Convert iTunes M4P music to MP3!! It works!!!

[Gilligan]

See here for m4p conversion FAQ:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6258&highlight=mp4+mp3

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Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[arl3rd]

Hi Gilligan,

In a previous post you mentioned software called Total Recorder.
Where is that available? Thanks.

Arl3rd

[Unregistered]

Hi,
Here is from where you can download TotalRecorder.
www.totalrecorder.com

For the serial #, just look at the end of my webpage (www.geocities.com/le_revolte2002) and you're gonna find it there.

Let me know if it works.
le_revolte2002@yahoo.fr

[Unregistered]

You don't have to download a program to do it. Just put the songs on a CD and then import them back into your play list as MP3 files.

[Unregistered]

That is exactly all you have to do, Export them from iTunes to a cd and then export them from the cd back to your computer. I prefer to use Windows media player when I export them back to my computer, that way I can convert them to WMA files. Very easy!

[Unregistered]

Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Unregistered]

I would love to know what your using and how do I get it. I am trying to burn a audio cd from my itunes downloads and I need a converter. Can you help please?

[Unregistered]

in itunes right click the track you want to convert and click "convert to mp3" .... how simple is that! Ted Smith

[Unregistered]

actually its not...u cannot use itunes to convert protected (ie. acc/m4p from music store) to unprotected (ie. mp3). use ur brains, that would undemine the whole reason for protected music in the first place

[katew75]

Please help!

How can I convert protected AAC files to MP3 files? I am very, very new to all of this, but I really want to convert these music files so I can play them on my mp3 player.

Thanks

Kate

[Unregistered]

Here is what you have to do:
1. Burn the the M4P's onto a CD.
2. When it has finished burning, enter that CD into your computer again.
3. Click on "Audio CD" under "source" on the left side of your screen in itunes.
4. Then right click on the track you want to convert to an MP3.
5. Select "convert to MP3"
6. Once it has finished converting, copy that file to somewhere else on your computer (ex. C/Documents and Settings/User/My Documents/My Music)
7. Copy it again from where you just pasted it, and paste it into your MP3 player. (this is at least how to do it for my Nomad Jukebox).

Hope it helps!

[Unregistered]

If you want to keep the track details (name, artist, album), don't take the CD out after it has finished burning.
Also under "source", on the left side of your screen, you might see "Purchased Music" with a picture of a CD next to it instead of "udio CD"

The whole process is a lot of work, but it works. If anyone has a better way that is still free, let me know.

[Unregistered]

I like the concept for M4P to MP3 -- however, the license prevented me from doing that. The M4P format prevents me from getting my iTunes songs onto my Pocket PC, so I'm going to just use iTunes for organizing Mp3's and buy them elsewhere.

[Unregistered]

I've burned the MP4s to a CD, then looked for "Audio CD" on the left hand side of iTunes, but it is not there. Help! What am I doing wrong? Is there something wrong with the way I am burning the CD? If I try to burn the MP4 using my burning software (Nero) instead of iTunes, Nero can't even recognize the MP4 file.

Any help is appreciated...Thanks.

[Unregistered]

iTunes really pisses me off. They say it's no problem using windows to burn cd's from music files purchased from iTunes but IT DOES NOT WORK.

Do not buy songs from Itunes if you have a windows pc and plan on burning cd's for your car or any other purpose.

[Unregistered]

i am trying to convert my own music (my copyright) to mp3 so i can get it onto the web. i am brand new to this and ahave only a little experience with html. can someone walk me thru this? and please dont say right click on the song i want to convert--it doesnt do anything (1 cuz theres no right clicker, and 2, cuz its protected)help!

[Unregistered]

ps. im on a mac and have itunes

[Diamondhawk]

Another way is to run a stereo patch cable from the speaker or headphone jack on your sound card to the line-in jack, then use recording software (I use Record Producer) to record the output from the player software -Real Player or Quick Time. Start the player first, then the recorder. It's real easy.

