AAC to MP3
I am sure you all know that iTunes Store uses AAC format for purchased music. This format has certain restrictions in terms of how many times you can burn it and how many computers you can transfer it to, etc., like WMA. Whatever. I am fine with that. I don’t care about sharing, and Kazaaa and all that. The worst drawback though is that the new Home Media Option from TiVo that allows you to find and play your music library through your TV or stereo doesn’t recognize AAC. That sucks. I haven’t bought Home Media yet, but I might not if I can’t convert these files. Plus, car and portable CD players and such, that now recognize burned MP3s (advantage: 130 songs on a CD instead of 12) also don’t read AAC format. This also sucks.
I have been saying over and over again that I may never buy another CD again, and only use iTunes It is that good. Well, AAC is smaller and better quality than MP3, and I understand the protection methods, so I guess it’s a good format. I think it solves many legal problems and is much more flexible with its restrictions that WMA. But all I want to do is use these for private use but on different platforms, and I can’t. MP3 is the only format widely accepted enough for all these uses. Anyone know any way to convert these files to MP3, other than burning them to CD and then re-ripping the CD? Of course that is always an option, but you definitely lose quality. I am looking for software. I googled and goolgled and couldn’t find anything.
well, chris, first of all, i think TiVo is working on making it AAC compatible (i read rumors some months ago), second, you play your files from your ipod in your car anyway, why go back to obsolete technologies?
third, yes you can convert AAC to MP3 with a little loss of quality (btw, aac files are the same size as mp3 files because both are encoded at the same bit rate (i.e. 128kbit/s)).
you might wanna try mAC3dec, but you need lame and quicktime6 pro for the batch processing.
Amadeus seems to do a similar job, but it’s just one stand alone application (and i haven’t used it)
You can also easily convert formats in iTunes (v4+) … simply change your import format to the desired “output” format (e.g. mp3), then select the AAC tunes you want to convert, go the the Advanced menu, and you’ll find the selection option to “Convert to ‘preference_setting’ “.
I don’t know how that interacts with iTunes Store music; we only have done selected tracks of CD’s we own, storing them on the computer as AAC, then converting (which makes a copy) to MP3 for loading on a non-iPod MP3 player (until such a times as the player support m4a/AAC format … or we get iPods …).
Dan made a great point, thanks, about converting ACC to MP3, however, it does not work for songs bought with iTunes. I guess we’ll have to deal with life the way it is.
P.S.
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Amadeus
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/7392
will import your AAC then export it to MP3 — only problem is it’s kind of slow. But at least you don’t have to waste CDS!
There is a way:
First, use itunes to burn you tracks to a cd, even a cd-rw will work. You’re PC will now recognize it as a music CD.
Second, use windows media player or something similar to rip the files off the CD and save them as something else (I think it saves them as .wma)
I’m not really sure if there is any quality lost in this process, but it essentially works.
iMovie will convert ITMS AAC to AIF
iTunes will in turn convert AIF to MP3. This slow and tedious if you have a lot of songs, but it works
I just found this comment …
Actually you DO NOT have to burn to CD.
here is a quick way to convert PROTECTED AAC files to MP3. WIthout burning to CD.
Drop your Protected AAC file into Toast 5 or Toast 6. Toast automatically converts it to an AIFF file. Double click on the file in the Toast window. In the new window, choose SAVE AS. Your file is now an AIFF file that is NOT protected. Stereo, 16bit, 44k audio file. Then use any program to convert to MP3. It took me 10 seconds on an old Mac.
I will try this right away. Thanks for the help.
Chris,
I don’t know if you are still trying to get around the AAC files, but I have remedied the situation by simply using my Soundblaster Audigy’s recorder, set on “what you hear” to record the songs while playing from the iTune player. The file will save as a wav, but that easily converts to mp3. I’m sure some sound quality is lost, but not enough to be a problem. You just may have to play with your recorder settings.
However, if you tried Toast, as mentioned above and liked it, I’d love to read about it, b/c I’m sure its not quite as lengthy of a process of conversion and mine.
