iPhone Custom Ringtones Tutorial for Windows Vista/7/XP

[oribali1]

I CANT DO THIS ON A MAC: I CANT SEE IT ON RINGTONES :(((((((

[88Sauce]

Whats wrong with putting a button "use as ringtone" on the iphone? Damn apple

[tigcheru]

oh my God! I LOVE YOU!!! thank you so much!!!

[Djumbuj]

and what if I go to itunes to Edit - Preferences- General, and in the Scources there is no Ringtones ??? Thanks

[trinitysamurai]

@Djumbuj its now "Tones" on the new i tunes



[TheAKayzTV]

Thanks :D

[Equestriaaanism]

Thanks so much! <3

[z3lotalm3lot]

when i click edit and Preferences there's no Ringtone to checkbox

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[Smujey]

Thanks alot man :)

[1Samseng]

Thank you very much!

Could you show how to create custom text tone on iPhone Custom

Thank

[blacksoilder10]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KunoichiiTaicho]

You have no idea how long I've been trying to put my ringtone file onto my iPhone before I found this... THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH :DD

Seriously, I wish other tutorials were as precise as you...

[MiotasSisceal]

THANKYOU SO MUCH!!! You explained it A MILLION times better than ANY OTHER tutorial I have tried!!! THANK YOU!!! My iPhone is slowly more reflective of my Legend of Zelda obsession :D I owe you my first born child! [[not really, but thank you!!!]]

[marissarockel]

OMG I LOVE YOU!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vRSPagey]

I have looked at a lot of these tutorials, but none explain about the file extensions and setting AAC encoding, top man you've saved us a fortune.

[pippeeeh]

thx

[TheWIZZCO]

cheers!!!!!!!!

[KristiePeebles]

Hi I am just needing some advise I do everything right and then wen I get right to the end and double click on the m4r file it says to "choose the program you want to use to open this file" and there are like 10 options and I choose iTunes but nothing happens, wondering if anyone could help me by any chance????

[hulkgreen3k3]

best took me a week to find this and so meany fail attempts with other people thanks a billion..

[gohabsgo1fan]

thank you!

[killa1250]

U R da fuckin man.! ty so much great tut 5/5 liked

[brownchick06]

Awesome! Thanks :D

[stmfaizan]

That's exactly the tutorial I wanted!!! Thanks a ton!! 

[cklif3]

BEST TUTORIAL EVER. wow

[24blakie]

i fucking love man, thanx

[spartanhill]

dude ty so much it works beautifully now

[harlequins991]

Hi - thanks for this. Very clear. However.... I now have the edited songs in my Iphone and Iphone ringtones tab on Itues. I have synche'd the Iphone but when I go to the sounds options on my phone aI do not have the song I downloaded - all that is there is the crappy Iphone default sounds. Is the track stored somewhere else or am I doing something wrong?

[angelashushan]

Thanks for the help, best and simplest video I've found! :)

[1rodrigues]

thanks my dude, much better than that german fellow i couldn't understand a word of what he was saying.

[tripleh6927]

wad to do for sms tone ?

[MsSolma]

THAnx YhU thisz helpedd ALoTT :)

[TheMOrtyssss]

Great vid pal

[cheka05]

and if i wana star my track in 1:04 and end in 1:33? what do i do?

[willstak]

That was awesome. You cannot have made that easier! Thank you!!

[alnaizal]

how about creating sms plss rply

[Katy07x]

This was SOSO helpful thank you so much :)

is the max time allowed only 30 seconds?

[Wilfred2727]

You can get Windows 7 for free now!

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[MuNkYLuVsJoNaS]

OMG! you're truly amazing! This actually worked wooot wooot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stdevilll]

dude I owe u this :)

[rorymarsh]

@stdevilll no worries, did you get it sorted and working?

[stdevilll]

I have converted the file and done all the other procedure, it is there in the itunes under ringtone, but still cant find the file in the settings/sounds/ringtone :(

[DJJC013]

OMFG UR AMAZING OUT OF ALL THE VIDEOS I FAILED AT THIS THX TO U IT WORKED OMFG TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JazDhaliwal69]

out of all the videos i used lol YOUR VIDEO WORKED AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH lol !!!

[Shooter13JMH]

When I go to sync ringtones and click on it, it says it has to delete all songs and videos on my iphone to be able to sing the ringtone?

[rorymarsh]

@Shooter13JMH yeah that happens sometimes, it normally happens if you already automatically sync your iPhone and music, as opposed to manually syncing.. the only real solution is to deal with the resyncing and switch to manual syncing of the library and ringtones unfortunately.

[RACwrestling]

Ok.. my problem is after i created the AAC file.. it does not turn into an m4a file it stays as Mp3. What can i do?

[pebblesfk]

Thanks heaps I was struggling to get it to my phone I am so appreciative of your you tube info :))

[weemanslim]

cheers m8 ure a legend

[Ashyboi1987]

thanks alot really helpful

[priyasenn]

This was SOOO useful! Thank you sooo much!! It was especially useful how you even showed the step where you go to edit and can change the type of format you would want to create. Great job!

[acoti]

How many custom ringtones are we allowed to have?

[BigidyBooh]

thanks work perfect for 3gs

[bollkoll]

thanks dude, best guide Iwe seen so far

[Misscutiecutie]

this is starting to piss me off..i had no problem doing this before but now after i sync a song to acc i right click the song on my desk top or in the windows explorer i try to rename it but it does not show me the full songs name or the file type as m4a so i cant even change it to m4r i have windows vista 7 can u help me ??

[Expostulating]

I'm using an XP, and I cant change the MPEG-4-Audiodatei to .m4r, can anyone help?

[WafflesIsTheStuff]

thank you!

[scongers]

THANK YOU SO MUCH when they changed itunes 9.1 I couldnt figure out hwo to do this,.thanks a bunch

[Eybrows1]

Awesome man, this is the only one I could follow.

[squifodopolaron]

so if i dont have 'my iphone' thingy in the um, itunes thing, do i just pop it back into itunes? and download it to my iphone? or? let me kno soon plzzzz

[1ShadowRock9]

I'm using iTunes 9 now. No AAC option. But i know that by clicking consolidate file i'm kinda doing the same thing. After I do that, however, my file turns into an MP3 format file and when i rename to .m4r, its okay. The problem lies when i drag my .m4r file back into iTunes. It does not show up, as in it is not added into the itunes library whatsoever. Tips?

[rorymarsh]

@1ShadowRock9 The option to create an AAC version in iTunes 9.1 is now located under the "Advanced" > Create AAC Version - this is the best way to do it, as you can't simply convert an mp3 into an AAC or an M4R file just by changing the file extensions, it won't work. I've updated the video accordingly. thanks!

[1ShadowRock9]

@rorymarsh OOOHHHH okay now its working. Thank You =)

[PennyLamont]

Brilliant video. Followed your steps perfectly, although it doesn't work for me. Have to hunt down the copied file then after-all-is-said-and-done I am unable to put it into my phone.  I get error messages. Perhaps there are different methods for different countries??? (I'm in Canada). I know it's not your instructions because you did a perfect demonstration.

[gt7707]

thinks for the help

[epicalice]

shitting AWESOME vid bro!

[coneygreys]

You made something I found difficult very easy, you explained it brilliantly. Many thanks

[xbeatrixtsangx]

the ringtone was successfully made into the library..but when i click my iphone icon..and ringtone icon...the synchronizing of "selected ringtone" is not availble!! why is that?

[whatahw]

Good man yourself, you show all the finicky things. Great tutorial!

[Imperium36CF]

Best tutorial for sure man. Really appreciate it.

[CaligirlxX3]

thankkyouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[UnsungIzMe]

Well done man, this is the most simplified and helpful tutorial I could find!

[BabySparksmac]

Thank-you your video has most deffinetly been the MOST helpful i never understood how to do it on a vista now it makes sence thanks a ton

[Persemb]

Thanks a lot! No more annoying iPhone ringtone!

[JukeBox360]

Also, I am running windows 7 and ITunes 9.02.25

[JukeBox360]

I've gotten everything to work. Only problem is ITunes wont let me delete the original for/new clip. When I right click or hit the delete button nothing happens.