[ChristinaS]

Another way is to run a stereo patch cable from the speaker or headphone jack on your sound card to the line-in jack, then use recording software (I use Record Producer) to record the output from the player software -Real Player or Quick Time. Start the player first, then the recorder. It's real easy.
Holy smokes!

Why not use dMC Auxiliary Input instead of patch cable and anything else including Record Producer? That's total overkill :D

[ChristinaS]

i am trying to convert my own music (my copyright) to mp3 so i can get it onto the web. i am brand new to this and ahave only a little experience with html. can someone walk me thru this? and please dont say right click on the song i want to convert--it doesnt do anything (1 cuz theres no right clicker, and 2, cuz its protected)help!
Do you mean your own music is only available on the web? and you don't have a copy of it on cd?

Where is it on the web, if I may ask?

[Unregistered]

Hi,
Here is from where you can download TotalRecorder.
www.totalrecorder.com

For the serial #, just look at the end of my webpage (www.geocities.com/le_revolte2002) and you're gonna find it there.

Let me know if it works.
le_revolte2002@yahoo.fr

Hi,

Im sorry, but I can´t reach you webpage, is there a problem with the link?

[Unregistered]

Maybe I am missing something, but why not burn the the M4p to a disk, and then rip the audio files to an MP3. Assuming you are using a M4P software that allows you to burn audio cds i.e. Itunes.

[Unregistered]

This is the answer :

http://www.hymn-project.org/

No need to burn a CD. You just need HYMN software !

[Unregistered]

But Hymn doesn´t work on my PC. Every time I receive an error message. And I´m log on with administrator rights.

[Unregistered]

hey gilligan. can u give me your e-mail? i want u to convert some of my songs plz.=( u can keep a copy, i dont care. my email is
the_lovable_peanut@yahoo.com
plz and ty!

[Unregistered]

The method to do this is to use iTunes to burn the M4P's (or M4A's) to a CD. Then use something like the free version of MusicMatch JukeBox, available here: http://www.musicmatch.com/download/free/?OS=pc&MODE=input&DID=&OEM=MMD&LANG=&SOURCE=getbasic_jbpromo , and RIP the CD into nice, usable MP3s. It works just great, though from what I read M4A and M4P are better audio formats than MP3, not that anyone playing the files on an MP3 player would really be able to tell the difference.

= = ==> The unknown converter

[Unregistered]

Very easy. To avoid confusion just use the burning software in iTunes. Create a new playlist on the left side and put the purchased music in there. Put a cd in and click burn disc on the top left side. Any problems, just write back here. Hope this helps.

[Unregistered]

burning one M4P to CD and then ripping and converting to MP3 is time consuming and expensive.
Here's what I do.
1. Acquire your m4p and bring it into ITunes if not already DL from ITunes.
2. Get and open "WireTap" from http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/freebies/
3.Since you would normally listen to your new song anyway it won't take any extra time to (a) click record button in WireTap and then double click the song in ITunes. WireTap is now recording your song into AIFF format.
4. You can now convert it to MP3. I use "mAC3dec". (It also does batch converting).
5. I then use MP3Rage to tag it.
Note: I don't notice any loss of sound quality. But then again I'm 65 and have appreciable hearing loss.

[Unregistered]

PS: The previous instructions were for macintosh computers. If your using windows your sh.t out of luck.

[Spoon]

If you are using windows just use hymm which is in this forum FAQ - will convert direct from m4p to m4a

[Unregistered]

PS: The previous instructions were for macintosh computers. If your using windows your sh.t out of luck.

[Unregistered]

HI,

why not using tunebite (www.tunebite.com)?

It converts your m4p files to ogg or mp3 automatic in the background while listening to your music under windows? :)

Best regards, Samba

[Unregistered]

hey there,

i've downloaded a bunch of songes from itunes. are you saying if i burn them to cd without doing anything to them, i can't play them on my mp3 player?

if so, then i would need to convert all my songs to mp3. can you tell how to do that so i can play them on my mp3 and not have to but an ipod. thanks for your help. pleas email me directly at prity77@hotmail.com.


Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Unregistered]

can you e-mail me directly at colin.*blooper**blooper**blooper**blooper**blooper *ett@ascentmedia.co.uk so I can send you a song & you can tell me how to do it

Would be appreciated - thanks

[Unregistered]

cant burn cd's from itunes. It doesnt recognize that I have a burner. Any help please..

[Unregistered]

Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Unregistered]

Hi Gilligan,

Are you still up?

Could you convert a song for me?

Tom
tom_wilsonent@hotmail.com


Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Unregistered]

Hi! I tried to download hymn (I have a pc and windows xp) but I can't open it after I've installed it. And what's the difference between iOpener and hymn? If someone could just walk me through installing and using hymn that would be great!

[Unregistered]

Hymn worked for me. Converted all the purchased music over to MP3 with no problems. A little weird putting in my account info, but it worked.

[Unregistered]

Would you mind walking me through this. It really makes me mad that I can't listen to music I bought. Or if you don't mind emailing me the instructions to: kmanc41@hotmail.com. I have windows xp

[Unregistered]

if u have itunes, go to like tools or something then just click convert to mp3, not that hard guys if u have itunes.

[Unregistered]

Here is what you have to do:
1. Burn the the M4P's onto a CD.
2. When it has finished burning, enter that CD into your computer again.
3. Click on "Audio CD" under "source" on the left side of your screen in itunes.
4. Then right click on the track you want to convert to an MP3.
5. Select "convert to MP3"
6. Once it has finished converting, copy that file to somewhere else on your computer (ex. C/Documents and Settings/User/My Documents/My Music)
7. Copy it again from where you just pasted it, and paste it into your MP3 player. (this is at least how to do it for my Nomad Jukebox).

Hope it helps!

Adding to this.. if you dont see the option cinvert to mp3 when you right click goto preferences and select import options and then import using mp3 encoder.. worked for me

[Unregistered]

actually after playing around.. you dont need to burn to cd just drag your files to a new folder in itunes and select convert to mp3 makeing sure that your preference for import is set to import with mp3 encoder to get this option

[jurgiz]

This is free way to do it:

First find out that you have itunes 4.6**
then go to http://www.hymn-project.org/
download iopener from their download section, (choose zip file)
Unlock all your files with it, they will become *.m4a
Then download xilist wma mp3 converter, it will change all your *.m4a files to mp3
and you are done.

**If you don't have itunes 4.6 coz you rushed to download 4.7 then browse in http://www.hymn-project.org/ someone there is offering a link for 4.6 download

Works fine for me all my mp4 are now mp3. Good luck.

[xoas]

xilist wma mp3 converter
I'm not familiar with this program and could find no ready link for it. Could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks and best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[Unregistered]

Same to me, where can I download this tool (xilist wma mp3 converter
). Could you please show us a link for this tool.

Thanks in advance.

[TheArcticBanana]

You don't need any special software. J ust change your importing options in iTunes to import as MP3, and then right click on the song and choose "Convert to MP3."

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http://thearcticbanana.deviantart.com

[Unregistered]

Tell me how can I do that! e-mail me at: andrewlait@gmail.com
Thanks

[Unregistered]

To all the people that say just use itunes to convert itunes encrypted audio to mp3.

THAT DOESN'T WORK. You cannot do this because the file is encrypted.


either burn to audio cd and import or use some sort of software conversion like Hymn (which doesn't work for me but has worked for others).

[RobinReliant]

can you help on this too - I've got music saved as omg files (From Sonic Stage Sony) and they cant be read by iTunes. Do you know how I can convert these omg tunes on my pc (they have some kind of lock on them) so that they are iTunes compatable files?

