Hi Anouk,
You wrote:
Hi everyone, I have a smallish mp3 that I would like to make into a
ringtone. It is currently located on my computer.
Can anyone explain to me how I can make it into a rihgtone and put
it in my iphone so I can start using it as a standard ringtone?
Thanks,
Greetings, Anouk,
I'll cc this to the macvisionaries list. Since you're using a Mac,
the easiest way to make your mp3 file into a ringtone is to add the
mp3 file to your iTunes library and then use an AppleScript called
"Make Ringable" that you can get from Doug Adams' "AppleScripts for
iTunes" web site:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=makeringable
This is a Mac-only solution. You can read the short description of
the script under the "Make Ringable v1.1" heading, and find complete
details in the viewable "Read Me" PDF that follows the download link
after the short description. If this is the first time you're using
AppleScripts in iTunes, you'll have to create a Scripts folder in your
account under:
~/Library/iTunes/
Then, any AppleScripts that are placed in that folder show up as menu
options under a special Scripts menu for that application on the menu
bar (in this case, iTunes), that appears to the left of the "Help"
entry. You select your track or item, then navigate to the Scripts on
the menu bar, arrow down and select the AppleScript option you want to
apply.
In this case, the script looks for the start and stop times you
selected (e.g., you used the "Get Info" shortcut of Command+I -- or
Control+I in Windows -- then navigated to the "Options" tab and
entered a start and stop time for the section of the track you want to
play). You can skip this if your track is shorter than the maximum
allowed time for a ringtone (39 seconds). When you run the script,
the dialog window that appears after you highlight your track, then
select the "Make Ringable" menu option from the Scripts menu on the
iTunes menu bar displays the start and stop times (and the current
length for the ringtone), and prompts you to enter a Ringtone name
(otherwise uses the same name as your track). If no start and stop
times are set, you're prompted with to do so, and given the
opportunity to exit the script. The script then coverts the sections
to a ringtone of the specified length and the correct format, and adds
it to your ringtones library. You're then asked whether you want to
reset the start and end times to the whole track before exiting the
script. The original mp3 file is left in your music library, and the
new ringtone shows up in your ringtones library.
If you have the "MoveAddict" software that allows you to move files,
cut, paste, and merge on the Mac, or if you're using one of the move
AppleScripts, you can just use those options to put the AppleScript in
the /Library/iTunes/Scripts folder under your user account.
Otherwise, just copy and paste to that location. So, for a first time
AppleScript user, the directions would be:
1. In Finder, press Command-Shift-H (go to your home directory)
2. Command-Shift-G ("Go to Folder" shortcut) and then either type or
paste in:
Library/iTunes
into the text of the dialog box, and press "Return". (Navigate to the
Library/iTunes folder in your account).
3. Command-Shift-N to create a new folder and name it "Scripts", with
a capital "S". If you already have a Library/iTunes/Scripts folder in
your account you can skip these three steps.
4. After downloading the "Make Ringable" AppleScript, either copy or
move it (and the ReadMe instructions) to your ~/Library/ITunes/Scripts
folder. If you copy the AppleScript, the Finder actions are:
4a. Command-C (copy)
4b. Command-Shift-H (go to your home directory)
4c. Command-Shift-G ("Go to Folder") then type or paste in:
Library/iTunes/Scripts
into the text box of the dialog window, and press "Return"
4d. Command-V (paste)
5. Now, when you're in iTunes, there will be a Scripts menu on the
iTunes menu bar, so after highlighting a track in your music library:
5a. Control-F2 (or VO-M) to the menu bar, then Left Arrow twice to the
Scripts menu
5b. Arrow down to "Make Ringable" and press "Return"
5c. Follow the script dialog options.
You can also assign shortcut keys to the AppleScript options, but you
should do this when the application (here, iTunes) is not running,
since these get defined and loaded when the application starts up.
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes site has many excellent AppleScripts.
The site is donationware, which means that you're free to download and
use these scripts, but if you really find them useful, you're
encouraged to send in a donation, since he writes these for free in
addition to his regular job.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
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