I mentioned using iMovie above. I just experimented & found that you can also convert Protected AAC to unprotected aiff using QuickTime Pro. Start QTP > File > Import > select Protected mp4 song > File > Export. I think iMovie uses same technology, but more steps than QTP. QTP is very fast … the time to click click click and few seconds to import and export. But it is still one song at a time. Toast is much faster when you have several songs to convert simply by dragging, drop, double click, save.
Just drag aiff files into iTunes, select a song or multiple songs in Library > Advance > Convert to MP3. You end up with 2 files one in aiff and one in mp3, as well as the original protected mp4 AAC.
I’m just glad I can listen to the songs I buy on my MP3 CD player. I stopped buying iTunes MS songs after I found out I could not listen to them exept on my iBook and I can’t afford iPod. Now I’ve started buying again and of even switched from Coke to Pepsi (when I can stomach it) on chance of getting free song.
Hey Everybody.
Man this is pretty complex.
I’m an 80’s DeadHead trying to convert my Hi-Qual Dead collection
to Mp3. I’m following OK but there’s lots I need to learn.
My Nokia Music Phone records aac files & has a line in jack for me to convert any audio to aac.
I then want to burn them to MP3 cd’s for friends. ” easily ”
Any help is appreciated.
Mike
I need something that works for Windows, and something that doesn’t cost anything or something I can crack. Please e-mail me the URL to anything you find, thank you, Robert.
yeah…what robert said….:’( i tunes made me cry. just when i thought mac had done somthin right fer once….well thanx.
OK, so I have listened to you all. I have tried a number of solutions and now have real information to report. It turns out that the Toast solution outlined above by Steve didn’t work for me with protected AAC files. I definitely did not want to A. Burn to CD and the re-rip, as this would cause quality loss. OR B. EXperiment with audio out, anolog capture solutions, as this would also add noise and reduce the overall quality. I did eventually find software that does this task perfectly, and you should all know about it.
iTunes-LAME is a plugin for iTunes and conversion app that allows you to make a playlist and select all of those songs for conversion to MP3, no matter what format they are, even protected AAC. It makes a copy of the file in the same folder as the original with the extention .MP3 instead of .M4P (AAC file). It takes a little while for each song, probably 2 or 3 times the time to RIP it from CD, even on my G4 Powerbook 1.25Ghz, but it is worth it.
Please keep in mind that I rarely steal music from Kazaa or Gnutella, only when I can’t find the songs throught legitmate channels. The only real reason I want to convert is so I can play my purchased music on other devices other than my iPod and to burn MP3 CDs to play on my new car stereo (with MP3 and WMA playback - not AAC).
OK, that’s all I got. Enjoy the tip.
Total Recorder, while not free, is only $12 and does an excellent job of recording any audio stream in Windows. You can convert the stream to .WAV, .OGG, .MP3 (Frauhoff, Blade or Lame). It also records streaming radio and can be set to start recording either by stream prescence or time.
Okey it was already posted, but a suggestion is to copy from Windows Media Player 9 and copy it at the highest bit rate so even the wort WMA to MP3 decoders cant do 2 much damage
the comment about the burning of the cd and going into windows mediaplayer is true it does work!
it doesnt work in realone though:-(
all you got to do is go to itunes and burn it onto a disk cd-r or cd-rw will work. once you are done you can go to media player and copy it to your computer. then you “can do with, wut you please.” i think thats right?
Great info from everyone… even if most of which was for Mac OS, but hey it still led to a good discussion. I tried most everything, to no avail. I am currently trying the QTP approach, but I think that the powers that be might be just angry enough to have made it more of a headache than its worth. Put it this way, for the $0.99 song, I have spent over an hour to get it converted to MP3. I don’t know about all of you, but if I was paid that wage hourly, I would starve. I may just need to go to the store and buy the disk. At least then I know I can do as I please.
itunes sucks, mac sucks, i download a cd from here just because of the pepsi points, but now i can’t burn it. i would have better luck stealing it from kazaa, stupid fuckers!
O.K. so I downloaded a book for my boss from my PC from i-Tunes. I burned it to CD as data files. The book came in 3 parts and was 7 1/2 hours as a protected ACC file.
