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| 679679 | 2008-06-18 01:55:00 | My partner has a huge iTunes library, but all the files were imported as .m4a. How do I convert the entire library to MP3 to allow me to burn MP3 CD's, while retaining the original folder structure and file naming? Can it be done using iTunes alone, or do I need a 3rd party encoder? |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 679680 | 2008-06-18 02:34:00 | You just re import into iTunes but change the import codec to mp3 in iTunes>preferences>general>advanced>import codec options. iTunes has always had this option. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 679681 | 2008-06-18 02:50:00 | You just re import into iTunes but change the import codec to mp3 in iTunes>preferences>general>advanced>import codec options. iTunes has always had this option. Do you mean re-import the .m4a files into iTunes as MP3? There is around 20Gb of music files - not something I want to do from original CD's. |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 679682 | 2008-06-18 03:00:00 | Do you mean re-import the .m4a files into iTunes as MP3? There is around 20Gb of music files - not something I want to do from original CD's. You don't have to re import from the orginal CDs - just drag the files onto your desktop> change the import codec to mp3 and I think you can go to File>import> browse and re import that way which should change your aac files to mp3. Either way you will loose some sound quality because you are recompressing the data into a different codec. Either way it will take a little while with 20GB of files. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 679683 | 2008-06-18 03:01:00 | ok - thanks for that - I will give it a go tonight..... | Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 679684 | 2008-06-18 05:05:00 | One of the magazines I get, cant remember which one it was now:o But it had a program called Doubletwist (www.doubletwist.com) - it takes the Itunes songs and copies and converts then into mp3's and if they have Itunes DRM ( purchased music from Itunes) it removes it so the songs can be played on any device that plays MP3's. It located all the music I had in Itunes and batch converted a few hundred at once. You have to sign upto their service, which is actually a file sharing with friends, in other words people you select - completely different to the likes of Lime wire etc. You can share photos, documents, anything. I personally installed it so I could convert the many purchased songs from Itunes to remove the DRM. Real pain having a mp3 Player that wont play Itunes DRM music/format. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 679685 | 2008-06-18 05:25:00 | I tried Doubletwist to remove the DRM from some of my purchased iTunes songs so I could listen to them on my Samsung MP3 player. It certainly worked although the interface wasn't very intuitive and the couple of songs I used suffered a noticeable drop in quality. I got better results doing the old "burn to CD then re-import" trick. It's possible I did something wrong with Doubletwist...I'd suggest giving it a go for yourself. Eitherway...with 20GB of music you'll be in for long wait no matter which method you choose. |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 679686 | 2008-06-18 05:50:00 | Burn and re import would be the best option - aside from just using an iPod ;) Unfortunatley although the iTunes store does have a DRM free section the music industry would rather supply DRM free tracks to every site OTHER than iTunes since they think it might take away some of Apple's power over the music industry... yeah right. :rolleyes: Its all about the the hard ware. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
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