[dphilipson2131]

very well done thank you

[himel275]

it wont let me use the time that i want i put in 0:40 and then 1:10 and then it ends up giving me the whole 1:10 what do i do

[yeeyingsevol]

omg im now at the last step.

mine is not working.

okay err, i tried to drag the ringtone from dekstop back to my itunes, it just couldn't sync.

and also i tried to drag the ringtone to device in itunes, it is there but it doesnt show in my iphone. i have dont it several times but it just couldnt work.

[rorymarsh]

the best thing for you to do would be to manually add the file/ringtone from the File menu. Remember valid ringtones show up in the "Ringtones" category.

[ppprrraaavvviiinnn]

I can't sync ringtone created like shown on video.

I have done it several times but the itunes dosen't sync it to my phone.

I also noticed that after I ticked on start and stop time it automaticlly unticks the start time when getting info.

[rorymarsh]

A few people have issues syncing the ringtone to the phone, the only solution really is to try various types of syncing, automatically syncing or manually syncing. As this differs between person to person, depending on settings, the best way is to try a few methods

[applewbanana]

i forgot to click apply on the show file thingy. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

[rorymarsh]

@applewbanana your welcome.

[applewbanana]

i've done everything you've done, but i cant see the "m4a" thing *sigh*

[applewbanana]

i've watched it three times now :((

[applewbanana]

none of my customized songs shows the m4a thing behind the song :(

[applewbanana]

errr, the song i want as ringtone 'morning after dark by timbaland' doesnt have the m4a after the name :S what should i do?

[rorymarsh]

@applewbanana you can't have followed the tutorial properley, you need to make sure you show extensions for known file types in windows, the tutorial explains.

[mombogravy]

Thanks! It works!

[l3utterfly555]

Very helpful thank you so much

[paulschendrieck]

Thanx a lot man

[courtneysastar]

thank you SO much!!!! that helped me so much... just bought my iphone yesterday, and since i am 13, i really wanted a ringtone .... this way was so easy, not to mention free! :) :) :) thank you SO much. 5 stars!

[rorymarsh]

your welcome!

[gailviolenta]

hi there, my customized ringtone, doesn't seem to show up in the ringtone options of my options. It's visibile when I view the ringtone section on itunes however it doesn't seem to show up on my iphone nor the ringtone menu.

why is that?

[rorymarsh]

unfortunately this happens sometimes, keep trying with different mp3 files, try lengthening the time or shortening, it really is a case of just getting them to work sometimes. I find that 1/10 ringtones dont work for whatever reason!

[joe5100]

best tutorial seen nice one m8

[trishenriquez]

yeh, no its not there :(

[trishenriquez]

hi, i did everything. worked out fine. but then how do i put it as my ringtone?

[rorymarsh]

On your iPhone head to Settings > Sounds > Ringtone and scroll to the bottom to see the list of custom ringtones, if all has worked, you should see the ringtone there.

[sharking101]

brilliant buddy thank you very much.

[TXCutie785]

This used to work for me...now when I open in Windows Explorer after making an AAC version it's a movie file. When I double click it, it opens up a little window where you can play, pause, etc. and doesn't feed into iTuns automatically...anyone know why?

[rorymarsh]

Remembering that you do need to change the AAC file to an M4R file, this problem is likely because your AAC files aren't associated with iTunes anymore. Right Click the File, > Open With > iTunes should solve that!

[kh0mkh4st]

dude i did everything you said thank and it worked except for the last part everytime i sync the custom ringtone to my iphone it keeps saying "iTunes has stopped working"... need help... =[

[rorymarsh]

Not sure how to help here, as it seems to be a system specific problem. Try re-installing iTunes, or rebuilding your iTunes library. I've heard that it can be an iPhone specific issue that sometimes can only be resolved by wiping the phone and starting from scratch!

[js714]

This worked like a charm..

[degelo0]

i love you. i just came from your video no homo, but thanks alot i was wondering how you do tht

[afshin87]

Thanks my friend.. youre nr ONE!

[khmerkrazie]

hey. thanks really much. i had this problem where i couldn't change the .mpr manually. i tried downloading a lot of converters but they did not have .mpr. but the converter is no longer needed.

