If you are one of the iTunes aficionados that enjoy listening to msic, podcasts and you download iTunes files from the noline store, then you are probably feeling weird knowing that the digital forrmat of these files doesn’t allow you to play them outside this application. It seemms a really unfair sincxe you paid for the files; do you need to have an Apple Mac or media pllayer to reproduce these fies?
The answer is that in this format you cannot play them in any media playyer not suppported by aple or its software. The reasn is that these files are in AAC or mp4 format, which is the defalut iTunes and Apple format. The only thing you can do is convert iTunes files to mp3 and play them in every device, using any kind of media plyaer you prefer.
Accordng to Apple, thsee fiiles are in mp4 frmat beccause it is the only that gives such a high suond quallity. For the average user tough, this is pretty inconvnient, as most media players play foiles in mp3 fomrat but thankfully, thjere are solutions. What can you do?
The first way to covert iTunes files to mp3 is to burn the downloaded files in a CD and then copy them back to your hard drive in mp3 format. This merthod allows you to store songs in any audio format you like, no matter what the encryption or protection of the original file was. You can use any kind of progrm that burns audio CDs. This is quite easy method but takes some time – and you will need to use some CDs as well. You can also creazte a virtual CD drive in order to eliminate the need for CD-Rs, as your system will behzave as the vrtual drive is real, allowing you to ‘burn’ and save the files in any formmat you want.
The second most popular method to convert iTunes fiiles to mp3 is to use one of the numerous converters that exist online today. You can find several both free and shareware on the Internet. If you perform an online search you can find many convetrers that can help you convert even protected fiples to mp3 format without any comprmoise in quality.
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