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[Malleymal]

I ripped a CD using Itunes, but the song is in MPEG4 or something... is there a way to convert it to Mp3 so I can play it? any suggestions?

 

[xsarien]

I ripped a CD using Itunes, but the song is in MPEG4 or something... is there a way to convert it to Mp3 so I can play it or email the songs??? the CD was a friends and I ripped it before he left... so I cant get the actual CD back... any suggestions?

m4a/aac is the native format of iTunes and the iPod, it will play just fine.

 

[Malleymal]

yea, but I want to play the songs in a different format for no apparent reason... I already put it on my ipod and all...

 

[Killthee]

The iPod will play anything itunes does, but if you wanna convert it to mp3 go to Edit > Preferences... > Importing and change "Import Using" from Apple lossless to MP3. Select the bitrate, click ok, right click the file you want to convert, and select "Convert Selection to MP3".

 

[Malleymal]

^^^ i will try that... I appreciate..

 

[Dilbert]

Killthee is dead on. If you change the setting under the "Import" tab to MP3 Encoder, that will do the trick. Highlight a bunch of songs, right-click, and the context menu will have "Convert selection to MP3" as one of the choices.

Protip: Copy your original files somewhere else first. Once you do the conversion, you will lose the originals (if memory serves)...and converting from PCM -> AAC -> MP3 is a guaranteed way to make the music sound like ass. After you get done with the MP3 version, you'll want to restore the AAC for best sound quality.

 

[xsarien]

Killthee is dead on. If you change the setting under the "Import" tab to MP3 Encoder, that will do the trick. Highlight a bunch of songs, right-click, and the context menu will have "Convert selection to MP3" as one of the choices.

Protip: Copy your original files somewhere else first. Once you do the conversion, you will lose the originals (if memory serves)...and converting from PCM -> AAC -> MP3 is a guaranteed way to make the music sound like ass. After you get done with the MP3 version, you'll want to restore the AAC for best sound quality.

Protip #2: Don't use iTunes' MP3 encoder, it's pretty bad. If you want to do CD -> MP3, go with CDEx or EAC.