We can’t read the files at work. We have MAC OS 9.2.2. I really didn’t want to burn a bunch of audio CD’s, but thought that it might be the only way to go. I also think we have an older version of Toast than 5.
Burning the Audio CD did not work. The program kept quitting in the middle, ruining the CD. I tried twice. I had all programs but i-Tunes off and screen saver delayed 3 hours. Kept quitting in the same spot it seemed also.
I don’t want to keep trying this route because I don’t want to waste any more CD’s.
Do you folks think i-Tunes Lame would be the way for me to go?
P.S.
I don’t want to play the whole boring book either through Quick Time.
I’m trying to burn songs onto disc using iTunes. The songs were on AAC format so I converted them to MP3 but am still geting error message “None of the songs in this playlist can be burned on disc”. What gives?
I tried to convert the audio book in Roxio Toast 5, but that did not work either.
itunes Lame is for OSX only so that’s out.
Couldn’t do it from imove either.
Any other suggestions?
2 steps.
Get m4p2mp4 to convert m4p to mp4 (command line utility, not the easiest to use).
Then get dbPowerAmp to convert mp4 to mp3.
Done. Cost: $0.
# dawg
how do u use that m4p2mp4 utility?
Raindog,
I downloaded the m4p2mp4 file and it wants to open as a dos window but quickly shuts down.
What am I doing wrong?
Since I’m on XP, I did the iTunes to CD to iTunes route after changing my iTunes rip option to MP3. Worked like a charm, although slow for burn/rip time.
ITunes-Lame sounds like a good idea, however i need the plugin to work with windows, i dont have a mac.
Any ideas?
The Audio book files wont let me burn as MP3 either.
I tried the m4p2mp4 thing and when i look for the itune songs it will never show up? WTF! Anyone have any ideas what i should do?
Please help me!
Brandon,
You got that thing to work. How’d you do that?
I like to go poopy. How about you?
And you know what,
When i was little i had no sense,
I took a piss on an electric fence,
It hurt so bad it shocked my balls,
Then i took a crap in my overalls!
Now you see why i like to go poopy.
< Fishy
I din’t get the the mp4… to work but i did get the dbpoweramp to run. the problem is when i open it it will ask which file i would like to look in.thats when i look in MY MUSIC. i look for the music i got from itunes. THEN THIS IS WHERE THE TROUBLE STARTS.. WHEN I LOOK FOR THE ITUNES MUSIC IT IS NOT THERE! IT’S NOT ANYWHERE! It will not show up on the desktop on the program even though it is on my desktop too!
Me again still having trouble with the dbpoweramp. Getting real mad at this whole ordeal. somone please respond to this who has converted aac to mp3 correctly before i explode into so much more anger.
P.S. HELP ME!
I only have it working on Mac with iTunes-LAME. I have no experience with converting on PC.
Hey, I’m having the same issues with files I’ve recorded off the FM tuner of my nokia 3300 cell phone. The file is in .aac format and I have freinds that want copies of this stuff as well as I’d like to burn in .wav for my car. For we Win users db works great for going forward into .aac but I think they are .aac fans and not willing to promote going back to .mp3. My files are unprotected any ideas? Has any one looked into Nokia .aac phone recorder programs to see if they reverse encode back to .mp3? I may have overlooked something in their programs.
yeah apparently happyland’s right. i can get m4p2mp4 to run in dos (not hard for anyone who’s ever used dos), but it’s hopeless cuz you can’t reconvert the mp4 to mp3 - i guess cuz of the stronger protection/encoding.
stupid itunes - i just want to add stuff to my winamp playlist that i’ve BOUGHT.
Please help me! I have a nokia phone and i often record files from radio. This files format is AAC. I have Windows XP. How I convert it most easily into mp3 files?
Thanks
To all, forget iTunes (apple), switch to Connect.com (sony). It is more flexible.
I downloaded this so called “iTUNES LAME,” but am struggling with it… does anybody know (in english) how to use this?
The first bit of instructions in the READ ME section of LAME starts off with terms like “scripts” and all kinds of stuff I have no idea about.