[ChristinaS]

can you help on this too - I've got music saved as omg files (From Sonic Stage Sony) and they cant be read by iTunes. Do you know how I can convert these omg tunes on my pc (they have some kind of lock on them) so that they are iTunes compatable files?

Can you play them on your computer with any player?

[xoas]

Robin-
You may want to try this link here for decoding your .omg files (assuming they are Atrac files): http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=6087
On the offchance that your files may be somewhat different you might want to consider this link for a similar solution for converting Sony oma files to wav and mp3:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~thomas_7/1Wire/1-wire.html

As Christina mentions, if you can play them you may be able to record them off of your sound card either using dBpowerAMP Auxilary Input or a programs such as Tunebite (see: http://www.tunebite.com/ ).

Now if I may sound a somewhat cautionary note. Right now you are living with files that are a headache because you cannot convert them as you would like. This is because of digital rights management efforts on Sony's part. iTunes also has its own digital rights management measures that are difficult to get around as well. I am not going to advise you not use iTunes because it is a useful program. What I do want to advise is that you not use iTunes as your primary music library on your computer because if you want or need to convert them again or use them in another context you may find it difficult to do so.

Good luck and best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[Unregistered]

iTunes really pisses me off. They say it's no problem using windows to burn cd's from music files purchased from iTunes but IT DOES NOT WORK.

Do not buy songs from Itunes if you have a windows pc and plan on burning cd's for your car or any other purpose.

[Unregistered]

Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Unregistered]

Gilligan how do u do it

[Unregistered]

actually after playing around.. you dont need to burn to cd just drag your files to a new folder in itunes and select convert to mp3 makeing sure that your preference for import is set to import with mp3 encoder to get this option

[Unregistered]

I tried dragging M4P back into itunes then back into a folder. Didn't work for me. I have import set to MP3.

[The Music Man]

I am using iTunes 4.7.

My machine is a homebuilt Intel P4 and Windows XP Pro.

My burner is a Memorex 4x DVD-R/RW multiformat.

What I do each time I purchase music from the iTunes store is create an audio CD of the music, wheter it is one track or an entire album using a CD-R/W disc. I know, some of you are saying "a CD-R/W disc? That can't be done!" I believe this burner does it because it is a fairly new burner. I don't really care, it just does it...

However, once the music is downloaded I create a new playlist, then I right click the play list and click the "Burn to playlist disc". After the playlist is burned I immediately rip it back to iTunes as a 192kbps MP3 and erase the disc using Windows XP Explorer.

Pretty easy, and cheap!

[Unregistered]

PS: The previous instructions were for macintosh computers. If your using windows your sh.t out of luck.
Get a copy of Cakewalk's Pyro for PC - you can record iTunes files as they are being played in iTunes - you don't have to go to CD.
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/Pyro/1-2-3.asp

Have fun
Joe

[Unregistered]

Hey, My D-drive is broken, so I cannot do the cd thing for the protected songs. Would you mind converting 4 songs for me to mp3 files so I can use them?
Thanx so much.





Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Unregistered]

Say... Check it out, the issue isn’t iTunes, I think it’s a short between the handset and the cord… The user! I use iTunes all the time to burn CD's and it work 100%!!! I recommend you take the time to read the instructions!

[lorila977]

Hi Gilligan

Please, I really, really need your help!!!

I bought this mp3 player a few weeks ago as a xmas present for my little sister and I tryed to put some of the music she likes on it (itunes mp4) and there's no way.
Can you please tell me how to do it now that xmas is getting closer Im desperado, I appreciate any help. I thank you in advance

lorila977

[LtData]

Converting m4p to mp3 or whatever is explained here: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6258

[xoas]

See also this recent post: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showpost.php?p=29769&postcount=80

Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

[danaaronson]

Please, please email the instructions for the complete conversion from m4p to mp3.

