you didn't ask about it in your post. 7. Highlight the mp3 song you'd like to convert from the list and from the context menu, select Create AAC version. 8. The converted song should be listed immediately below the source song in the list. 9. Find the song using the Mac file manager and rename it from its m4a name to an m4r name. 10. When you highlight the renamed m4r song and execute it, it should be added to your iTunes library and placed in the Ringtones or Tones folder. I apologize if any of the above instructions aren't accurate for the Mac world but since I've never used a Mac, I don't know how the instructions might vary. Good luck. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Roby Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 9:29 AM To: Vi Phone Mailing list Mailing list Subject: Comverting a mp3 to an m4r file Hi, Using my Macbook Pro running ML, how do I convert a mp3 file to m4r? Can it be done in iTunes or will I need an audio editing program to do this. Thanks for any help received. Regards Graham -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
