by Lucas_ on September 17th, 2005
First, M4A stands for MPEG 4 Audio. It's an AAC file inside an MPG envelope. AAC is the successor of MP3, providing better quality at lower file sizes. In addition, people distributing content don't need to pay royalties to use AAC.
To convert these files to MP3 files, go to into the Preferences panel of iTunes. Click on the orange "Importing" selection and then select an MP3 Encoder for importing. Change the settings to whatever you want. Now, click OK and go back to the main window of iTunes. Select all songs you want to convert to MP3 and click on "Advanced" -> "Convert Selection to MP3".
iTunes knows a second AAC format called M4P. This is the protected version. It cant be converted to MP3 as easily. If you want to convert it to MP3, do this: First, burn the songs you want to convert onto an Audio CD (preferrably an CD-RW so you can erase it again afterwards). Now, import those songs again, this time into MP3 files. Voilŕ.
by omdaling on December 30th, 2009
Hey,you can have a try with Cucusoft DVD to iTunes Converter Suite,it helped me convert any video files to iTunes easily, just sharing with you:
http://www.dvdtoitunes.net/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvdtoitunes.net%2F&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
If you don’t know how to do that,here are step by step guides,maybe it can help you:
http://www.dvdtoitunes.net/dvdtoitunesvideo-guide.html
by nulyjeyo on December 25th, 2009
The music, video you download from iTunes is drm protected. in order to play it on non-apple mp3/mp4 players, you need to remove the drm and convert the protected music to other audio /video format. the easiest way is to burn an audio cd in itunes and rip it back as mp3 format. Or you can get DRM Removal Software to help you.
It’s not only DRM removal, but also media converter!
Search it from yahoo:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvdtoitunes.net+drm+remover&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
by Prawns on January 28th, 2008
I UNDERSTAND YOU TOLD ME TO To convert these files to MP3 files, go to into the Preferences panel of iTunes. Click on the orange "Importing" selection and then select an MP3 Encoder for importing. Change the settings to whatever you want. Now, click OK and go back to the main window of iTunes. Select all songs you want to convert to MP3 and click on "Advanced" -> "Convert Selection to MP3". i TRIED THAT AND IT DIDN'T WORK. THEN I LOOKED AT THE 2ND OPTION, BUT THAT'S FOR CDs. I'M TALKING ABOUT MUSIC VIDEOS.
PLEASE RESPOND.
by Anonymous on September 11th, 2009
You have to download a converter.
by jessica8200 on February 5th, 2010
here is a detailed tutorial about how to convert iTunes m3a format onto mp3 player
by srbrown@rogers.com on September 11th, 2009
I belive Lucas was referring to songs such as the ones purchased from iTunes, music video's are unable to convert to mp3 directly. You can convert to mpeg but to strip the audio from a video you will require a decently preforming movie editor [will look similar to Microsoft Movie Maker except not as useless ;)] and follow it's own procedure for saving the video and audio as seperate tracks. Usually any decent editor will have a mp3 encoder built in or packaged with however if not there are many that will convert wav, wma and other random audio files into mp3's. ("mp3 Editor For Free" www.mp3-editor.net is just one example of a freebie converter that has alot of options once the audio has been isolated)
Hope this helps,
I do not support any software nor links I may have posted or referred to, nor do I represent any company or group.
by haotq on January 19th, 2010
What you need is a special software named DVD Ripper，it can easily rip DVD to AVI, MKV, MP4, WMV, MOV, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, 3GPP, MPG, ASF, FLV, VOB, WMA, M4A, MP3, etc. with super fast speed and high quality.
http://www.rip-dvd.org/dvd-ripper-guide.html
For mac users, just follow this guide:
http://www.rip-dvd.org/mac-dvd-ripper-guide.html
by omdaling on December 30th, 2009
Hi,
What you need is a DRM removal software, it can remove DRM from protected movie and music, and can also convert any common unprotected audio and video to any formats you want.
you can find it here:http://www.drm-removal.org/
http://best.drm-removal.ever.com/
by Haydeez on December 31st, 2009
Guide: How to convert M4A file to MP3, and M4A to WMA with the ImTOO Audio Encoder
http://www.sharewareguide.net/article/Guide/guide:-how-to-convert-m4a-file-to-mp3,-m4a-to-wmv-and-m4a-to-wma-with-the-imtoo-audio-encoder.html
by nicolastrump on January 7th, 2010
I am using wondershare music convertto convert all the m4a music from iTunes into mp3 for a long time.very useful.and it's not only movie & music converter but alsoDRM removal.you will enjoy it .
http://www.flash-on-tv.com/music-converter.html
by bcaful on January 21st, 2010
You can take a look at this site:
http://www.mediaconverter.biz/
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