need techy help?

[STUFFIN X]

how do i transfer i tunes onto m mp3 player?
do i have to convert them from AAC files to MP3?

[KaKa]

is it from your pc?

[fo3nix]

If your mp3 player only plays mp3 files, then yes you'll have to convert. It may support aac files too though (most phones do, for example).

If you want to convert:
in itunes, goto edit->preferences, then to the advanced tab, then to importing. choose to import as mp3 instead of aac, and press ok.

Now back on your iTunes library, highlight all your songs (click one and press ctrl+A for select all), and right-click one and choose 'convert selection to mp3'. then they'll all be converted. it'll take some time, and just leave your computer to work away.

if you want to remove your old aac files afterwards, right-click one of the column titles in iTunes (such as 'name', 'artist', etc.), and tick 'kind' in the menu that appears. now it'll show you which songs are mp3 and which are aac. click the 'kind' title if you want and it'll order them for you. then just highlight the aac ones and press the delete key.

[STUFFIN X]

fo3nix
i have followed your instructions, but when i select a song from my i-tunes library and click convert to mp3, it says i can't cos the files are protected??? does this mean u can't convert i-tunes then???
i have paid for loadsa tunes ready for my mp3 player, dunno wot to do now??? any ideas??

[fo3nix]

In which case they aren't AAC files, they're protected AAC files (there's a big difference). You can't convert these digitally (at least not legally). This is why I tell people not to buy DRM'd media (including music from most online legal stores).

Your option now is to put all the protected files you've paid for into a playlist, then burn the playlist to a CD. Then, put the CD back in and rip it to your computer -- the files it creates from this CD will now be unprotected.

[STUFFIN X]

fo3nix
i have created a playlist and tried to burn to an mp3 cd, but again it won't allow me to burn it due to it being protected!!!
i opted for i tunes cos i thought it wud be less hassle and to avoid viruses, seems like more hassle to me!!
Any other ideas??? and wot sites do u recommend for downloads this copyright stuff is annoying!!

[STUFFIN X]

noknowledge
Can u tell me how i search my comp for music to transfer the music to windows media player, i will try that and then try to sync the mp3 player to the windows media player.
Can u give me instructions pls on how to do all of this ???

[fo3nix]

STUFFIN X: just stick with iTunes to manage your music, but buy the stuff on CDs for now if you're buying albums.

In edit->preferences, change the burning method to be an audio CD. then it should be able to write to the disc.

[jincherry]

As I know iTunes downloaded audio files (M4P - "protected AAC") have DRM protection which prevent users from converting it to other formats or playing iTunes media with other incompatible players such as PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, etc..

So, you will need a professional DRM converter to convert the DRM M4P files.


Free download this converter, drag and drop the protected files to it:
http://www.wmatomp3-converter.com/digital-musi c-converter.html#123


It can convert the DRM protected music (wma,m4p) to any other formats and extract audios from DRM video (wmv, m4v, asf, etc).

Hope it helps: