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Ringtonator and 'Proper' Ringtone Files [MakeiPhoneRingtone 1.1]

Thursday September 13, 2007 12:09 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Ringtonator provides a easy to use application which "converts" an AAC file into a Ringtone from iTunes' perspective.

The application modifies metatags based on a followup discovery by Cleverboy about what exactly distinguishes a Ringtone from a Song files in iTunes.

In essence, Apple introduced an additional tag-type that identifies a Ringtone. These tags can be modified by Atomic Parsley manually and should provide a relatively future-proof method to convert songs into Ringtones that iTunes recognizes and treats correctly.

I then took a file I'd recorded myself, and saved as an AAC, and applied the same "stik" metadata to the file using a program called Atomic Parsley.
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The program outputted the new file, and I double-clicked on the file. The file immediately appeared in my ringtone list, and after syncing, it appeared on my phone without one iota of complaint. --NONE.


Ringtonator is a Mac application, but Atomic Parsley is available for both Mac and Windows.

Update: MakeiPhoneRingtone from RogueAmoeba has been updated to use the same described technique to make Ringtones.
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chr1s60
Posted: 58 months ago
I think Apple is going to have a very long battle trying to keep people from making their own ringtones for free. In the end, I think free ringtone programs will win.
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shane1598
Posted: 58 months ago
apple should just give up.
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JMax1
Posted: 58 months ago

apple should just give up.


I think they essentially already gave up by charging $1.98 to get the ringtone (and song). They must have figured that some people wouldn't know how to make it for free and are trying to at least get a little revenue from those people
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daveporter
Posted: 58 months ago
I gave this a try.

My new ringtone does show up in the ringtone list in both iTunes and on my iPhone ringtone list in iTunes, however, it does not sync to my iPhone. Before anyone asks, I did select the new ringtone in the iPhone sync tab.

Has anyone gotten this to work?

Dave
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arn
Posted: 58 months ago
MakeiPhoneRingtone has been updated to 1.1

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/posts/Article/MakeiPhoneRingtone-2007-09-13-15-00.html

using this same technique.

arn
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kainjow
Posted: 58 months ago
I'm trying this out on Winduhs and AtomicParsley doesn't seem to be working correctly... I'll have to play with it more later.
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germ war
Posted: 58 months ago
Has anyone actually received a call using their new ringtone? I downloaded MakeiPhoneRingtone yesterday, and it transferred the files fine and they played on my phone, but during an actual call or alarm setting, my phone would only play the Marimba tone.

If this fixes that, then I'm excited.
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atari1356
Posted: 58 months ago

Has anyone actually received a call using their new ringtone? I downloaded MakeiPhoneRingtone yesterday, and it transferred the files fine and they played on my phone, but during an actual call or alarm setting, my phone would only play the Marimba tone.

If this fixes that, then I'm excited.


I've received calls using ring tones I made with Audacity/MakeiPhoneRingtone yesterday.
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dr_lha
Posted: 58 months ago

I think they essentially already gave up by charging $1.98 to get the ringtone (and song). They must have figured that some people wouldn't know how to make it for free and are trying to at least get a little revenue from those people

The majority of people won't be bothered with hacks and will just buy their ring tones. You're falling into the trap of believing that the majority of iPhone users are like you, when in reality the majority will be less bothered about paying 99 cents than finding a work around.

You realise that other providers charge $3 for a ringtone right? Compared to that Apple's ringtones are a good deal. Not that I would ever buy one myself, but then again, I don't like the idea of my phone playing badly distorted music when it rings.
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donlphi
Posted: 58 months ago

I gave this a try.

My new ringtone does show up in the ringtone list in both iTunes and on my iPhone ringtone list in iTunes, however, it does not sync to my iPhone. Before anyone asks, I did select the new ringtone in the iPhone sync tab.

Has anyone gotten this to work?

Dave


Assuming you didn't use either of the Ringtone Makers listed in the post, it sounds like you added the Meta data (the stik), retagged it with .m4r so iTunes would recorgnize it.

Now you have to go into your iTUNES Library/Ringtones folder and rename it again to .m4a, then it should sync properly.

"Make an iPhone Ringtone" does this automatically (at least it did for me on one of my computers).
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