Convert iTunes to MP3 Format - Comments Page 14

These are excellent tips. Thanks! One question, how do I keep the play count and last played settings on the songs after I convert them? It seems like the convert feature in iTunes only copies the songs.

EDITOR'S NOTE: As far as iTunes is concerned, they ARE different songs. So I don't think there's a good solution.

thanks for help with converting i-tunes to mp3 format, so simple its brilliant!!. no wonder people dislike huge companies like apple for their greed.

I just wanted to thank you for allowing us the ability to enjoy what we have paid for. I love the fact you started with a smart aleck solution! God Bless.

great tips. but only one problem i only get trials of virtual cd burners. so i want to try the other way. but if i download the old itunes will i get to keep all my songs from the new itunes.

EDITOR'S NOTE: As far as I know, yes.

another method (albeit slower maybe) is to start recording in audacity and then go to itunes and play the song (streaming it to audacity). then export the track to mp3 from audacity. no removal of drm, no purchase of software... just slower, but maybe it is possible to make a script for this?

I use converter TuneCab, it easily convert all Drm-protected audio/video files to commonly used formats such as MP3, AAC, WAV audio, MPEG4, DivX movie and even rip youtube video.
With TuneCab you don't need any additional applications, just choose files you want to convert, and click the button "Convert". TuneCab automatically converts iTunes files to MP3.
You may try here http://www.tunecab.com

Alright. So I converted my iTunes songs to mp3 files. Now how do I get these files onto my mp3 player?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You'd do the same thing you do to get any other MP3 files on your player. Drag and drop should work...

I have no argument with what you are telling people how to do here. But the big mistake that intelligent and otherwise well informed people like yourself make is made clear in this statement:

"DRM actually restricts the consumer from doing perfectly valid and reasonable things with music they own."

As you would say, "Bzzzt!!" When you buy a CD or any other format of recorded music, you are not BUYING THE MUSIC. You're buying a license to play and listen to the music, which is owned by someone else. This isn't the recording industry being greedy. It's a basic principle of copyright law.

EDITOR'S NOTE: A classic battle of the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law...

iTunes plus music is drm free. If your purchased iTunes music is drm-protected, just convert it to unprotected MP3 legally at http://www.convertitunestomp3.org -- Works nice for me.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Don't bother, that's just a TuneBite affiliate link. You can find a direct link to TuneBite and many other DRM removers here: http://askbobrankin.com/drm_removal.html

I just tried converting an iTunes song from AAC to mp3 by making the adjustment in my preferences/advanced/importing menu, and then right-clicking on the song and selecting convert to mp3. And it worked just fine. I did not get a window saying protected files could not be converted. Why did this work?

EDITOR'S NOTE: It must have been an UNprotected AAC file.