What is the problem with iPhone ringtones?

[cellocello]

It's a stupid restriction by Apple to make money.

There's plenty of ways around this "stupid restriction".

If someone can't be bothered to google something that's easy to do, why shouldn't Apple charge them for the luxury?

I know I would, if I was in Apple's shoes.

 

[9822679]

People are lazy

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[CBR900RR]

I have some ringtone collection in my sig, feel free to use it.

 

[Blue Fox]

I find a sound I want to use in .mp3 format.

I open up "iToner"

Drag and drop audio files to iToner and it syncs it automatically to your phone.

Easiest way IMO.

 

[thechad003]

try this easy and quick

www.myxer.com

myxer tones works well

 

[milani]

It's a stupid restriction by Apple to make money. I use garageband to do custom, my dad uses some program that allows any mp3 to be a ringtone on his windows machine.

In general Apple should let up on this in 3.0, especially with MMS. I remeber when i was on Verizon my friends would send me funny/cool sounds all the time and i'd set them to my ringtone

It has nothing to do with Apple (that is, I doubt Apple has much of a choice in the matter). It's a copyright issue. Apple can't willing breach its iTunes Store copyright by explicitly allowing (and publishing information on how to) reproduce one file format into another format for a different use. In other words, Apple can't setup an architecture where people can reproduce songs as ringtones because the act of doing so is technically illegal. If you want to bash anyone, you should bash the record labels flagrant abuse of the principles of the concept copyright. But it's hardly fair to blame Apple for this one, I'm afraid.

 

[drakeshipway]

I have a Windows PC as my main PC and creating ringtones from any song in iTunes is pretty simple and completely free!

1. Ensure iTunes is set to export/import in AAC format (Edit.. Preferences.. Import Settings.. and pick AAC from the dropdown).
2. Right click the song you want as ringtone and select Get Info and then the Options tab.
3. Adjust Start & Stop times to get the part of the song you want (can be up to 35 seconds in total) and close Get Info.
4. Right click song again and select "Create AAC version", and then go back into Get Info and undo the Start / Stop time adjustments.
5. Locate the .m4a file that was just created (Get Info will tell you where it is) and rename it to .m4r and then double click it to import it into iTunes as a ringtone.
6. Importing the ringtone into iTunes copies the file to the ringtones directory so you can delete the .m4r file that you just renamed from the .m4a that was created.
7. Sync your iPhone!

Alternatively there a number of websites that will do it for you for free too.

Exactly how I've been doing it for a while now, & it works great

 

[ivtecDOu]

i used to be able to drag the shortened aac version onto my desktop and edit it to .m4r but just recently it wont allow me to edit it. you guys no another way around this??

edit: nevermind figured it out, had to go to the control panel and folder options to make it show file extensions.

 

[iceterminal]

Ringtones

If you're using Windows and you want the "stupid and lazy" method of making and importing a ringtone then have them get the "iPhoneRingToneMaker"
This lets you just import a song, then set the start and stop position of the section you want as a ringtone. Then click ok and it copies that section, saves it as m4r and also imports it into iTunes. All you have to do is sync and you're golden.

Seriously, you can make a ringtone in less than 1 minute with it.

But if you're not lazy, and want perfection use the other ways noted. I use Garageband on my Macbook Pro, but on Linux and Windows I use the above.

 

[eastercat]

I don't even have to use garageband for ringtones. I've actually used iTunes to make mine. It's not as customizable, but it works.

 

[redgaz26]

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I have an easier method. Go to Audiko: http://audiko.net/

You can upload any song, or YouTube url and they will help crop it. Completely free, completely legit. Works amazingly. You can export in various different formats, including m4a, then just import into iTunes. Easy as pie.

Brilliant site. Why waste time on anything else??

 

[harv822]

Arthur C. Clarke, I believe

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Off-topic, yes. I'm a firm believer in attribution.

Give the man credit.

 

[iNash]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Off-topic, yes. I'm a firm believer in attribution.

Give the man credit.

I would but it's not down as Clarke's quote, it's down as a marketing promo that was used.

 

[JBaker122586]

It's a stupid restriction by Apple to make money.

Wrong.
It's due to AT&T and the RIAA.
The reason Apple put that feature into GarageBand is because they wanted to give people a really easy workaround, because they don't think you should have to pay for the song twice.

 

[dissdnt]

It has nothing to do with Apple (that is, I doubt Apple has much of a choice in the matter). It's a copyright issue. Apple can't willing breach its iTunes Store copyright by explicitly allowing (and publishing information on how to) reproduce one file format into another format for a different use. In other words, Apple can't setup an architecture where people can reproduce songs as ringtones because the act of doing so is technically illegal. If you want to bash anyone, you should bash the record labels flagrant abuse of the principles of the concept copyright. But it's hardly fair to blame Apple for this one, I'm afraid.

Not following your logic here. I never said you should be able to set iTunes music to a ringtone. In general they should allow you to set whatever you want to a ringtone. They have no way of knowing my ringtone is my own fart or some copyrighted song.