If you’re still trying, use the CD > re-rip method or forget about it. Unless Apple changes it’s tune, they will keep changing the protection each time it’s broken. There was an app called “Fair Play” that was on Sourceforge and the encryption updated. It was quickly removed because a) the RIAA doesn’t want you to convert and b) Apple wants you to buy an Ipod to play your Itunes on the go. If you can convert, they won’t sell as many Ipods. Apple is all about selling hardware. They couldn’t give a toss if you’ve bought 500 Itunes from them…
true dat… Thanks.
Here is the be all and end all solution to this problem for both macs and pcs
Download a program called “hymn” (dos prompt only for pc users…learn to love the comand line! If you don’t know how to use the command line start by clicking “start” and then “run” and typing “cmd” into the run box now you have a command line that wont close until you type “exit”. From here you’re on your own…)
the program converts protected aac files to unprotected aac files. then simply import them to your itunes library and use the itunes “convert selection to mp3″ option in the “advanced” pull down menu
finally, the link…
http://hymn-project.org/download.php
This is a solution i did. I have the newest Roxio Cd Creator. When i downloaded the AAC music from itunes i simply went to My Roxio and clicked on Copy Files To Cd. After burning the cd. You might have to go to a friends house who has roxio and open their roxio. On their roxio you click on Make a music CD then those annoying AAC should have no affect. I know it seems like alot but it works. If it doesn’t work for you then too damn bad!
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How do you convert an AAC File
not an AAC Audio File into an MP3, its from a nokia 3300 recorder. I tried using the Nokia Audio Manager and I got the file to play out of my speakers, but the sound recorder that comes with XP Pro has terrible quality. I tried to record through my own headphone input and it doesn’t work. When I Add File to my Library in iTunes, the screen just blinks and it is not added. All I want is a way to record my FM radio and make it an MP3 for my iPod
Post answer please!!!!
i have AAC songs that i put on my computer from a cd and now i wont to convert them to a MP3 so i can put all my songs on one cd as mp3 ……how do i do this ?
Hey,
i have a question about how to convert files to aac using the command line like a previous entry said. I really need help e-mail me thanx.
I have been able to do this by first REMOVING the DRM protection on the AAC/M4P files in the iTunes directory. This creates M4A files which can be played on any computer (not just the one you purchased the songs with). Then I followed the steps listed above to have iTunes convert them to MP3 (Edit/Prefereneces/Import, change to MP3. The Advanced, Convert Selection to MP3. It worked like a champ!
Softwizard.
“HOW” did you remove the DRM protection. This is the main snag for the rest of us — please let us know.
For Windows users:
Open Nero 6, start a cd-audio project, add your aac files to the project, highlight the file you want to convert and click ‘edit’. That will start Nero Wave Editor, here you can save the file as *.wav. Worked perfectly with the file that came with my Nokia mobile.
Everytime i try any of the above methods i have a problem, It creates files but when it creates them, they have no sound whatsoever. Anybody find a real solution? Thanks, Jon
I have to second the idea of using the recording from the Audio In or Stereo Mix option. You get virtually no loss in quality, and you don’t have to worry about what items are “hidden” in the files.
I used to do WMA for all my music, and then our office moved to a Linux platform. WMA to MP3 is only slightly better supported than AAC to MP3, and since there’s no iTunes for Linux…
That said, I wish one of the major services would support Linux directly. Having to boot Windows just to buy music I then have to convert to be able to listen to after I’ve rebooted and am doing real work is a MAJOR pain. Here I am trying to spend money, and I have to jump through hoops to do it.
FWIW…
Heres a simple solution that works:
Edit/Preferences/Importing.
Then, change the Import Using setting from AAC Encoder to MP3 Encoder.
Then right click on your song and click Convert to MP3
that method doesn’t work on protected formats
I had to transfere all my music to a new hard drive and when I did it all my files were changed to .acp files and I don’t know how to convert them back to the original. is there anything I can do?
Not quiet the same, but something similar.
I have, legally (paid for), downloaded wma-files from a site, but they are protected in a way that I can not import them into iTunes. Real pain in the a…
Can someone help me with this?
For you windows folk, try Switch at http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html
I have not tried it with music store downloads.
