Author Topic: iTunes (Read 241 times)

Sandman · « **on:** June 01, 2004, 10:09:36 PM »

Okay... I downloaded some music for my daughter and wishing to set a good example, I paid for it on iTunes. Now that I have the music, is there some software that will convert M4P to MP3?

Yeah... I know I can burn an audio CD using iTunes and then rip it back down to MP3. I'm looking for a shortcut.

Nilsen · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2004, 02:27:12 AM »

Outstanding....another itunes user

Im not 100% sure sandman, but i think you are not "supposed" to do that, because apples deal with the music industry is that there is some kind of control over how you use your payed for music that you buy from itunes. That id tag or whatever it is, is buildt into the aac format so they dont want you to convert.

Im SURE there is a way around it if you google for it tho

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:41:54 AM »

From what I've read, all of the online music providers take a similar approach. Napster, MusicMatch, Wal-Mart... they're all the same. They treat the MP3 format as if it were criminal to use it.

Nilsen · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:46:56 AM »

Yup, its the record companies that demands it. Ive found the AAC format to be superior to mp3 at the same bitrate so i like to keep my music in that format, and i rip my cd's to it aswell. I do however understand that some may prefer or even need the tunes to be in Mp3 to run on diff mp3 players etc..

Eagler · « **Reply #4 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:50:02 AM »

sandman, that is the way I heard you have to do it, haven't heard of a shortcut

Nilsen · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2004, 09:59:30 AM »

Sandman....Ifound an app for you that should solve your problems

http://download.com.com/3000-2140-10042534.html

Another way:
with iTunes 4, just change the "import format" preference to the desired target format, then use the Advanced menu to convert selections to the desired format.

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2004, 10:10:56 AM »

Thanx Nilsen. I'll give that a shot.

Makarov9 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2004, 10:16:50 AM »

dbPower Amp won't convert an iTunes file. It's all to do with the Digital Rights Management (DRM). The only way to do it now is to burn it to CD, then rip the CD back to MP3. However, you have to rename each song yourself.

Another bad thing with iTunes is if you want to play it on a portable device (MP3 player) the songs will only be able to be transfered to an iPod. I've been using Walmart.com to buy songs. They are in WMV format which will work in almost any semi-recent MP3 player.

JazzFan · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2004, 05:49:12 PM »

I burned my itunes songs top CD, then to rip them i had to use windows media player. they are still "protected" if you burn them or something.

windows media player could only make *.wma files of the tracks, so i downloaded power mp3/wma converter trial version. it makes perfect mp3's of most any bitrate you could want from wma files.

it all works like a charm for me, except i have to waste a CD every now and then to get the files totally usable (which in my opinion i should be able to do in the first place).

Nilsen · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2004, 05:50:29 PM »

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Originally posted by JazzFan
I burned my itunes songs top CD, then to rip them i had to use windows media player. they are still "protected" if you burn them or something.

windows media player could only make *.wma files of the tracks, so i downloaded power mp3/wma converter trial version. it makes perfect mp3's of most any bitrate you could want from wma files.

it all works like a charm for me, except i have to waste a CD every now and then to get the files totally usable (which in my opinion i should be able to do in the first place).

Wont all that converting degrade the quality of the track?