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What to do now!
In OS X, you can find this under Preferences ->General Tab->Import Settings->Import Using AAC Encoder.
tell me in detail....
Typically My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\ *THAT ARTIST*\ *THAT ALBUM*\
Make sure you have your folder options set to display file extensions. If you don't know how to do that then go here : http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=193
Rename .m4a to .m4r
Cut and paste into
My Music\iTunes\Ringtones
Click on the file and drag it to your toolbar into iTunes.
Sync and enjoy.
The clip must be under 30 seconds to work, however.
-Valli
You can upload an mp3 file, and crop it right on the web page.
I am also not able to find the ringtone folder inside "Music\iTunes\Ringtones"
Please assist.
Regards
Everything seems to work fine, but when I tried to look for the songs in the phone settings they don't seem to exist... does not let me check the : Selected Ringtones...
Let me know..
please give me some advises
I followed your instructions and can see the file in the ringtones section on iTunes and it is present in the iTunes ringtone folder along with my others (created this way) but now my iPhone will not sync the new ringtones - any suggestions?
HELP AHHH!
1. Burn song to a cd
2. Import the cd as MP3
3. Drag the song to audion or editing software
4. Edit the song to the tone you want
5. Export to mp3 and burn it on a disc
6. Change itunes import settings to AAC encoder and import song
7. Find the file, change extension to .m4r and move it to the desktop, remove the imported AAC file to the trash.
8. Drag .m4r to itunes
Thank You guys... Its a great help for me :)
I did everything that you said,the songs appear in the ringtones tab in my itunes library but when i connect the iphone and go to the ringtones tab in the iphone doesnt appear any songs,so i dont even have the option to sync them.
Is thats because the songs are protected? I mean,i just took any song from my itunes music and transformed to m4r....
Hope you can help me!
Thanks!
I recorded a specific 30 second piece (mp3) to use as a ring tone, only to discover that I wasn't allowed to make a ringtone from it!
Following the lead here, I rerecorded it but encoded this time in AAC, transfered the file from the recording program (Audio Hijack Pro) to the desktop and changed the extention from .m4a to .m4r. Dragged and dropped the file into the iTunes library, voila, iTunes put it in ringtones. Synced my phone, and it imported. Thanks again.
What worked for me was to crop the music file to around 30 seconds or less. You can do this by using the "Get Info" option in iTunes, clicking on the "Options" tab, and setting a start and end time. Then when you convert to AAC, it will create a much smaller file using the selected time frame.
FYI: I'm on Vista, using iTunes 8.1. Hope this helps!
For anyone who doesn't know, it is in itunes.
1. Plug in iPhone.
2. Open iTunes.
3. In the "Devices" list on the left hand column, click iPhone.
4. Select the "Ringtones" tab near the top of the window.
5. Check "Sync Ringtones" box.
Thanks to everyone else that posted instructions!!!
but if you find yourself only getting the the start of the c=song as your tone
1. select file (listen and make note on the times when you want tone to start and end
2. secondary (right) click the file select preferances
3. goto option and select start and finish time (fine tune it to hundredths of a sec if needed select ok
4. secondary (right) click the file again and convert to AAC format (this will only convert the time frame you have selected
5. follow the above guide to finish the ringtone
6. Enjoy new custom tones
I made this work!!!
Thank you... :o)
steps are:
1- in preferences, make sure you checked the ringtones.
2- plug your phone in and click on it, make sure you select ringtones to be synchronized.
3- select a song you want.
4- right click on the song (windows, not sure about mac) and Create AAC version.
5- the AAC version will be created right there. go into get info menu, clear all song attributes and rename the song. remember which folder this was in.
6- the song will now show up in recently added list (i used wttj as a name for welcome to the jungle for instance.)
7- on the newly created AAC format song, which you named to a name that you can distinguish from the original hopefully, go to get info and select options. change the start and end times. close with OK, save, whatever.
8- when you play this the song will only play the range you want. iTunes has a bug that it still will show the original length of the song in the time column. no worries. make sure your start and end times are what you want. MAKE SURE IT IS LESS THAN 40 seconds. otherwise it won't show in the synch to the phone list, although it shows up in ringtones.
9-if you really want to make the time column correct too, once you are absolutely sure, do the create AAC version step above once more. the newly created (hopefully new name) file will show the length you put there.
10-now using tricks above for mac, or PC, or by simply using a command prompt for a PC, just rename the extension on the file you want to .m4r (it should be .m4a) at this point.
11- in the explorer in windows, this file is now showing as a ringtone and has a different icon.
12- click on the ringtones folder under library in iTunes, drag drop the new .m4r extension file into this area. the file will be automagically moved from where you had it to music/ringtones folder (as mentioned above) the music folder location is in your preferences.
13- now, if you did all of this right, when you click on your phone and to ringtones tab, you should see the file's name (the new name you gave) in the ringtones list. when you sync it will show up on your phone under custom.
Also check out this link, it has similar information. I combined from here and from this link to get things to work.
http://lifehacker.com/334073/create-custom-ipho...
thank you web... thank you...