In order to get MP3s from your AACs or M4Ps, you must first get rid of the proctection by using iOpener, which can be downloaded here.
http://www.hymn-project.org/
After installing iOpener and running it on your iTunes library, which converts the protected M4Ps into unprotected M4As, you can change your iTunes importing options to MP3 and right-click convert like you would any store-bought CD. iOpener is a great tool, and even though it sounds like a bad idea, I recomend allowing it to copy over the original M4Ps, unless you want twice the space taken up on your computer. Oh yeah, NO QUALITY LOSS!
I have just downloaded IOPENER (running XP here). I then ran it and it hangs half way through my small library on a strange file called , CONNCI1.mp3 which doesn’t seem to exist. ANy ideas? I am not technical and started off on the hymn route, couldn’t figure out which Dbamp and thought IOPENER was the solution.
Well guys, I too was having trouble trying to convert the itunes songs to mp3…until I found the following forum that actually made it an easy one step process. http://hymn-project.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=128&start=0
I someone has webspace where they’d like me to post a zip file (about 1Mb) of the 4 files you need to convert the files, I’d be happy to.
I understand that there are many legitatmate reasons why you would want to have the itunes music you bought in mp3 format.
I just used Iopener.
Works like a charm. It only looks for the files in the ITunes folder in MyDocuments/MyMusic. It asks for the Music Store id and pass and converts the m4p (protected acc) files to mpa (acc).
I spent some time on this little problem, and found the perfect solution. I have about 2 gigs worth of iTunes downloads, I did not want to burn and rip. Luckily I found iOpener as mentioned above. It worked perfectly! It simply removes the DRM from the file, it does nothing to the quality. http://www.hymn-project.org/
It uses .NET framework, so you need to be running XP(SP1 or 2 or 2000). This is typically already installed, if not, you can installed in from windows update.
After I ran iOpener all my Acc Protected file were converted to AAC. I can now do as I wish with the files.
Ufony from http://www.softe.net can convert aac to mp3.
i managed to do it wif itunes.. its simple (set the preference to mp3)
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i wanted to thank dan (from way up at the top) about the tip for converting ripped songs in itunes back to mp3 ( although not a solution for purchased ones) this has made my life a whole lot easier.
Thanks.
this thread is further evidence that most mac users are morons and can’t even google right.
just use lame. acc->mp3 conversion. there’s a ton of apps that do this.
Seems like aaron is not reading right and has got his head mixed up on what is being said: Lame works on unprotected songs!! Not Protected ones! Now, who is the dysfunctional and slightly demented person?
All PC users..to solve the problem with the aac to mp3 conversion, Sony Soundforge 8 is PERFECT! Even has built in batch converter! Does Protected AAC as well! Enjoy! Later!
“If doing one file at a time…just open in Soundforge (you can click and drag the audio file there or right click open with, choose Soundforge)…save as (choice of format)!”
itunes is really missing a trick with not allowing people to convert their purchased music to mp3, its what the people who buy cd’s can do anyway!!!
It’s restrictive and if we really want to share music with people as everyones pointing out we can. I have bought albums from itunes because they are cheaper, i would buy so many more if it was in an mp3 format i could play in my car, but screw it, their loss.
Apple only puts the protection so people will buy more copies of the songs, which is actually an interesting strategy. That aside, JHymn worked flawlessly for my AAC files. I highly recommend it.
Apple only puts the protection so people will buy more copies of the songs, which is actually an interesting strategy. That aside, JHymn worked flawlessly for my AAC files. I highly recommend it.
Can anyone tell me what will be better quality, an MP3 recorded with Lame, or AAC?
Thanks, Gracias for the tip, itunes can covert acc to mp3 cool!!!!!
ok to convert AAC to mp3, using iTunes, go to preferences, advanced, and change the import to mp3. then select the AAC songs you want to change to mp3 and right click. there will be a thing that says “convert to mp3″. click that.
