Hi Simon, Thanks so much for the help. I just want to make sure I understand. Is what you're saying that I need to set the start and stop positions, and then see what fragment of the song I end up with? I can see the total length of the song, so could make an approximate guess, but that seems like the hard way to do this.
Also, should I have the " Remember playback position" checked? I checked it, but it doesn't seem to have helped. Thanks, Donna -----Original Message----- From: Simon Cavendish <simon.cavend...@googlemail.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: creating ringtones Donna, I've only done it a few times so I may not remember but the trick is - according to the steps I sent you - to go to the "get info" menu with command+i and then set the begin" and 'end" times of your ring-tone. It takes a bit of experimenting but once you set the begin and end points, it can be done well. As far as I can remember you have to check the start point position and - unless it is different from the very beginning point - you need to type in a value in seconds, and then set the end position. I remember having to go backwards and forwards setting various values to get the ring-tone I want. The ring- tone mustn't be longer than 40 seconds. Hope this helps, Donna. I've no time to try and do it myself at the moment. But when I played with the instructions I had sent you, they were pretty good. Let me know how you are getting on. With best wishes, Simon On 7 Sep 2009, at 18:15, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Simnon and all, > > Is there some way to get your playback position once you've gotten to > the point in the song where you want to start the ringtone? > TIA, > Donna > On Sep 7, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