1. I do not have a Ringtone folder in the iTunes one to drag the m4r files; but this is not the biggest problem, 'cause I can drag it into the iTunes with the iPhone plugged in;
2. The problem is that I have made several m4r files that I drag in to the Ringtone section of the iTunes, syncs the iPhone but I have the same ringtone repeated the same amount of m4r files I dragged in, let's say I created 5 different ringtones different names and everthing, after I drag them to ringtones and syncs with the iPhone, one of those songs repeats 5 times, I don't have 5 different ones, I only have one repeated 5 times,
What can I do, what am I doing wrong? Thanks for any advise
iTunes 8.2, by the way
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Iona.
When I go to my iPhone and the Ringtones tab nothing even shows up for me to Sync.
2. Then in iTunes select the song or music you want to make in to ringtones. (I'm using iTunes 8.2)
3. After selecting the song. go to File > get info. Or Command "i"
then on the option tab keep start time 0.00 and end time 30.00 or less.
(the file has to be 30 seconds or less)
Or
On Mac computers, you can also edit song on Garage Band application to customize the way you want as long as it's 30 second or less then "share song to iTunes.
4. Then on the selected song go to Advanced > Create AAC Version
This will make a duplicate of the file 30 seconds or less.
Note: make sure you go back to the original song and in info change the end time
back to original.
5. Drag your new edited song to your desktop. (You are very close)
6. On the desktop select the music file this should be a .m4a file. command "i" once more and on the pop up window click the "Name & Extension: Tab.
You will see song name .m4a file change the extension to .m4r. then click the triangle tab or click on the desktop to deselect. A pop up window will appear asking you if you are sure that you want to change file extension name.
choose .m4r.
7. In iTunes go to your Ringtones folder probably the 7th one from the top left.
and drag your song.m4r file there from the desktop.
8.Connect your iPhone to your computer. when it shows on iTunes go to Ringtones tab. make sure to put a check mark on Sync ringtones. Click on Selected ringtones you will see your song or songs you converted to ringtones there.
After that click Apply and let it Sync.
9. Now on your iPhone Settings > Sounds > Ringtone > choose your ringtone
Viola! you have your custom made ringtones. Your mom will be proud! Enjoy!
Worked like a charm.
Thankyou! :D
WOW! I tried and tried but could not figure out how to change formats!!! My screen looked NOTHING like the windows shown here. I found a website that explains it differently and it worked for me! Yayyyy!
Here's the link. Also, one step that is missing that unlocked the whole process for me was located in one of the comments... I'll copy and paste that first. Good luck! And I am pretty non-technical and brand new to itunes and I figured it out, so I'm sure you will too. :)
FIRST - Go to Control Panel.........dbl click on Folder options........click View tab...........uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"............ (This allows you to see what kind of file it is and be able to change it).
http://www.ehow.com/how_2160460_custom-iphone-r...
Also, after step 10, just click and drag the clipped song onto your desktop. From there you can right click it and rename it changing only the end part. This is easier than doing steps 11-13.
Hope this helps some of you that were not being able to change it in Vista or with the new Itunes.
First, get yourself an audio converter that can convert between m4a and mp3. (there are many free ones out there, try download.com)
Next, get yourself an audio editing software (ex. Audacity, again download.com)
Next, make sure you can change file extentions on your files. many ppl have already posted how to do this so i wont.
Next, find the song you want and open it in your audio editor and crop off approx 30sec of the part you like. If you have a good editor it will be able to export to m4a if not then just export your selection to mp3.
Next, convert the piece of your song that you exported from mp3 to m4a using the audio converter.
Next, rename the converted piece of your song so that its filename beguins with letters, no charachters or numbers, and change the file extention to m4r. your pc will automatically recognize it as a ringtone file type.
Next, if there's no Ringtones folder in your iTunes/Media folder then just create one make sure you spell it correctly, then put the file in there.
Next, open iTunes and make sure you SIGN OUT of iTunes Store (on the top menu bar of iTunes go to Store then Sign Out) once youre signed out drag and drop your file from the Ringtones folder into iTunes, anywhere in your Music Library screen, iTunes will recognize it as a ringtone.
Next, connect your phone, make sure you've selected Manually manage my music and videos on the bottom of the Summary screen. then go to the Ringtones tab and select your file and sync.
Next, without disconecting your phone from the pc, go into your phone and make sure you can see the ringtone in settings sounds rintones, it should be under custom. set it as a ringone and then eject your phone from you pc.
Next, drive by the Apple HQ while sticking a giant middle finger out the window and laughing b/c you can now have watever song you want as your ringtone for free. Its not enough that the iPhone and your plan/data usage charges, and your iTunes Store purchases cost so much, but you gotta pay to enjoy what you bought and is by all means entirely yours.
http://iphone.angarka.ru
Using windows...
Also it actually let me create a ringtone longer than 40 secs... not sure if the ringtone actually worked though cause I'm at work and can't put up the volume, but it seemed to pop up in the ringtone folder in itunes as 3.35