THANKS AGAIN

[adro12cent]

bro d frst 20 seconds u didnt realy hav to do u jst cnvrt it to m4a den rename to m4r

don

[rorymarsh]

Yeah, but for the benefit of people who need full instructions on how to rename the extension, its all there... thats the reason why I made the video..

[miguelmiguel619]

hey i did evrything right..the song is converted to m4r and its on the ringtones section but wen i click sync it dusnt sync it to my phone not even wen i try 2 drag the song to my iphone..can u help please?

[rorymarsh]

did you make sure that you re-imported the file into itunes? that's the only thing that I can think of that wouldn't allow it to work.

[MassiveMixes]

Thanks Alot :D

x

[b33g3374]

Nicely done. Excellent attention to detail. Just added a few custom ringtones. I am really starting to love the iPhone but the ringtone situation is ludicrous. My 5 year old Razr V3 could do mp3 ringtones. Greedy Apple and AT&T. No ringtone revenue for you!

[psychicpalm]

the best tutotrial ever thanks !!

[moturkeyh]

Hi, for some reason...songs in my library can't be found. I can't even pick a song on my 3g iphone cause the songs are all grayed out. I was able to pick a song from purchased file and it worked on one song but, not the others.

[moturkeyh]

If I go to "playlists" towards the bottom and click on a song. I get this message: None of the selected files can be converted because they cannot be found.

[rorymarsh]

I'm not sure what the issue is there, have you made sure the computer is authorized with itunes and your device? that sometimes grays out all of the playlists and the songs, so they are unavailable.

[cw2002]

thanks so much, was a brilliant tutorial!!! worked first time!!!! :D

[artaciras2000]

I used to do it for about 2 months, but recently, the ringtones doesn't apear on my custom ringtones! can you help me about this

[rorymarsh]

Not too sure on this one, if it's worked in the past I can't really see how it could literally stop working! Odd, I've had a few songs not work at all, but only the odd song though. Afraid I can't help on that one! apologies.

[saadiftikhar]

thats was great...

Thanks man...

[BjsDaddy2540]

thats the biggest relief...i thought the iphone was gonna be a waste of money!!!! thanks dude..

[roddyrrr]

thanks a lot mate! u made my day!

[coopb88]

Great tutorial! Cheers dude

[xdianana]

THANK YOU ^_^

it was awesome

im so happy YAYY

[cHiLLaZ28]

thx yo, that worked perfectly. ur da man.

[bronzemouse]

Great tutorial! thanks...

[TXCutie785]

Great instruction! I was able to just minimize this video and go with your voice...thank you so much!!!!

[BlackMyth9]

Brilliant instructions fella, 10/10. I've gone through a few but yours was concise, succinct and spot on. Thanks very much mate, you've made me very happy! :oD

[locomatic666]

hey, I'm stuck. I've been following your instructions bit by bit but when I try to change the .m4a to m4r it doesn't work. First of all, when I copy it to the desktop, I don't see the .m4a ending. It just states the name of the song. Then when I go to properties, I can't change it to .m4r. So... how do I exactly do that?

[rorymarsh]

all you need to make sure that you are showing extensions for known file types, its in the video, otherwise you're right, you cant see the .m4r or .m4a extension, watch the section of video around 0:20 and it shows you how to show the extension of the files!

[lj160389]

it goes alright until i have to double click on the 'm4r' to get it to go straight into the 'ringtones' section it just keeps playing the full version in the 'music' section am i doing something wrong?

[rorymarsh]

if opening the .m4r version simply keeps opening the original version of the track, you can try to import the .m4r version directly into itunes through the itunes menu itself, other than that I've never experienced that issue before, the only issue that has occured is that some mp3 files simply do not convert or import at all!

[norskbabe10]

Hey! Thanks for the video - its awesome! But i cant open the .m4r file - or - nothing happens.. What am I doing wrong? :)

[norskbabe10]

thank you so much for the video! But, i cant open the .m4r file. or, nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?

[imajester2]

thanks man

[reilly1989]

fantastic tutorial. made it really easy thanks :D

[jacobley]

<3 <3

[mericks92]

thank you very much

[pwnzor94]

your a wizzard :) thanks alot

[rikstar01]

Excellent , the way i used to do it only allowed me to put on 1 custom ringtone at a time you can do as many as you want this way , thanks alot !!!