Hi Wendy, You can add your ringtone to iTunes as a song, then find it in your list of songs, right click on it and select the "Create AAC version" option. This will convert it to an M4A file which is the iTunes music format. You then have to rename this file so it has an extension of m4r, then copy it back into your automatically add to iTunes folder and next time you open iTunes it should be correctly moved into your Tones folder and added to your Tones library. You then still have to connect your phone and sync it over.
Alternatively, and if you are just doing one or a few tones I find this even easier, you can use a number of free online converters out there. One I tried and find very simple to use is at the following URL: http://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-m4a Once you are on that site just use the button quick nav key to find the "browse" button. This will open a regular windows dialogue, find your file wherever it is saved and select "Open". Now use "b" again to jump to the "convert" button, wait a bit and check the notification bar to see if you are prompted to open or save the file. Select save and the converted file will be downloaded to your Downloads folder.. Keep in mind that it's only converted to M4A so you will still have to rename the extension to m4r before you can Copy it into the automatically add to iTunes folder, open iTunes to automatically move it to the tones folder and add it to your tones library. Now sync the tones to your phone. If you use Windows 7 chances are the setting to "Hide extensions for known file types" is turned on in which case you have to go to "Tools" and "Folder Options", then Control+Tab to the "View Page", tab twice into the treeview of options and press pagedown once, then down arrow once. This should take you onto that option, if it is turned on you can turn it off by pressing the spacebar. Now tab to Ok and activate it. The m4a extension will now be part of the file name and visible, you can now press F2 to rename it, all you have to do really is change the "a" at the end to an "r". Good luck, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Alling Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 9:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ring tone question Hello all, I still can't get the ring tone that I downloaded into Itunes. How do I convert this file? It is an mp3 file. Thanks for any help on this. Wendy -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
