Hi Kim, My Instructions below are for Ringtones for the iPhone. The iPhone Ringtones have to be in “.m4r” file extension format. Sorry I missed No.2 (there is No Number 2). As well as being a Collingwood supporter since I was about 3 (a blxxdy long time ago), I have trouble counting.
Cheers, Ronni On 28/12/2009, at 5:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Kim, > > I created my own ringtone (The Collingwood Theme Song) ... OK, don't give me > a hard time ;-) > I used iTunes. You can use iTunes 8 or 9. I hope I have remembered all the > steps I did. > > 1. Select the song you want to use as a ringtone in iTunes. > 3. Right click on the song > Select “Get Info” > 4. Click the “Options” tab > 5. Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes > Start Time 0:22 > Stop Time 1.10 > 6. Specify what time interval you’d like to use as your ringtone clip (Make > sure your ringtone is 40 seconds or less!!) > 7. Click “OK” > Make sure the song you want is still highlighted > 8. Click on “Advanced” in your menu bar > 9. Select “Create AAC Version” or “Create Apple Lossless Version” (Make sure > your iTunes “Import Settings” are set to “AAC” or “Apple Lossless” and not > “MP3″) > 10. A duplicate copy of your song will appear in iTunes - this new song will > have the same filename but shorter “Time” > Go back to the original song and uncheck those “Start Time” and “End Time” > boxes > 11. Drag the duplicate song to your Desktop > 12. Once the duplicate song is copied to your Desktop, delete the duplicate > file in iTunes > 13. On your Desktop, rename the file with the “.m4r” file extension - Use > the new extension > This turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file > 14. Your “songname.m4a” file should now be named “songname.m4r” > 15. Drag the newly renamed .m4r (songname.m4r) file back into iTunes > 16. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” > becomes highlighted > 17. You have to delete the duplicate song file (Step 12) otherwise iTunes > won’t import your new .m4r file > 18. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes > 19. Sync your iPhone to ge your new iPhone ringtones! > > Enjoy your new Ringtone. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > On 28/12/2009, at 5:17 PM, Kim Maher wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Has anyone found an easy way to convert a song into a ringtone? I have used >> "GarageBand", but I have not had a lot of success. I have had "4Media >> iPhone Ringtone Maker” recommended, has anyone used this program? >> >> >> Your Apple Bore >> >> Kim >> >> iMac 24” >> Intel Core 2 Duo >> MacBook Pro >> Intel Core 2 Duo >> iPhone 3GS 32GB >> iPhone 3G 16GB >> iTouch 16GB >> OS X Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
