iPhone ring tones

[stimpson]

What's a good site to download ring tones for the iPhone? Also, what is a good program for making your own other that iTunes?

 

[Ira Lacher]

Try this one. Free registration, although to get the tones on the phone requires a little bit of workaround.

I wonder if you could just load MP3 tones on the phone and have it recognize them as ringtones. Anyone know?

 

[Pepper]

nope, you need to convert them to .m4r and import them into your itunes library.

 

[DefDude]

If you have a mac it's very easy with garage band. you can import any mp3 into itunes and convert to aac , then import into garage band and edit anyway you like. then export back to the ring tones folder in Itune. It's been awhile since I did it but I think there is a lenght limit on the finished ring tone, maybe 20-30 seconds, but I'm not sure.

 

[Pepper]

I've got a few that are several minutes long, all I did was rename a file from .m4a to .m4r and add it to the folder. Of course, nobody will let the phone ring long enough for me to hear the whole thing

 

[stimpson]

nope, you need to convert them to .m4r and import them into your itunes library.

How do you do this?

 

[JAG72]

Here are some step by step instructions.

Tekzilla How To: Make Your Own iPhone Ringtones in iTunes | The iPhone Blog

 

[stimpson]

Here are some step by step instructions.

Tekzilla How To: Make Your Own iPhone Ringtones in iTunes | The iPhone Blog

I'll check it out. Thanks for the help.

 

[stimpson]

I have tried that approach before, but I couldn't figure out how to change the file from m4a to .m4r.

 

[Pepper]

i used the "rename" function in windows to do it Make sure to unhide "known extensions" first then just click the thing and rename it.

 

[stimpson]

i used the "rename" function in windows to do it Make sure to unhide "known extensions" first then just click the thing and rename it.

Ok. Well I feel silly. One other thing. Where do I do the "know extensions" thingy?

 

[Pepper]

folder options, "hide extensions for known file types"

 

[stimpson]

folder options, "hide extensions for known file types"

Thanks again Pepper. What exactly does that do for the ring tone process?

 

[Pepper]

nothing, it just makes it easier for you to find "m4a" and change it to "m4r" if it was hidden.

 

[stimpson]

When I do the steps like the link says, will the file name under the icon say m4a? Then just right click, rename m4r?

 

[Ira Lacher]

And that doesn't change the file format at all?

 

[Pepper]

I've read there are some technical differences between a "standard m4a audio file" and a "m4r ringtone file" - something regarding metadata - but every one I have tried just renaming has worked fine.

 

[stimpson]

Here is what I get when I try this. It doesn't look the same as the link video shows or describes. None of my MP3 files have the "m4a" in the file name, and when I convert my 30 sec clip to an AAC format to rename it to a "m4r", the file shows up as unrecognizable. What am I doing wrong here?

 

[stimpson]

Ok. Got it. Thanks again Pepper. I thought I had unchecked the "hide extension", but I didn't. Took care of that and all is good.