file converter for Itunes

[Setzer]

Are there any files that will allow me to convert Itunes files into ones for Winamp or Windows Media Player?

[Tsyroc]

You can certainly burn them to CD and then put them back on your computer in whatever format you normally rip from CD's.

[Durandal]

Are there any files that will allow me to convert Itunes files into ones for Winamp or Windows Media Player?

There are no "iTunes files". There are file types iTunes can open. WinAmp and Windows Media Player should be able to play AAC and MP3 just fine.

[Stark]

There are no "iTunes files". There are file types iTunes can open. WinAmp and Windows Media Player should be able to play AAC and MP3 just fine.

I've noticed an increase lately in this kind of misaphrension: people have said to me 'I'd use iTunes if it wasn't full of DRM' or 'I don't use iTunes because it converts all your music to some Apple format' or 'iTunes only works with iPods' and the like quite a bit in the run up to Christmas.

It boggles the mind. iTunes is just a piece of audio software, and aside from niche formats it plays pretty much everything, and it hardly introduces new DRM into files used with it. Where do these ideas come from?

[Tsyroc]

Aren't the files that come from the iTunes website mpeg4?

It doesn't appear that Windows Media player and Music Match don't recognize those files.

I don't see a setting on the iTunes software that I have which will let me change the format of files downloaded from iTunes as they are purchased.

However, I doubled checked and the iTunes software will let you convert files to MP3. Just go to your music list in iTunes and then right click on the song file you want to convert, scroll down to where it says "convert to Mp3" and that should work. It also looks like you can do multiple files at the same time.

[Superman]

If you want good programs that play your files and convert them mp3, .wav., or whatever, I suggest "Goldwave," or "Total Recorder." I've used both for some time and they work well.

[Dalton]

You can certainly burn them to CD and then put them back on your computer in whatever format you normally rip from CD's.

That wouldn't work with Protected AACs, would it?

[Tsyroc]

You can certainly burn them to CD and then put them back on your computer in whatever format you normally rip from CD's.

That wouldn't work with Protected AACs, would it?

I'm not sure. Do the protected ones even let you burn them to CD?

[El Moose Monstero]

You can certainly burn them to CD and then put them back on your computer in whatever format you normally rip from CD's.

That wouldn't work with Protected AACs, would it?

Yes it does, if you make sure to convert it to an audio CD first, and then import them back as mp3s or whatever. Takes patience if you don't have a CD-RW, I can tell you. And about 24 hours. Depending on how many you have.

[Durandal]

I've noticed an increase lately in this kind of misaphrension: people have said to me 'I'd use iTunes if it wasn't full of DRM' or 'I don't use iTunes because it converts all your music to some Apple format' or 'iTunes only works with iPods' and the like quite a bit in the run up to Christmas.

It boggles the mind. iTunes is just a piece of audio software, and aside from niche formats it plays pretty much everything, and it hardly introduces new DRM into files used with it. Where do these ideas come from?

From idiots who still think Apple only uses its own special protocols and formats, ala Mac OS 9. Also from open source zealots who think equate "proprietary" with "evil". The train of thought goes something like "Oh it's an Apple thing so they must apply DRM to your ripped music." They don't even bother to verify it; it is just assumed to be true.

And if you want to burn AAC tracks to a CD without actually having to, just burn a disc image. I believe Nero or other Windows burning apps will allow you to do that. You can just create a virtual CD in a file and re-rip from that.