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——————————————————————> OK i found out how to convert super easy. you simply go to “my computer” then “i-pod” then “folder options” in dropdown menu, then “view” then click on the bubble saying “view all hidden folders” then click “i-pod control” then click music……
now again in the drop down menu… go to “view”… well shit just press “ctrl+E” to open search. then click the pictures,music,….. option (the first option) and then click the “music” button. DO NOT PUT A SONG NAME!!!! you have to “advanced search” that shit so you can grab it off your i-pod and not your entire computer… then click “more advanced options” and click all sub folders and shit or anything that would seem like music would hide in… then simply click “search”. a shitload of songs will come up and wait until the search is over. COPY ALL THE SONGS or the ones that are obviously in “aac” format. save them to a folder and the ones that dont play because they are in aac format, simply highlight, drag to “library” and “convert to mp3 format”
Hi Robert, my husband and I followed your steps word for word on your EASY, EASY, EASY, EASY, EASY, ETC. ADVICE. Everything worked until the library part. When we right clicked on the song it only gave us the option to convert as an aac…. I don’t get it! please help
AHHHHHH I am such a happy chicky to see that some one else tried too. The same thing happened to me traci ! And, I thought AAC and m4ps were the same. So, I guess their not…will some one explain to us what to do? I downloaded the same stupid song 4 times from itunes before i realized that it was not an mp3 and i want to make a family red neck movie and use the song “and i shaved my back for this?” with windows movie maker and it WONT FREAKING WORK !!!! because its a stupid m4p !!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP MY RED NECK blond BUTT PLEASE !!!!
Well, I have 67 songs ive downloaded from itunes for my ipod etc and i want to make a slideshow or dvd with my roxie 8 deal and it has to be mp3s so i want to convert them all. Sorry, to hear about your “Red Neck” delima
Alex said something
on 04/03/05 @ 4:03 am
i wanted to thank dan (from way up at the top) about the tip for converting ripped songs in itunes back to mp3 ( although not a solution for purchased ones) this has made my life a whole lot easier.
This is the way to go. ITunes converts it just fine. Took my about 3 minutes to convert a standard rock album.
I’ve read the first several comments here. I find it to be a lovely illustration on the futility of DRM. Like a cheap bicycle lock. DRM only keeps the honest man honest and keep and also keeps an honest man from excercising fair-use. The aforementioned honest man, needs work his tail off to get his property to function as he desires. Meanwhile, the crooks among us already have all the tools onhand for mass-copy(conversion) and distribution.
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For anyone else reading this don’t follow the EASY EASY EASY instructions. iTunes WILL convert AAC files into MP3 files, but it WILL NOT convert PROTECTED AAC files into MP3 files. Protected AAC files are the type of file that you get when you purchase music from iTunes.
If you go to EDIT> PREFERENCES > ADVANCED tab > IMPORTING tab and change the “Import Using:” dropdown list to MP3 you can then right click your song files in your library and select “Convert to MP3″, but only on NON protected AAC files.
There were tools available that would get rid of the DRM restrictions in the protected AAC files for earlier versions of iTunes, but now practicly all of those tools don’t work with the newer versions if iTunes and the protected AAC file format. I too have this dilema of not being able to play my purchased music that I own on my non iPod MP3 player and I am still searching for a conversion method. I will post back if I do find a working solution.
Using iOpener (on WinXP), I got the error
“Operation aborted. iOpener couldn’t retrieve your iTunes Musinc Store key.”
From within iTunes, I can successfully login using my Apple ID and purchase new songs. Please advise!!
My objective is to copy songs to my Nokia 6620 mobile phone which has a MP3 player on it.
Answered my own problem. Basically, iOpener (v0.3) only works w/ iTunes (v4.x). Since I have iTunes (v.6.02), iOpener won’t work. Simply have to wait for when newer version of iOpener is updated
Can anyone help me out; I have a sony ericcson w 600 but the cellphone only works with mp3 format, So i need to convert the AAC to Mp3 format
But I can´t do it.
There is a way to unprotect AAC converting it to MP3, cauze MP3 is the most flexible file format.. Personally I will use SoundTaxi
http://www.soundtaxi.info/
hay I have an apple and I love it when it comes to right I thing the end user should be the one who should choose what to buy. In other words why buy some thing that you cant use?
Mp3 rules