How to make free iPhone ringtone out of iTunes DRM .m4p music or .m4v video
Well, there’re already plenty of tutorial all over the Google on how to make free iPhone ringtone with iTunes, but if you’d noticed, all of them focused on ”non-DRM” music, then how about the DRM-protected iTunes .m4p music or .m4v video (from which you want to extract a piece of beautiful background music)? What’s it said? Err, where is a will, there is way, right? Let’s see where to start. Tools needed: iTunes ( with DRM’d .m4p music or .m4v video ) DRM Removal Software ( required ) iPhone Ringtone Maker for Windows and Mac ( optional )
Part 1: Remove DRM from iTunes .m4p .m4v with the DRM removal software 1. Free download this DRM removal software which can bypass DRM legally through re-record method with 1:1 sound quality, then install and run it as what you usually do with other 3 rd party application.
2. Locate the DRM .m4p music or .m4v video out of which you want to make ringtone, drag and drop to the main window as what the picture illustrated above. 3. Click “Setting” in red circle to go to the presetting board, there you go with various customizable output settings like format, bit rate, etc. For .m4p music, you can choose the
output setting as iPod AAC with 256 Kbps; for .m4v video, you can prefer converting it into AAC audio only, then it will end up with the background music extracted out of the video.
Then you go with totally DRM-free AAC music in your iTunes library.
Part 2: Make iPhone ringtone out of DRM-free iTunes .m4p music or .m4v video iPhone ringtones are generally .m4r tracks 40 seconds or less in duration. Here this tutorial takes Windows PC for example, but the method goes the same way for Mac users. Step 1. Go to iTunes “Preferences”, set AAC as the Import Encoder and make sure the bit rate is 128kbps.
Here to set the encoder to AAC and the bit rate to 128kbps.
Step 2. Return to your library and select the song you want to make into a ringtone. Right click on the song and press “Get Info”. Then tab the “Option” to set the duration to a maximum of 40 seconds.
Set the 'Start Time' and 'Stop Time' to the appropriate interval that you like the best - remember that the length can only be a maximum of 40 seconds. When you're done, hit OK. Step 3. Back in the library, right-click on that song and click "Create AAC version". The conversion will begin and result in an AAC copy of that song clipped to the duration which you previously set. Right-click on that track and select "Show in Finder" and drag it onto the Desktop. Remove that track from iTunes library (right-click -> Delete). Rename the track on the desktop from "track name.m4a" to "track name.m4r". You will be prompted to confirm the change of extension from ".m4a" to ".m4r". Click "Use .m4r".
Double-click on the new .m4r file and it will be added into iTunes as a ringtone which can be synced to your iPhone. You can now trash the .m4r file on your desktop. NOTE: Remember to set the start and stop times of the original MP3 file back to the initial settings, if not the song will only play the designated 40 second loop.
Part 3: The one-stand way to creat and manage free ringtones for iPhone There are piles of 3rd party iPhone ringtone makers on Google, some are just slim as a .m4r converter, some are integrated with added function like syncing to iPhone or iTunes, with them you can creat you own ringtones from whatever music or video file. The picked one for Windows user here is this specific iPhone Ringtone Maker, besides converting all the regular music formats like (.aac; .mp3; .m4a; .wma; .wav; .aiff; .ac3; .ogg; .ape etc) into iPhone ringtone .m4r, it can also extract background audio from video movie files (like .mp4; .wmv; .asf; .mpg; .3gp; .flv; .mov; avi; DVD.vob; h.264; HD.m2ts; .tp; .trp; .ts ) and then convert them into .m4r.
And Mac-based users, you might like this iPhone Ringtone Maker for Mac
Have fun with your lovly iPhone, iPhone 3G, or the fashion-leading iPhone 3G S!