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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes Apps
I have recently received a mobile phone that will play MP3s, and can use them as ring tones. However, I didn't want to put the whole file on my phone, so I wanted a way to edit the track down to the most important part, so I looked for a way of editing the track then saving it back as an MP3.

QuickTime allowed me to edit the mp3, but then only let me save it as a .mov file or AIFF. So I went ahead and saved it as a .mov file, and then opened it in iTunes. In iTunes, I converted the file to an MP3, and could upload it via Bluetooth to my mobile. Now I have cool customised ring tones on my mobile, consisting of the favorite parts of my music tracks.

[robg adds: Saving to AIFF would have worked just as well, obviously -- iTunes will import and convert AIFF, too.]
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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: DougAdams on Jul 02, '04 11:55:39AM
Here is an AppleScript, Export Via QuickTime, that will open and export the files of the selected iTunes tracks to a user-chosen folder using one of QuickTime Pro's audio formats: 3GPP, AIFF, AVI, Hinted Movie, muLaw, MPEG-4, QuickTime Media Link, QuickTime Movie, System 7 Sound, and Wave.

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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: brettdog on Jul 02, '04 02:18:40PM

A previous hint, I think, had a better solution, IMHO.
In itunes, select the song you want to trim for your ringtone. Use get info and select the options tab. You can then set the start and end times for the song. Close out the Get Info and then under Advanced menu select convert selection to MP3. It will create a new song in the library with only the selected portion of the song. You may need to go find it in the library. The conversion uses your mp3 bitrate setting in the preferences for import.

Remember to reset the start and end times of the original song.

There may be some scripts to help this process but I have looked.

I am working on a solution with fast user switching and sharing library to keep these ringtones separate from main music library.



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brettdog



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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: iRideSnow on Jul 02, '04 03:35:35PM

Where is this Advanced --> Convert to MP3 option? All I see is Convert to AAC. Or am I misunderstanding something?

Rob



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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: DougAdams on Jul 02, '04 04:33:32PM

Whatever your encoder of choice is (set in Advanced Preferences) is what will be displayed in the Advanced menu.



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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: iRideSnow on Jul 02, '04 05:35:00PM

Ahhh! Nice. Thanks for the info.

Rob



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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: artMonster on Jul 05, '04 03:46:09AM

This helped me solve a different problem I had with an iTunes track.

There is a song by Erin McKeown called "You Don't Know" on her "Monday Morning Cold Album available at the iTunes store. It is listed as more than 12 minutes long. The song is really only 2:58 followed by a long silence, then a hidden tune starts playing at 8:57. I confirmed this with Apple's engineers that this is how the track is laid down... this might work ok at the end of a CD that is the last song played, then a mystery song starts playing out of the blue... but for my use it is a pain right in the middle of a iTunes mix.

What I did was...

The original song: in Options set the start time to 8.57 and name the song hidden tune or whatever you want. This plays only the last part of the track.

On a copy of the song: Open it in Quicktime and save it as .MOV then copy it back to iTunes and with Options again set the stop time at 2.58 and only the first song is played without the long silence and additional music at the end.

I tried doing this without using Quicktime but iTunes seems to see both songs as the same when you set options.



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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: designguy on Jul 05, '04 07:26:43PM

Does anyone know of a website that will upload an mp3 (for a ringtone) to my phone (Sprint) using their wireless service or a piece of software that might do it by using a data cable to the phone? I tried Sprint and Apple and neither could help.



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Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes
Authored by: Jarik C-Bol on Jul 31, '04 09:05:56PM
A handy (free) app to pull off the same trick is MP3 Trimmer. it alows you chop up and modify mp3's simply make a copy of the mp3 you wnat to use, load it from the app, and crop off anything you dont want. (you may not have to make a copy of the mp3 beforhand, but i always do for safty sake) hte program is found at
 http://www.deepniner.net/mp3trimmer/ 


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