I used iTunes to copy songs off the VBS CD, which encoded them in AAC format (M4A container). My video editor doesn’t accept that format, so I needed to convert them to mp3. After trying lots of programs that Google offered me, many of which claimed to be “free” but were really just “free trials”, I finally found the solution in a forum post. It turns out that you can do the conversion right in iTunes, totally free and totally cool.
1. Go into iTunes Preferences, and change the importing mode back to the MP3 mode you like
2. Now select the tracks that you want to change back, and go to the Advanced menu. There is an item called “convert selection to MP3“.
This menu item lists whatever the current setting is in the importing prefs.
Now, this might not be good for the audio quality, but I don’t really care: I don’t listen to music that carefully. Thanks, Hannah W!
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very nice, I just tried it and it works fine, I had no idea…
Well. I downloaded an album that turned out to be M4a, and could not find a way to convert them to MP3…I’ll try tis, and see if it works. I do have ITunes on the PC. Thanks, DW
…works as well.
I never use iTunes, in fact I hate it, but I received an iTunes gift card for $15 at a graduation party. So I figured, I’ll use it to buy the music, convert the files to something usable to anything other than iTunes and an iPod, then get rid of iTunes.
I used this, and made sure the quality was up to some sort of standard (this is saying that I DO listen to my music very carefully), and it works fine.
I did this, but I had to right click to get the convert to MP3 option, it wasn’t in Advanced. 256kbps and 44.1 frequency is nice for music. Don’t use “joint stereo” unless you’ve tested it and like the result.
That’s great if you have non purchased itunes music that is AAC, which hardly anyone has. I think most people are looking for a way to rip ITUNES purchased music…