Much thanks,

Dan Aaronson

danaaronson@earthlink.net

[ldean1976]

When i burn a cd from Itunes 4.7 and try ripping it in musicmatch it does not show the track information.

can someone help me i have read through all of these posts and i am getting a lot of mixed suggestions.

i dont mind burning to a cd and reripping my music but i dont want to loose my tag information.



I am using iTunes 4.7.

My machine is a homebuilt Intel P4 and Windows XP Pro.

My burner is a Memorex 4x DVD-R/RW multiformat.

What I do each time I purchase music from the iTunes store is create an audio CD of the music, wheter it is one track or an entire album using a CD-R/W disc. I know, some of you are saying "a CD-R/W disc? That can't be done!" I believe this burner does it because it is a fairly new burner. I don't really care, it just does it...

However, once the music is downloaded I create a new playlist, then I right click the play list and click the "Burn to playlist disc". After the playlist is burned I immediately rip it back to iTunes as a 192kbps MP3 and erase the disc using Windows XP Explorer.

Pretty easy, and cheap!

[LtData]

You lose the track information when you burn an Audio CD. You can keep the data by writing down all the tracks and artists on the CD then typing them back into dMC CDGrab. You can see if there is an option to write CDText which may work.

[yvonnehall]

Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[yvonnehall]

gillian. how did you do it. i need to convert 3 songs i got off i-tunes. do we have the option of getting them as mp3's to start with from i tunes?

[virtualnessa]

A friend sent a song to me in m4p format. I need to play it on my Windows Media Player. Is that possible?

Vanessa

[LtData]

A friend sent a song to me in m4p format. I need to play it on my Windows Media Player. Is that possible?

Vanessa
No, you need iTunes to play the song and for the person who bought the song to authorize your computer to play it.

[ChristinaS]

A friend sent a song to me in m4p format. I need to play it on my Windows Media Player. Is that possible?

Vanessa
Get that friend to convert it for you to mp3 or whatever non-protected format using all the methods described here. Assuming that friend has the actual license to the song.

[momo]

Gilligan - if you're still there, please help. I'd LOVE to get instructions on how to convert iTunes to mp3.
Thanks!

[ChristinaS]

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6258

[assassin]

Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[Nitetymme]

Tunebite, Tunebite, Tunebite, Tunebite. I can't say it enough. Tunebite, Tunebite. Works great. Download for $11.99 USD, install it, and play your M4P files using Itunes. Tunebites converts it to OGG file as it plays. You can then change it to MP3 using any program that will will convert OGG.

[assassin]

can any body show me how to convert one song in ..i-tunes to mp3 so I can put the song on my web site ..pleaase

assassin

[ChristinaS]

Did you compose and record that song yourself?

You can't use somebody else's compositions on your web site without first obtaining their permission (which usually you won't get anyway), there's such a thing as copyright. This is stricter and not quite of the same nature as your right to copy and/or convert the file for your own needs.

If it's for your own personal use, just refer to the FAQ please, several procedures are explained right there, if you don't want to read this whole thread.

[iceblood]

Downloaded my first m4p today, used Jhymn and presto...

http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/

[richrichard99]

:vmad: AUG!!! Yesterday I was trying to convert CD music into MP3 and now I'm crawling to you about iTunes! :o I'm desperate for ANYTHING! Please tell me how it's done or where it's downloaded. My e-mail address is >>>> (richrichard99@hotmail.com)

[djayam]

There are a lot of long winded ideas on this thread....why should we have to waste a CD every time we want to convert music WE HAVE PAID FOR into a decent usable format??? :yawn:

Anyway - the answer is buried in this thread:
http://www.hymn-project.org/

Forget the actual hymn software - download and install the iOpener program. Stupidly easy to use and works! I am using iTunes 4.7 and although it says it is not tested on this version I have had no problems unlocking my entire iTunes library. All .m4p files are now .m4a - and you can use dbPowerAmp (which, I might add is simply the BEST converter around) to convert to any format you bloody well want!! (You will need to download the appropriate codecs from the Codec Central link at the top of this page)

So, thank you hymn-project :komisch9: (you should read what this guy has to say on the legal & ethical issues of all this)

and thank you dbPowerAmp :komisch9:

[ChristinaS]

This thread is long-winded because of a couple of annoying reasons:

1) People don't follow instructions and therefore continue to have the same problems.
2) People don't read the solutions offered before and post again therefore giving the impression that the solutions given previously didn't work, when in fact they weren't even tried, or were tried incorrectly.

