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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Thanks a million, it worked perfect for me after trying so many “Free Programs” that didn’t work very well!
I knew there was a reason ( besides internet radio ) that I kept iTunes around! Thanks…that was so easy!
thank you soooo much. i kept getting shareware crap on my search for a converter!
Reply to Futsalguy for the question posed in March. I did this for the first time today and also could not find the .mp3 files in my iTunes playlist - they remained as .m4a. So I ran the conversion several more times. Aha! Now I have multiple copies of the .mp3 files in my iTunes Library; that’s where they get put, not in with the original playlist.
I am kind of new at this, so my question is this: Were do I find itune and do I have to download it? Please put your instruction in my e-mail, thank you.