As we know, M4R is the only ringtone format for iPhone. However, at most time, you may get music in MP3 format. So have some MP3 songs and want to convert MP3 to M4R iPhone ringtones? Well, just get an MP3 music to M4R ringtone converter and do the conversion without any hassle! In this article, two ways to create M4R iPhone ringtones from MP3 songs are recommended. Simply choose the way you prefer and make personalized iPhone ringtones with ease!
Method 1. Use an intuitive MP3 music to M4R iPhone ringtone converter
Method 2. Use iTunes to convert MP3 music to M4R iPhone ringtone for free
Method 1. Use an intuitive MP3 to M4R converter
Another easy way to convert MP3 songs to M4R ringtones fro iPhone is to apply an easy-to-use converter. Bothered by what software to use? Don't hesitate, just get Aimersoft Video Converter, a powerful M4R converter which can convert all audio formats like MP3, AAC, WMA, M4A, 3GP, AC3, etc. to M4R format with smart editing features. Besides, it can also extract M4R ringtones from videos like AVI, WMV, MKV, MP4, MPEG, MOV, FLV, etc. The equivalent Mac MP3 to M4R ringtone converter is Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac.
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The main interface of the software is as below. The procedures to convert MP3 music to M4R ringtones for iPhone is easy as ABC. You just need to add the files to the program and trim or clip with real-time preview to get the very part you want and select M4R as the output format, then all is done. Wait for the software to do the conversion for you. After the conversion, add the files to your iTunes library and sync to your iPhone.
Note that Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate supports batch conversion, so you can create multiple M4R ringtones for iPhone (iPhone 5) at a time and no need to handle one by one.
Below is the video tutorial on how to convert MP3 audio to M4R to save as ringtones for iPhone (iPhone 5S) with ease:
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Method 2. Use iTunes to convert MP3 to M4R for free
Just follow the steps below to complete your conversion for free with iTunes.
1. Open iTunes, find the song that you want to make into a ringtone. Find the part of the song you want to use as iPhone ringtone and remember it (or you can write it down).
2. Right-click the song and select "Get Info." Then, Click the "Options" tab and type in the start time and end time of your ringtone as the below picture shows.
3. Then right-click your song again and select "Convert Selection to AAC". iTunes will create a duplicate version. Right click the converted file, select "Show in Windows (Windows 8 compatible) Explorer". It will have an extension of ".m4a".
4. Change the "m4a" extension with "m4r". After that, you can either double-click slowly to re-name your file, or right-click and select "Get Info" on a Mac or "Rename" on a Windows (Including Windows 8) PC. iTunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library. Just connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.
In this way, you can get M4R iPhone ringtones from your MP3 music files for free. However, while creating the ringtones, you cannot preview the audio track so as to get the very part you want.
Tips: If you can’t open and play M4R files smoothly on your PC with the default player, use M4R compatible media player. Aimersoft Video Converter is such a program that is built with a versatile media player that will play M4R audio files without any hassles.
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Hi, Suki. If you are using Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate, the M4A/M4R format can be found in the Audio category of Output Format option.
i couldnt see the extension of ".m4a" *0* what should i do????
perfect i could not do method 1 but did 1/2 of it to make the song i wanted smaller and select the exact part i wanted as my ringtone and then used the Aimersoft file converter and then just dragged the converted shortened tone back into itunes and it went straight into the tones folder on my iphone 4s and i now have my very own unique ringtone thank you for this very helpful page :-)
Just locate file on disk again and point to the file name it will be fine after that.
Thanks for the information man. I used the first method and it works perfect.
thanks a lot
Hello, after loading the files to our program, have your moved your files to other folders?
I tried this cause it was exactly what I needed. The first file I tried, worked fine. Every one after that gave the error message--Source file has been lost. Have no idea why. Got the message on new downloaded music from Itunes and music from CD. I trimmed the file, get it set and hit Convert. Then got the error message, if anyone else has seen this, have any idea what the problem is? Thanks