iPhone : Ringtone a ma bobs

Nutcase · 22-09-2012, 15:03

Em has just got a second hand iphone 4. Is it really the case that even if you've bought a song on itunes you can't use it as a ringtone without paying for it again as a ringtone? What the hell?!

Knipples · 22-09-2012, 16:26

There is a way, I had to make it into a sample I think. Mr Leo helped me do it I seem to remember. Or you could get the tune from "another source"

I think you have to save the file to your PC, and then add it back to itunes as a ringtone. There is a way round it.

Nutcase · 22-09-2012, 16:34

Thanks

Just spent a while getting an mp3 into a ringtone sort of format - and then even longer getting it onto the phone itself.

I always thought I wouldn't like Apple stuff - now I *know* I do! How many hoops just to get a non DRM song into a ringtone... Aargh!

leowyatt · 22-09-2012, 17:32

What you have to do is set a 30 second portion of the song you want to use as the ringtone. You do this by accessing the properties of the file.

You then export that to AAC file and change the extension from mp4 to mpr. Reimport that into iTunes and you have a ringtone

Nutcase · 22-09-2012, 19:15

Got it

Again, from what I've read that doesn't work with songs you've legally bought through itunes?

leowyatt · 22-09-2012, 20:46

You can mate. I did it for someone at work

Nutcase · 23-09-2012, 08:08

Ooh, ok. When she gets bored of this one I'll try again

leowyatt · 23-09-2012, 08:32

I will try and knock up a guide if you want one?

Joe 90 · 24-09-2012, 20:43

my ringtone > *

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ba...09?i=387589910

Nutcase · 26-09-2012, 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by leowyatt

I will try and knock up a guide if you want one?

Would be great if you could - I'm now giving tech support for something I've never looked at before

but no rush, she seems happy with the current one

22-09-2012, 15:03	#1
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Ringtone a ma bobs Em has just got a second hand iphone 4. Is it really the case that even if you've bought a song on itunes you can't use it as a ringtone without paying for it again as a ringtone? What the hell?!

22-09-2012, 17:32	#4
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	What you have to do is set a 30 second portion of the song you want to use as the ringtone. You do this by accessing the properties of the file. You then export that to AAC file and change the extension from mp4 to mpr. Reimport that into iTunes and you have a ringtone __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

22-09-2012, 20:46	#6
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	You can mate. I did it for someone at work __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

23-09-2012, 08:32	#8
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	I will try and knock up a guide if you want one? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

24-09-2012, 20:43	#9
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	my ringtone > * https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ba...09?i=387589910 __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

22-09-2012, 16:34	#3
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Thanks Just spent a while getting an mp3 into a ringtone sort of format - and then even longer getting it onto the phone itself. I always thought I wouldn't like Apple stuff - now I know I do! How many hoops just to get a non DRM song into a ringtone... Aargh!

22-09-2012, 19:15	#5
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Got it Again, from what I've read that doesn't work with songs you've legally bought through itunes?

23-09-2012, 08:08	#7
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Ooh, ok. When she gets bored of this one I'll try again