MPEG4 (protected) convert to any format

[ouecreole]

i'm new to this tech stuff, so please bare with me!
I won a $1500.00 Creative Package [soundblaster, speakers, MP3 Player, wireless music,etc] well, i dont know how to use any of it!
But i do have an IPOD and itunes on my computer. i want to use the creative wireless music, but when i try to add the itune songs in my creative library they wont play. can i convert MPEG4 (protected) music files to a mp3 format or any format that will play with my creative wireless? and once i convert them will i still have them in itunes so i can use my ipod? i guess that means i will have to have every song twice on my computer, one format for itunes and one format for creative?
i did download the dbpowerAMP.
thanks for the help everyone.
Debb ;)

[LtData]

See here: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6258
However, if you have ANY tracks purchased from iTunes 6, you have to use Auxiliary Input to convert these songs to any other format. Instructions for Auxiliary Input are below in my signature.

[ouecreole]

thanks for the help!! great info!

[ulTRAX]

can i convert MPEG4 (protected) music files to a mp3 format or any format that will play with my creative wireless? and once i convert them will i still have them in itunes so i can use my ipod?

iTunes m4p is a proprietary DRM scheme designed for one purpose: to keep consumers trapped into dealing with iTunes. It's capitalism at it's most pathological... designed to trap consumers into dealing with one corporation yet their music library is pretty poor. My tastes aren't that bizarre but I can't find about half the songs I'm looking for at iTunes.

So now DRM schemes are breaking out everywhere.... yet no one service has that decent music library.

I'd advise breaking free of the iTunes DRM prison entirely by converting to audio CD then to an audio format of your choice. This is perfectly legal. Then just delete the iTunes originals. You have the songs in a high-quality CD format that have to be as good as lossless m4a. They can be your backups.

What's it worth to know you're free of this corporate police state?

[omnibus89]

if you havn't updated to Itunes 6, a quasi-legal (not fully sure if it's legal anymore or not) program called jhymn can remove the protection from fairplay protected iTunes downloads without having to burn and recode everything. PS: I hate this drm use only my products bs and will never download another song from apple for this reason.