Edit MP3s for mobile phones via QuickTime and iTunes

Jul 02, '04 10:31:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

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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