The corollary is: Some people think theirs is a unique problem deserving a unique, personalized solution.

This thread has gone way out of control. There's a thread in the FAQ summarizing as much as possible the methods that appear to work for this.

This forum is equipped with a feature that shows seemingly similar threads. Sometimes the answer one seeks is right there, shown at the top and at the bottom of the forum, one has but to look up or down the page.

[doger676]

Hi, what software do you use to convert Itunes can you just copy the program & send it to me

[ChristinaS]

This isn't funny at all :vmad:

[Zark_S]

Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

ok wats ure e mail address could u possibly tell me how to do it too

[ChristinaS]

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6258

[itunessux]

Gilligan - if you're still there, please help. I'd LOVE to get instructions on how to convert iTunes to mp3.
Thanks!

Convert them using JHymn converter. http://www.hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/
you might have to download JavaVM (there's a link to that on the jhymn download page).

[hamchapman]

:yawn: This is getting boring.......just download JHymn.....trust me it works......all you n00bs asking people to email you just listen for once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LtData]

Please don't use such large filesizes nor be so rude. People come here for help, not to be yelled at.

[tjewey]

Burning itunes to CD's and then importing them back in as MP3's is fine and dandy for songs, but that doesn't help with audio books because those files are to large for CD's.

[Jia Xu]

hey - btw if any of u guys think that its a bit of a pain using up all your CD's - remember CD-RW's work 2! and if you are having problems with itunes using the converter thing, i've been using CDex since i first tryed to make mp3s from my CD collection, its powerful and quick and is high quality!

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

[saintto7]

Ok, here is my problem, I have downloaded hymn, dbpoweramp, converted all my Itunes songs, worked great(visit www.sodaro.com ), then yesterday i bought some new songs from itunes, and now it wont work, still i am able to convert my older Itunes. Did apple come out with something new to stop the convertion again! Any help would be appreciated!

[koya76]

Hi Gilligan,


Sure would like to know how you do it... aside from burning a CD!




Hi everybody,

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!!

[shinji]

Don't know if any one of you mentioned this but I found JHymn to work perfectly after pulling my hair out trying iOpener and the command-line Hymn. It is java based so should work on most platforms and can strip out the stuff that iTunes puts in the file (basically cleanse the file) but then you can insert your own hidden data or "atoms" as they are called for your own identification.

Oh and once the protection is stripped you should be able to convert it to MP3 if need be.

BTW, how many people here has noticed the static in the background of some of the songs purchased via iTunes. I don't know if the original CD had it though because I don't have a physical disc but I did notice static that may or may not of been part of the song. It was worse in some than others. The static transferred to the burned disc too so it wasn't a problem with my computer. It was either an encoding error on their end or the original source had this "static".

[jbird68]

you can use a program called Audacity to record anyting that comes out of your computer in .WAV format. So if you were playing a song in iTunes, you can record the song to .WAV and then convert it to .MP3. They sound pretty good. The only thing is that you have to listen to the whole song and if you have mouse click or email notifier sounds and stuff you will hear that in the recording also. You can trim the ends of your recording to get rid of excessive quiet noise at the begining and end of your track. I downloaded Audacity from www.snapfiles.com.

hope this helps.

[iceblood]

Well, I'm STILL using Jhymn, as I was when I posted on the subject two months ago, but after upgrading Itunes from 4.7 to 4.7.1 I found I had to upgrade Jhymn from 0.5.2 to 0.7.5 to scrub off the protection. The battle continues...

