Mac OS 15.4 ringtone use?

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Hi all,
since I received the news that Microsoft will be closing down Skype, I am looking for a free alternative. I’d prefer a free application for communication with friends to be used from my desktop Mac M1 and NOT an iPhone. Up to now I find Jami very suitable. On trial runs I saw a blinking coloured circle on my monitor, when somebody with an account called me but there was no ringtone. Apple’s available ringtones are for the iPhone. I don’t know how to use one of them on my desktop Mac to alert me to a call, when I am not sitting in front of the monitor.

Assuming I had a suitable ringtone,

  1. what file format would it be for OS 15.4,
  2. where should it be stored and
  3. how could a Jami call activate it?

I have found several YouTube videos on how to make a ringtone from any piece of music, but they are all for the iPhone.

Can anybody help? I would greatly appreciate it.

Andy

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Jami for Desktop is equivalent for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems. The following information is based on Jami for Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon; however, it should also be relevant for Jami for macOS.

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  1. Click the “Open settings” button.
  2. Select the “Account” tab.
  3. Select the “Call settings” heading.
  4. In the “Ringtone” section, click the “default.opus” in the “Select custom ringtone” option.
  5. You can select any one of the eleven available ringtones.

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Hi ovari, thanks a lot for your reply which was partially helpful for me. At least now I know, that there exists a ringtone possibility in Jami and there is a library of sounds (opus) similar to the ringtones in the Apple universe.
What I could not yet find out how to listen to those opuses and where do I copy that list within the Apple OS, so that Jami can activate the chosen sound when a call comes in.
Thanks! Andy