It is to do with protected content. I think Apple would rather you bought their own ring-tones.
Best wishes, Simon On 7 Sep 2009, at 14:10, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > Thanks so much for posting these instructions! I'm very glad there > is a way to do this. I have lots of music that I've either burned > from CD, or that I've purchased from Amazon, so that gives me lots > of ringtone choices. I'll give it a try today and see how it goes. > Just curious, do you know why this can't be done with songs > purchased from the Itunes store? I know Apple had to work out some > complicated deal with record companies when they went DRM free, but > if they can, it might be something they should rethink. Not having > to purchase the ringtone separately gives me a big incentive to keep > buying from Amazon. > Take care, > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Cavendish <simon.cavend...@googlemail.com> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:03 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: creating ringtones > > > Hello, > > here are detailed instructions posted by a knowledgeable person on > viphone list on how to create ring tones. i'm pasting them below. > > first of all, this can only be done with music you haven't purchased > from the itunes store. > step by step instructions > 1. open itunes > 2. find the song you want to select for your ringtone. highlight it > with your vo cursor. > 3. press cmd--I to get info and go to the options tab. > 4. check the start and end time boxes. [note, make sure you know where > you want your start and end to be. this must be 40 seconds or less] > once you've selected the allotted time, click OK. > 5. go to advance and select create AAC version. this creates a > duplicate of your selected song. > 6. Now, the song you just created should be sitting below your > original in the songs table as an aAC version. go to the original, you > will know it's the original because the time is still the original > length. Now you should get info again on the original track, ensuring > the track is highlighted, and uncheck the boxes you checked > previously. This will make sure your song is in tact. > 7. Now highlight your duplicate song, the one you made for your > ringtone, and hit cmd--c to copy. Paste it to your desk top and delete > the duplicate in itunes. [this must be done or else the following > steps will not work] > 9. Rename the file on your desktop, with the m4r extension. all you > need to do is hit enter/return on the file on the desktop and go to > the end of the file name, deleting the m4a and typing m4r. > 11. go back to itunes and hit add to library cmd--o. find your new > ringtone on the desktop and import it. > 12. go to your ringtones playlist and it should be there. > 13. sync your iphone. > > > On 7 Sep 2009, at 06:27, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > >> >> Hi Donna, >> >> What I would do is use a program like amadeus Pro to select the >> segment of a track you want to use as a ringtone, copy it to a >> separate file, save that file in AAC format, and change the extension >> from M4A to M4R. I think Amadeus Pro might be able to save as a >> ringtone, so you wouldn't need to make the extension change. >> >> HTH, >> Anna >> >> >>> > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
