Okay well i'm having trouble with this. I first copy a song open it up in itunes then i say convert selection to acc after that done i open the folder with the acc song. then i delete the old mp3 song from itunes and open the acc song with the .m4r in the name but when i open it up it plays and when i check in the ringtones folder i see nothing? i'm on a pc. can someone please help me.
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This blows. Most of the music I'll want to put as ringtones is protected .m4p. Can anyone figure out a way of converting protected iTunes files?
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Can't get it to work with purchased songs
I can't seem to get it to work with purchased songs from iTunes.
I drag the song to my desktop. Then open up get info. I then change the extension to .m4r. Then I drag it back into iTunes. It just starts playing and shows up as the original song, without the file extension change. I was able to convert an mp3 in quicktime to play as a ringtone. All the songs I have tried are under 3MB. I'm on a mac. Any suggestions?
I can't seem to get it to work with purchased songs from iTunes.
I drag the song to my desktop. Then open up get info. I then change the extension to .m4r. Then I drag it back into iTunes. It just starts playing and shows up as the original song, without the file extension change. I was able to convert an mp3 in quicktime to play as a ringtone. All the songs I have tried are under 3MB. I'm on a mac. Any suggestions?
I've been able to get it to work for Protected .m4p's
edit: hmm.. maybe I haven't. jsut tried again, and got the file over, but it isn't playing anything
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i'm very close to creating an automator workflow to simplify this process i'll post it if any of you guys are interested
This is definitely a wishy-washy process and I still can't get it to work 100% of the time, but here's the tips i discovered, which may or may not be necessary.
- Unplug the iPhone.
- If using iTunes to convert a wav/mp3 to m4a, delete the old file
- Once you locate the m4a in Finder, delete it in iTunes
- Smaller-ish files worked better than bigger-ish files
And, after all that, I couldn't figure out how to modify the SMS sounds. (i want Kim Possibles bleep-bleep-beep-bleep)
- Unplug the iPhone.
- If using iTunes to convert a wav/mp3 to m4a, delete the old file
- Once you locate the m4a in Finder, delete it in iTunes
- Smaller-ish files worked better than bigger-ish files
And, after all that, I couldn't figure out how to modify the SMS sounds. (i want Kim Possibles bleep-bleep-beep-bleep)
ah don't want to read all those pages eh... I hear ya
Open up any folder. CLick the "tools" tab. Then drag down to "folder options". Then click the "view" tab. Then unclick the box that says "hide extensions for known file types". Then you can see and edit the extensions right in the filename.
I Did It on Vista!
Here's what I did.
- Unplug your iPhone
- Create a folder in iTunes called Ringtones.
(iTunes>iTunes Music>Ringtones)
- Right click on an .mp3 song and convert it to AAC.
(You may need to change the following: Edit>Prefrences>Importing>Import Using: AAC Encoder> Setting: Whatever you like.
- Then delete that file from itunes. (Don't move to recycle bin)
- Locate the file in your iTunes>iTunes Music> folder.
- Make sure you can see the file extension. (song.m4a)
(Search for Folder Options in help and support on vista)
- Change the file extension to .m4r(song.m4r)
- Double click the song.
- Plug in your iPhone
- Click on the Ringtones tab and there ya go.
Cool
Here's what I did.
- Unplug your iPhone
- Create a folder in iTunes called Ringtones.
(iTunes>iTunes Music>Ringtones)
- Right click on an .mp3 song and convert it to AAC.
(You may need to change the following: Edit>Prefrences>Importing>Import Using: AAC Encoder> Setting: Whatever you like.
- Then delete that file from itunes. (Don't move to recycle bin)
- Locate the file in your iTunes>iTunes Music> folder.
- Make sure you can see the file extension. (song.m4a)
(Search for Folder Options in help and support on vista)
- Change the file extension to .m4r(song.m4r)
- Double click the song.
- Plug in your iPhone
- Click on the Ringtones tab and there ya go.
Cool
This process is not working for me... with either a song purchased thro iTS or imported from a CD. I'm on a Mac. I must be doing something wrong, can someone please enlighten me? I've followed the steps, but none of them are showing up in my ringtones tab.
Try right clicking the song in itunes and select convert to aac. Works on XP anyway. Some have said on vista that you need to tell itunes to convert to aac insteap of mp3 in prefereneces but I don't have vista.
Automator Action
Ok Guys so i've attached the file as promised. This is very very far from perfect at this point. I thought of this as a very simple task (it really is) so I used automator to accomplish this, but turns out that it's just a tad too complex for the vertical logic flow of automator. If any of you guys want to help develop this little tool the main concept/issue is this. It's an automator action that asks for you to find the song you want to make into a tone. (this is assuming you've already trimmed it down to 30 seconds or so. Later I plan on adding that function to an interface but not at this point). and then that song is imported into itunes using the AAC encoder. That file is then copied to the desktop (later will be a temp folder or cached). The .M4A extension is found in the string and replaced with m4r and then that file is opened with itunes. Currently this is not going to work because it doesn't delete the original file that it imported into itunes. Since automator works vertically there is no way ( that i can think of) to delete the original file in itunes and retain the ability to pass it to the replace command. So if you use this action you will need to delete the file from itunes manually and then open the m4p. This is very close to completion however so hopefully it will be helpful. E-mail me at iEncode@yahoo.com with any questions or respond here
Ok Guys so i've attached the file as promised. This is very very far from perfect at this point. I thought of this as a very simple task (it really is) so I used automator to accomplish this, but turns out that it's just a tad too complex for the vertical logic flow of automator. If any of you guys want to help develop this little tool the main concept/issue is this. It's an automator action that asks for you to find the song you want to make into a tone. (this is assuming you've already trimmed it down to 30 seconds or so. Later I plan on adding that function to an interface but not at this point). and then that song is imported into itunes using the AAC encoder. That file is then copied to the desktop (later will be a temp folder or cached). The .M4A extension is found in the string and replaced with m4r and then that file is opened with itunes. Currently this is not going to work because it doesn't delete the original file that it imported into itunes. Since automator works vertically there is no way ( that i can think of) to delete the original file in itunes and retain the ability to pass it to the replace command. So if you use this action you will need to delete the file from itunes manually and then open the m4p. This is very close to completion however so hopefully it will be helpful. E-mail me at iEncode@yahoo.com with any questions or respond here
Ringtone removal
Just un-check the "Sync Ringtones" check mark in the Ringtones tab. Watch what happens...
my only thought is that when the true ringtone feature is turned on next week we will be able to delete unwanted ringtones
Just un-check the "Sync Ringtones" check mark in the Ringtones tab. Watch what happens...
We haven't sent out the official announcement yet, but you guys have been great so... iToner 1.0.1 is available now with iTunes 7.4 compatibility goodness.