Show your ringtone to the world
A ringtone is a sound you hear many times a day, and sometimes you want to share it: a tone you made yourself in GarageBand, a funny voice ringtone, or a melody for a ringtone collection on YouTube. Messengers and social networks do not handle M4R files well, and video platforms need video. When you convert M4R to MP4, the tone becomes a short video with a picture that anyone can play.
Making the video
- Picture: use your own image (for example a screenshot of the tone's name, a photo or a logo), a plain colour, or a two-colour gradient.
- Movement: an animated waveform or spectrum follows the sound, which suits short tones and makes the clip feel alive.
- Size: vertical 9:16 for stories, Reels, Shorts and TikTok; square for feed posts; 1080p or 720p wide for YouTube.
Ringtones last 40 seconds or less, so rendering is fast even with animation, and the files stay small.
Ringtone channels and previews
If you publish ringtones, a video for each tone is a simple way to let people hear it before they download. Use the same background and waveform style for every tone so your channel looks consistent. A title on the image helps viewers know which tone they are hearing. Only share tones you made yourself or have the rights to share.
Audio quality
The AAC audio of the ringtone is re-encoded for the MP4. Platforms compress uploads again, so the final sound depends on them as well. If the tone is quiet compared with other videos, use Normalize before you start.
To make a new tone first, use the iPhone ringtone maker. For longer audio or other formats, Audio to Video offers the same video options. Old copy-protected tones from the iTunes Store cannot be opened.