Comments on: AAC to MP3

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:50:38 +0000

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

By: Vicenzo

Vicenzo — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:47:44 +0000

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/

By: synapse

synapse — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:31:45 +0000

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.

By: Rathin

Rathin — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:21:06 +0000

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

By: Rathin

Rathin — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:22:51 +0000

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.

By: Reese

Reese — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:56:19 +0000

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.

By: C_Reek

C_Reek — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:20:26 +0000

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.

my2p

By: JonQ

JonQ — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:35:01 +0000

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.

By: traci

traci — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:23:55 +0000

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

By: Stellacaster

Stellacaster — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:20:57 +0000

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 !!!!

By: traci

traci — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:13:36 +0000

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

By: robert

robert — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:13:14 +0000

EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY

——————————————————————> 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”

By: brad

brad — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:03:22 +0000

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.

By: Elguero

Elguero — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:22:49 +0000

Thanks, Gracias for the tip, itunes can covert acc to mp3 cool!!!!!

By: Christopher Greiter

Christopher Greiter — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:48:11 +0000

Can anyone tell me what will be better quality, an MP3 recorded with Lame, or AAC?