Alex, Is that all I do? rename the extension and put the tone in automatically add to itunes?
On Feb 6, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Locate them in the finder, or Windows explorer, and rename their extensions. > My understanding is that iTunes and iOS rely on file extensions to > categorize, but at the end of the day all those files are just AAC. So, to > make a ringtone, you'd create the AAC file and rename it to .m4r. Music is > .m4a, books are .m4b. Since they are all AAC "under the hood", you can rename > the extensions with no actual conversion required. Also, ringtones have a max > length of around 40 seconds, and alert tones I think around 10. > On Feb 7, 2013, at 12:21 AM, Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I purchased a bunch of ringtones from iTunes, and for some reason, iTunes >> thinks they're music. >> I looked, and they are m4a files. >> How do I convert them to m4r so they will be tones like they're supposed to >> be? >> Thanks, >> Stacey >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
