itunes-WMP

[madcatmk3]

I got an mp3 player finally. But it uses windows media player and all my songs are on itunes. anyone know how to transfer them? I don't need to keep the same high quality. Most are also AAC protected files.
EDIT:forgot to mention the fact that I can convert files with creative audio converter.
EDIT2: You actuly can't convert the protected AAC files to anything...

[madcatmk3]

well I've got the mp3 player working if I'm board I might do a review. Unfortunetly I still can't transfer between the two but I had a few CD's sitting around and the quality is amazing.
EDIT: I'll wright one tomorrow if I have time, I'm abaysitting some kids for someones fourth of july party, seeing my girlfried and hopefuly sitting outside to tan . But if I have time I'll wright one as it's a lot better then my shuffle which was an absolute piece of ****. I mean really I hated that thing.

[WonderBread]

All your iTunes music is in your Documents and Settings\"user"\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music folder.

Some of the files may be in the .M4P format if you purchased them from the iTunes store but they can be converted with the propper converter. Otherwise you can have WMP scan that particular folder and it will add all the supported format songs into its library.

[Áedán]

Currently, as I understand it, protected AAC files (.m4p) are not unprotectable. Programs that have unprotected them have relied on being able to download the license information from the iTunes store (and thus using a license entitlement up). If you've purchased using iTunes version 6, I'm not aware of anything that will remove the DRM.

However, if you're desperate, you can always burn them to a re-writable CD and then rip them back again!

[Favu]

Or play it through your soundcard right back to your line in port, and record it that way.

But I didn't tell you that

[Áedán]

Personally, I'd rather avoid the quality loss and just strip the DRM if I had to. However, as I have an iPod, I don't need to strip the DRM at all. I would agree about the iPod shuffle though - it seems like it's a product with very limited use. The 4G iPods are pretty decent though.

[madcatmk3]

Originally Posted by Áedán

However, if you're desperate, you can always burn them to a re-writable CD and then rip them back again!

Thats what I've bean doing. But one great thing about my samsung is that the sound quality is much, much better. A second thingwould probly be the 27 hrs of battery life. my shuffle got like 12

[Áedán]

I know that when I couple my 4G iPod with a decent set of headphones, it provides good quality sound. That's the kicker though - a decent set of headphones. The headphones provided with just about all portable players suck royally.

[xmetrix]

I say you load up winamp, and use that to convert them to wav's using the diskwriter plugin, then encode it using your fav utility (adobe audition, lame, etc.)

[Áedán]

I didn't know Winamp could play tracks protected by Fairplay? However, you'll still lose quality as you've going from one lossy format to another. Better would just be able to undo the AES encryption on the track, so the portable player could play MPEG4 audio... Shame it's not possible at the moment.

[madcatmk3]

ehhhmmmm guess I'm just going to have to do it with a CD . Oh well