JSM Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Does anyone know of a free program that I can convert the encrypted Itunes music to MP3 format? Everything I’ve seen is a trial version and then expires without purchasing. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 burning to a cdrw and then ripping it back , then erase the disc and repeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO-Z Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 My son showed me how to use the Itunes program to do this, I do not remember how. It is in there some where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 My son showed me how to use the Itunes program to do this, I do not remember how. It is in there some where. If you've imported from a purchased physcial CD then you can convert back from M4P to MP3, however, if you've purchased from Itunes, M4P, then you can not convert to MP3, unless you rip to CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Apple is suppose to be removing the DRm from their music in the very near future so there is probably a way to do it within iTunes already. (Of course the CD burn and rip method is what I always did) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 The reviews I've read so far on using programs like Tuneclone, say that the sound quality really goes down and is not worth the purchase price of the software. I may just rip everything to CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srbigbutt Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I've always liked using yamipod to transfer music to and from my ipod. Its free. You save yamipod on your ipod and then you can share your music with any pc. Not sure if it will do the converting you want, but its worth looking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(goldfish) Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Maximum PC recommends http://www.doubletwist.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/maximum_pcs_sixth_annual_softy_awards?page=0%2C2 I've down loaded it but have yet to test it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Maximum PC recommends www.doubletwist.comhttp://www.maximumpc.com/article/maximum_pcs_sixth_annual_softy_awards?page=0%2C2 I've down loaded it but have yet to test it out. Thankyou for this. I'll try it out and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Apple is suppose to be removing the DRm from their music in the very near future so there is probably a way to do it within iTunes already. (Of course the CD burn and rip method is what I always did) Fat chance lol. they want you to pay and redownload the non DRM version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Maximum PC recommends www.doubletwist.comhttp://www.maximumpc.com/article/maximum_pcs_sixth_annual_softy_awards?page=0%2C2 I've down loaded it but have yet to test it out. This worked Perfect. To me the sound quality is very good. Took about 4 hours to convert 214 songs and the app was very easy to use. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 The way you do this from within iTunes is to burn your iTunes purchased music to a disc (or use a program that will do this virtually without involving your cd drive at all by sort of fooling iTunes into thinking that it is) first. Then you go to Edit->Preferences->General->then click the Import Settings button. In the drop down tab labeled "import using:", select MP3 Encoder. Then, re-import the music to your computer. Now, instead of being DRM encoded M4P files, they'll be MP3s. Good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The way you do this from within iTunes is to burn your iTunes purchased music to a disc (or use a program that will do this virtually without involving your cd drive at all by sort of fooling iTunes into thinking that it is) first. Then you go to Edit->Preferences->General->then click the Import Settings button. In the drop down tab labeled "import using:", select MP3 Encoder. Then, re-import the music to your computer. Now, instead of being DRM encoded M4P files, they'll be MP3s. Good to go. Uh, it doesn't matter if its imported as a mp3 or m4a file. itunes doesn't encode DRM. DRM is only in files (yes files. Applies to movies/videos too) purchased through itunes. SO it doesn't matter what format its imported. BTW for those with iphones. I know of a way to crop and convert songs into ringtones free, just using itunes . (the "create ringtones" feature doesn't work ). 1.In itunes, right click the song you want to convert -> get info -> options. 2.Mess with the start/stop timing for the part you want to be your ringtone (doesn't crop the actual file). 3.preview it by just clicking ok and playing the song. 4.Once you have it the way you want it, right click -> "Convert to AAC". 5.find the converted song (I check by right clicking and going to get info again, then summary. it should say AAC in "kind" section), drag it to the desktop. delete the "AAC" one in itunes. 6.The one on the desktop. rename the file from ********.m4a to ********.m4r. Then just drag and drop in the ringtone section of itunes. Remember to go back to the original one and changing the start/stop back *** If you want, let say the whole song (longer than 30sec), itunes won't let you use it as a ringtone... unless you delete the original song from itunes. Then you can add the ringtone. I just move the song somewhere, delete it from itunes, drop the ringtone in, and drop the song back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(goldfish) Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 This worked Perfect. To me the sound quality is very good. Took about 4 hours to convert 214 songs and the app was very easy to use. Thanks again! Good to hear. Maybe I'll get around to using it here soon. Glad I could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Uh, it doesn't matter if its imported as a mp3 or m4a file. itunes doesn't encode DRM. DRM is only in files (yes files. Applies to movies/videos too) purchased through itunes. SO it doesn't matter what format its imported. Perhaps I misread the original post, I thought we were attempting to get iTunes purchased music to work on something that was not an iPod from within iTunes itself. The procedure I described DOES allow you to take a song purchased through iTunes and play it on a non-iPod (like an LG Glimmer phone, for instance) device by only using built-into-iTunes functionality. iTunes won't export it's files as a non-encoded MP3, but it WILL re-import them as such. I've done it, you're welcome to try it and see or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Perhaps I misread the original post, I thought we were attempting to get iTunes purchased music to work on something that was not an iPod from within iTunes itself. The procedure I described DOES allow you to take a song purchased through iTunes and play it on a non-iPod (like an LG Glimmer phone, for instance) device by only using built-into-iTunes functionality. iTunes won't export it's files as a non-encoded MP3, but it WILL re-import them as such. I've done it, you're welcome to try it and see or not. Max, I was aware of the process but it waste so many discs and is a PITA. I realized yesterday that I can plug my Blackberry into my PC, start this program and drag n drop from the menu on to my phone. I don't even have to convert to MP3 first, it does it on the fly. This program is really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91_4x4runner Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Fat chance lol. they want you to pay and redownload the non DRM version. It seems that they're either only releasing new albums as non-DRM (ie: iTunes Plus) or they're VERY SLOWLY converting all their libraries to non-DRM. It probably depends on the record company and terms of agreement. If you enable the "Kind" option in iTunes, it'll show what is and isn't a DRM protected file. If it is protected, it'll say Protected AAC. If it isn't, it just says Purchased AAC or something similar. If it's protected, you have to burn it or use a 3rd party application to convert it back to MP3. If it is of the type "Purchased", you can just convert it to MP3 in iTunes. I hope that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Pay for muzik! NEVAR.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Perhaps I misread the original post, I thought we were attempting to get iTunes purchased music to work on something that was not an iPod from within iTunes itself. The procedure I described DOES allow you to take a song purchased through iTunes and play it on a non-iPod (like an LG Glimmer phone, for instance) device by only using built-into-iTunes functionality. iTunes won't export it's files as a non-encoded MP3, but it WILL re-import them as such. I've done it, you're welcome to try it and see or not. Most media players (that you would actually want to playback music on) can play back non DRM music (AAC = m4a) already. Its already a standardized file format. Heck even xbox can play that back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Max, I was aware of the process but it waste so many discs and is a PITA. I realized yesterday that I can plug my Blackberry into my PC, start this program and drag n drop from the menu on to my phone. I don't even have to convert to MP3 first, it does it on the fly. This program is really cool. it's definitely cumbersome, just figured I'd throw it out there as an alternative to buying software (though if you're not using CD-RWs, and you had a lot of protected music to convert, you may end up spending as much in discs as you would on a program). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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