M4P/ACC to MP3 (1 Viewer)

[Conor R]

Recently I started purchasing music for my iPod from iTunes but there yesterday I wanted to burn them onto a cd for the car but it won't let me. It says they are protected. I know all about copyright but surely enough I should be able to burn them on to any cd as long as I wasn't selling it to others. After all I paid for it. I can do what I want with the song. Are there any converters out there that can bypass the copyright and convert the format??

 

[Brian L]

Not sure what the problem is here.....it is my understanding that purchased tunes can be burned to CD up to 7 times. The trick is that they must be in a playlist....don't think you can burn them direct.

And I think you can burn unlimited copies, but you would need to put the tracks in a new playlist once its been burned 7 times.

So, are they in a playlist? I have not burned CD's from purchased music, so there may be more to it than what I previously understood.

BGL

 

[chung_sotheby]

I think the best program I have used to convert Audio files is Media Monkey. You can find it almost anywhere to download, and it is free (not shareware, no trial period, FREE). I am not sure if it can convert protected audio files, but I can't see why not. Give it a try.

 

[Brian L]

I just tried it, and it works as I suspected. You have to place your tunes in a playlist, then right click on the playlist and choose "Burn Disc".

You will need to make sure that you have "Audio CD" selected under the Preferences/Burning tab, but thats it.

Now, if you are trying to burn a disc of MP3s, I am pretty sure that will not work within iTunes because you can not convert protected tracks.

BGL

 

[anthony_b]

Recentley I needed to convert itunes to mp3 for my flash mp3 player, so I simply burned them on CD and converted them in Windows media player 10.

 

[Conor R]

Cheers guys. Works. Thanks a mil. I was in bits there thinking I could do it!! Thanks again!