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lazerer
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« on: July 31, 2008, 04:26:29 AM »

As the most popular online music store iTunes has millions of customers which download thousands of music every second.

M4P – a copyright protected iTunes format of "protected AAC". It is a format of downloaded music from iTunes store that can be listened to only through the iTunes compatible players like iPod.

So, if you want to listen to iTunes music with other mp3 players such as Zune, Creative Zen or share them with your friends, you have to convert M4P to MP3.

Now, we can convert M4P to MP3 with two methods.

1.  Burning and re-import.
2.  Convert M4P to MP3 with a Professional Music Converter.

Solution 1: M4P->CD-> MP3


To convert M4P to MP3, you can burn M4P onto a CD (using the iTunes CD burning option), then re-import the CD as unprotected MP3 into the iTunes library.

1. Buy songs on iTunes.

2. Insert a blank CD. (You’d better use a rewrite CD which can be used circularly and use some software like Nero to wipe off the music files you have processed.)

Note: You need to change iTunes settings in "Edit"->" Preferences" before burn and import.

Follow the picture instructions below:





3. Go to File->Create a New Playlist

 

4. Drag and Drop files you want from your library to the New Playlist.

5. Right-click playlist and select "Burn Playlist to Disc" or you can left- click “Burn Disc”
 
6.After conversion, left-click "import CD" to import CD files to iTunes library as MP3 format.
(And you can find the unprotected MP3 file by the side of the original file in > "My Document" > "My music" > "iTunes".)


Solution 2: Convert M4P to MP3 directly with a third-party software

DRM Media Conveter can convert M4P to MP3 with one step and the speed is up to 27x. It also can convert protected WMA to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG and various file formats on Windows PC.

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Zarina
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2008, 06:06:52 AM »

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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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2008, 11:08:14 PM »

I always use TuneClone M4P to MP3 Converter. My friend introduced it to me. It is very professional, powerful yet easy to use. It can help to remove the DRM protection mechanism and convert both protected and unprotected music files with rather high quality and very fast speed by automatically generating a virtual CD burner.
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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2008, 04:36:23 AM »

That's frustrating, they only operated the store for a while, is there any other DRM-free music store online?
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 04:32:43 AM »

Could any one suggest a totally free music store which I can download free music unlimitedly.
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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2008, 09:48:02 AM »

Want to download dozens of streaming videos simultaneously and convert them to any formats - without any restrictions?

Get TuneCab Universal Suite:

* TuneCab Media Converter to convert any audio/video (DRM-protected or unprotected)
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http://www.tunecab.com/includes/download.php
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2008, 09:48:58 AM »

TuneCab Online Video Catcher saves any video to your computer as soon as you start watching. It captures web video automatically and downloads it while you continue surfing the web. All downloads are saved to your download folder so you can change file names, convert web video to other formats and enjoy your video. It records web video in the background in original quality, and you don't have to click or start each download process manually.



 Once you start watching the video on the web, TuneCab Online Video Catcher will pick it up and do the recording for you.

http://www.tunecab.com/includes/download.php

Then downloaded video can be converted by TuneCab Media Converter
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2008, 09:50:12 AM »

TuneCab Media Converter

    * very easy to use and install

   * has YouTube Ripper plugin and CD Ripper

   * can convert WMA to MP3

   * can convert M4P to MP3

   * can convert RAX to MP3

   * can convert Napster files to MP3

   * can convert iTunes files to MP3

   * can convert Rhapsody files to MP3

   * can convert Yahoo! Music files to MP3

   * converts practically ANY media file which you can play on your PC

   * converted songs and movies have NO any restrictions anymore (removes DRM)

   * allows to convert complete folder structures and recreates these structures on output

   *selectable compression level and output format

   * supports to 50 input formats

   * super fast conversion, up to 50x the playback speed for audio files in batch mode

   * can convert in HIFI and CD quality





http://www.tunecab.com/includes/download.php
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2008, 09:14:10 PM »

I still prefer TuneClone. It is very professional, powerful yet easy to use. It can help to remove the DRM protection mechanism and convert both protected and unprotected music files with rather high quality and very fast speed by automatically generating a virtual CD burner.
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« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2008, 02:47:43 AM »

Free music download:
http://www.ruckus.com/ruckus/home.do

Have fun
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2008, 09:32:30 PM »

Could any one suggest a totally free music store which I can download free music unlimitedly.

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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2008, 06:20:08 AM »

After trying lots of tools I'm staying with TuneCab. It supports all commonly used formats, can convert DRM protected and unprotected audio, video, extract sound from video, remove DRM, download and convert video from YouTube etc. Easy to use all in one software!
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2008, 01:30:14 AM »

I would like to recommend NoteBurner M4P to MP3 Converter which can convert DRM m4p music to mp3 on both Windows and Mac systems.  The converting speed is super fast!

Convert iTunes DRM music on Windows:

Step 1: Run NoteBurner, and click Settings button, then you can set the output as MP3, WAV or WMA

Step 2: Run iTunes 8. Create a new playlist in iTunes and add all m4p files you want to convert to this new list.
Click on the Burn Disc button and choose NoteBurner Virtual CD-RW as your default burner to burn the playlist.



Step 3: After NoteBurner finish encoding, the converted file will be automatically listed on the main window of

NoteBurner.
Click Play button or double-click any song to play the music.
Click the Folder button to open the output folder, where you will find the converted MP3 files.

Convert iTunes DRM music on Mac:

Step 1: Run NoteBurner, and choose output format and output folder.
Go to the top-left NoteBurner > Preferences…
Here you can specify output path where the converted audio files will be located in,
choose the desired output format from MP3 and AAC, and set the output quality.
If you want to be alerted when there is an update, check the option of “Check Updates on Startup”.



Step 2: Run iTunes, and click menu File > New Playlist in iTunes to create a new playlist
to hold all music and audiobooks you want to burn.
Right-click on the music in music library and audiobooks in Audiobooks library to choose Add to Playlist and choose

the list created.
Press Shift or Command key to add more than one file to the playlist at one time.
After adding files to playlist, click Burn Disc button to set NoteBurner as the default burner,
and then click Burn button to start burning the playlist.



Step 3: After NoteBurner finishs encoding, you can right click on the music and select “Show In Finder” to check the

converted audio files in the output folder.
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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2008, 05:16:09 AM »

Does this music converter supports Napster music, I like to use Napster and want to transfer songs to my ipod
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2008, 04:43:21 AM »

yes, as I know, only if you can play on your media player, then the music can be converted to mp3.
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