How to Convert iTunes M4P to MP3 for cell phone

The music files you purchased from online music stores like iTunes,
Yahoo! Music or Wal-Mart are under DRM protection. You cannot play them
on your own mobile devices other than iPod and iPhone. You cannot
convert the DRM protected music files to MP3 or WMA directly with
iTunes media player, either. However you can burn the protected music
files to CD-R or CD-RW disc to make an audio CD and then use some CD
ripper software to convert the audio CD track back to MP3, WAV, WMA,
etc. And iTunes allows you to burn the protected music files to CD-R or
CD-RW disc to make a standard audio CD. If you have only a few music
files, you can use the method below:

*1.* Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive. You'd better
use CD-RW disc as it can be used for more than once.
*2.* Burn your playlist to make an audio CD. You cannot select the MP3
CD option since it requires the protected music files be converted to
unprotected MP3 files.
*3.* After the audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into
your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music
tracks on the burned disc to MP3 files.
*4.* Copy the MP3 files to media players such as cell phone, Zune,
BlackBerry, PSP, Creative Zen, etc. and enjoy them.

These four steps seem very simple, however, it is a time consuming
process if you have a library of music files ready to be converted.
Moreover, the information of the music files like title, artist and
album will be lost after burning and ripping back to MP3 files.

'*TuneClone*' (http://www.tuneclone.com/) is the software you are
looking for if you have a big collection of iTunes music files to be
converted. It automatically generates a virtual CD burner and simulates
the burning and ripping process. All you need to do is install TuneClone
and then burn your playlist to TuneClone virtual CD burner. And
TuneClone will directly convert the music files to MP3 for you. It is
very fast and all the artist, album and title information will be
preserved perfectly.

*1.* Download TuneClone from http://www.tuneclone.com and install it.

It is fully compatible with Windows XP and Vista. A virtual CD Burner
will be installed. This virtual CD-RW will be used to convert music
files.

*2.* Set the default CD Burner to TuneClon CD-RW at iTunes.

Click menu -Edit-, select menu item -Preferences...-, and then select
-Advanced- Tab.

In order to keep the artist and title information of the music, the
-Include CD Text- option should be checked.

[image: http://www.tuneclone.com/images/itun...3_options.jpg]

*3.* Create a playlist, and then add the files you want to convert into
the playlist.

*4.* Click -Burn Disc- button at the bottom right of the main screen of
iTunes.

[image: http://www.tuneclone.com/images/itun...burn_disc.jpg]

While the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert
the music file to MP3, WMA or WAV. You can open the manager screen to
show all the converted music files.

[image:
http://www.tuneclone.com/images/tune...reenshot1.jpg]

The most important step is to choose the cd burner. Then the software
can convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when
you want to batch convert lots of files.




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terry007

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thanks for the info mate......anyways vlc media player is good enuf to
play.....any format
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akhanna01

Apart from burning itunes music files(m4p, m4a) to mp3 wma wav,
'TuneClone' (http://www.tuneclone.com) is also a pretty good tool to
convert music playlist on windows media player to mp3 files. Below are
the detailed steps to burn WMA playlist to TuneClone's virtual CD drive
with Windows Media Player:
'How to convert WMA to MP3 with TuneClone' (http://tinyurl.com/64f6qp)




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terry007

Hi

Thanks for such a nice information that you sharing with us.I really
liked your work.I am highly impressed.




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frank989

I just found an interesting tutorial about 'how to convert DRM-laden
iTunes M4P M4A M4B music to MP3' (http://tinyurl.com/6x7tjt) for
sharing with your facebook friends.

Has anyone ever tried it?




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terry007

I've downloaded several mp3 audiobooks. I am wondering how to import
them into my itunes audiobook category. Any instruction is greatly
appreciated!




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terry007

The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. which sells
media files that are accessed through its iTunes application. Opened as
the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, it proved the viability of
online music sales. The store now sells music videos, TV shows, movies,
and video games in addition to music. Most downloaded files come with
restrictions on their use, enforced by FairPlay, Apple's version of
digital rights management.
iTunes delivers music files in M4P format (protected MPEG4-AAC).

TuneCab Media Converter can convert iTunes files to mp3 and other
unprotected formats if you have valid licenses for playback of those
files on your PC.




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Trinity

Trinity <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> TuneCab Media Converter can convert iTunes files to mp3 and other
> unprotected formats if you have valid licenses for playback of those
> files on your PC.
>

Or, you can just forget all this mumbo-jumbo and download some of the
hundreds of thousands of MP3 files posted EVERY DAY to Usenet in:
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.(pick a genre from the list here)

None of them have any DRM or other copy crap nonsense and will play on any
player NOT hobbled up like Apples'.

A decent, very productive usenet account is $15/mo from usenetserver.com
giving you 10 simultaneous ports and unlimited downloads with nobody
*****ing at you and can just fill any number of external USB drives,
recordable DVDs/CDs enough to fill your living room in a matter of
months....more music (and movies) than you could play in the rest of your
lifetime.

......a little touch of REALITY was in order. The first time I recorded
music for my OWN USE (FAIR USE) was on a Western Electric steel wire
recorder off a Zenith console radio. I was about 10. I soon graduated to
reel-to-reel tapes, 8-tracks, cassettes, DATs, video tapes and on to
further heinous crimes involving listening to music from usenet on my
computer.....

What nonsense all this new unenforceable bull**** is and the awful guilt
trip that's been created around it.

(Glenn Miller sounded quite good on my wire recorder, at the time, by the
way. My grandmother was most impressed when she heard it...(c

iTunes can go **** themselves....

Cyrus Afzali;768575 Wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:19:20 +0100, terry007
> [email protected] wrote:
> -
>
> I just found an interesting tutorial about 'how to convert DRM-laden
> iTunes M4P M4A M4B music to MP3' (http://tinyurl.com/6x7tjt) for
> sharing with your facebook friends.
>
> Has anyone ever tried it?-
>
> If you didn't want to go that route, you could just burn those
> DRM-protected tunes to a CD and then rip them back as standard MP3s.
> It's a bit of work, but it does work and requires no extra hardware or
> software than you have now.

I totally agree with you.
Anyway, each method is well worth a try.




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terry007

'Free custom ringtones for your iPhone 3G using only iTunes'
(http://tinyurl.com/5uvbg9).

Works like a charm!




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terry007