Making iPhone ringtones from your existing music library...

[alex_m]

There seems to be quite a few people with iPhone's on here so i thought i would share this info.

 

 

Open iTunes.

 

Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.

 

Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.

 

Write down the start and stop times of the clip.

 

Right-click the song and select "Get Info."

 

Click the "Options" tab.

 

Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Start Time" in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.

 

Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Stop Time." Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.

 

Click "OK."

 

Right-click your song again and select "Convert Selection to AAC." Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.

 

Right-click the ringtone and select "Delete."

 

Click on the "Keep Files" button.

 

Find the file. It's usually in your User folder under "Music > iTunes > iTunes Music" and under the band's name. It will have an extension of m4a.

 

Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select "Get Info" on a Mac or "Rename" on a Windows PC.

 

Click "Use .m4r" or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.

 

Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.

 

Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.

 

 

Enjoy

[Rich Rule]

cheers mate that was really helpful. I had an MP3 of an old school telephone that I was dyeing to use on my phone. I followed your instructions and my life is complete. when someone rings so does the phone.

 

Just like the beginning of The Rockford Files.

[Stephen Blair]

do you want me to call you so you can here the tune then mate lol

[Mark Bolam]

For your own ring tone ,have you got 'Duelling Banjos' in your Itunes library, though Stevie?

[yorkshire pudding]

Cheers for that fella, been wanting to do that for a while now.

Queens of the stone age here we come!

[RobRainford]

you say no more than 40 seconds, you are only allowed 30 afaik?

 

Ive got about 50 ringtones of varying genres, its awkward at first but once you do a few its easier to do.