I've trying to get a track I have put on an iphone 4s device, converted to be a ringtone.
In preferences, it's set to import as AAC. If I right click on the track, convert to AAC is not there.
If I try to import a track directly into the Tones folder, it won't let me. I get a nasty tone when I try in iTunes.
So I can see the track in the Music Library. How do I make it a ringtone?
Windows 8
In Preferences (CTRL + ,), in the General tab, click on Import Settings...
You need to select AAC Encoder in the Import Using drop down menu.
Now Create AAC Version should appear in your right-click context menu.
iTunes 12.7 introduced several changes. See Create and manage ringtones in iTunes for updated advice on this topic.
tt2
What is the current format of the track?
Where is is located and does it play?
tt2
It says in File, that it is an MPEG audio File. Encoded with LAME3.99.
It is in My Device, Music.
Right, you can only convert what is stored on your computer.
Should it be necessary see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2
It was.
I imported it to my library on the phone.
Great. Now locate the original file in your iTunes library on your computer. That one should allow you to use the right-click > Create AAC command. The copy of the file that is located on your device cannot be used as the source for a conversion operation.
tt2
Sorry?
How do I use itunes to view what is on my pc??
You said:
It is in My Device, Music.
To get it there you must have had the track in Library, Music. If it isn't there now put it back. Locate it in Library, Music and the option to Create AAC version should appear.
tt2
Ok.
It was on the desktop of my Windows computer.
I imported it into iTunes 12 in my iPhones Device Library. Which is where it resides now.
And it is from my iPhone My Devices Music library where I assume I could right click and Create as AAC. Wrongly!
When you add content to an Apple device the standard practice is to add it to the iTunes library. From the there it may be manually added or synced to one or more devices. At this point there are two copies, one in the computer's library and one in the device's library. As stated the one in the device's library cannot be used as the source for the conversion process. Use the one in the computer's library. If there isn't a copy in the computer's library now go and find the original source file and add it back into iTunes.
Set start and end times no more than 40 seconds apart. Right-click and Create AAC version. Locate the new file in Windows Explorer. Change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r. Make sure that the Tones section of the iTunes library is enabled. Drop the new file into the iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes. It should show up in Tones. Sync it to your device.
tt2
Why is nothing easy......
"Locate the new file in Windows Explorer.".
Where????
I found it - as in the Options it shows it's location.
So I then copied it into that automiacally... folder. It disappeared as expected. But it's not on the Tones screen of My Device on iTunes. And it's not showing on the Phone's Sounds section.
It should show up in the Tones section of the library first. Then if you look in the Device's Tones tab as viewed through iTunes there should be an option to Sync Tones.
tt2
Ok I found that, and synced. There were four versions (prob from 4 attempts).
Ran the Snc. But I don't see it listed in my phone's Tones on iTunes or on the device in itunes.
Where has the Create AAC version one in iTunes 12?