[jadedstatik]

:vmad: I did everything exactly like you said, and after I burn the cd and go to audio cd and right click it says convert to AAC??????

[iTunesIsEvil]

:vmad: I did everything exactly like you said, and after I burn the cd and go to audio cd and right click it says convert to AAC??????

In iTunes go Edit => Preferences

Select the Importing tab.

Select the file format you'd like to go to in the combo-box (AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, WAV) Then you can select a custom setting or a pre-set one. Then click OK at the bottom of the window.

This should allow you to put in an audio CD, right click on a track (or multiple tracks) and you will see "Convert Selection to <your selection>."

Perhaps I'm just really energetic, but I didn't think it's that much of a problem to look through settings/preferences... do you? Try some troubleshooting on your own before you have to put up a post about what's not working... FAQs are great too...

Alternately there are other programs that will help you get your files to MP3s as well (JHymn for example)....

[JoeSco]

That is a problem that you do not have with Tunebite. Tunebite rerecords the music while playing that is cool because it is independend from the file format. So you have no problems with protected WMA, M4P, AAC or Napster. I have used other solutions before but now I am only using Tunebite. You can test Tunebite for free at

[mikenole]

When your burn to cd...don't you lose your tabular information (tags)?

[LtData]

Yes you do, but sometimes you can burn CD-Text information to the CD and keep the track and artist information while using compatible players and burners.

[JoeSco]

Thank you "Razgo" for your censorship. This was no spam. :vmad:

[Ender]

uhh, censorship...good job, this keeps the internet a free enviroment, right ? :p
If you want to test Tunebite, just type it's name in google search bar and the fiest link that you get is where you can test it, pretty easy...so much for censorship....

[LtData]

Well, you hopping into two posts to advertise a program you have to pay for when there are free methods named in this post does seem to be spam.
As for "censorship", this IS a private board and we edit posts at our discretion. If you don't like how we do things, you can always leave.
And just remember that "free speech" doesn't remove you from the consequences of what you say.

[Ender]

Sorry guys if you took it too personal, but i was not advertising, I was just making a point...anyway, it's your right to do as you wish with the posts on this site, and i can totally understand that...hehehe, where are the good old days when the internet was a place for free discusions(I just hope i don't get flamed again for this line :blush: )
Anyway, to get back to business, which one is that free software, that does this conversion legally ? Pls be so kind and tell, so that i can test it, cause I would gladly pay 0 $ for my music.

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-The game never stops-

[LtData]

dMC is freeware, but lacks mp3 encoding after the PowerPack trial runs out. Also, dMC has a program included with it called "Auxiliary Input" that is used to record what your computer is currently playing or what is coming over the "Line-In" or "Mic" jack. You can use Aux. Input to record your DRM-protected songs as they are played.
Note that you have to be able to play these songs in order to do this and this means you purchased them.

[et0931]

how do i send u a song?

I have converted the music I downloaded from iTunes from M4P to MP3. It works PERFECTLY !!!! The thing that's good, is that once you converted them, you can put too many MP3 songs in your MP3 player!! What I mean is : I converted a song (A Storm Is Coming from the Lord Of The Rings). The size in M4P was 2860 KB and in MP3 it's only 995 KB and the quality did not change !!!

If you want a proof, just send me a song in M4P and I'll convert it to MP3 and send it bakc to you !!

Let me know and I'll tell you how that works. It's a piece of cake!! Don't bother yourself looking for MP4 converters!!

Take care!!![/QUOTE]

[Razgo]

those posts were looking spamish because in your very first 2 posts here on the forums you are advertising a program without entering into much of a discussion.

and as you can see i only removed the link and not all of your post to see if you came back. so it was the way you were posting that was suspicious

[dingochaser]

Hey Gillian - what is your email - I can not convert M4ps to MP3s I tunes sucks....

[Spoon]

See here for m4p conversion FAQ:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=6258&highlight=mp4+mp3

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