Didn't feel like going to a store so I dove in and downloaded my first LP from iTunes (new Lenny Kravitz - pretty good FYI) and am not up to date as to whether or not I can convert the AAC files to good ol' MP3's for the purpose of moving them to another computer without the iPod as the transportation device.

Anyone come up with a software solution to this? I've burned them to a CDR for listening in the car but the computer won't recognize it....

TIA

 

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now I find that funny

JOKING LOL

 

Oops....I could have sworn I posted that in "Ramblings". Sorry folks. BJ

 

yes you can. but you do lose sound quality.

 

You can also just record a WAV from the audio out on your PC - then you can convert the WAV into any format you want - no loss in audio quality.

 

That's not true - first, you lose tons of fidelity when you record from the Audio Out analog jack on your computer. Second, when you start converting the resulting WAV to lossy formats like AAC or MP3, you lose even more quality.

boltjames: a quick Google search on "convert aac to mp3" resulted in some very useful links, but to save you time, here's a good one:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthre...8594#post18594

You have to download a few applications, but it can be done.

 

Normally can't be done direct from AAC bought from iTunes store because of the DRM protection encoded into the file. iTunes won't let you do the direct conversion.

On the Mac, there's an app called 'FairTunes' that will strip out the DMR. You can then take the files and convert to MP3. I'm sure there's an equivalent Windows app somehwere.

 

All you need to do is burn the aac files to a CD using iTunes.
Then rip the songs from that CD into MP3's (at whatever bitrate you want) using Musicmatch or whatever software you use.
No loss in sound quality, though I'm told (mostly by Apple and its annoying cult of followers) that a 128k aac file is equal to a 192k MP3 file, but I haven't actually proven this.

Check out www.ipodlounge.com for discussions on this and other mind-numbing topics.

 

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Stewie:

Once burned to a CDR, the AAC files do something to trick MusicMatch, Winamp, etc and they cannot see/play the CDR.

BJ

 

I burn them to a CD via ITunes and then rip them using Roxio. I quit using MusicMatch before ITunes came out as it drove me up the wall.

BJ, Can the CD you created be played in a CD player (Car or home stero)?

 

I've bought and burn't many albums off of iTunes. Also, I've burnt them right from iTunes. The CD always plays ina vehicle and home stereo. You might want to check in iTunes to make sure you have Audio CD selected under Edit-> Preferences-> Burning. If Audio CD is not selected, a car will not recognize the cd and be able to play it. If you are just looking to put the music on a different computer, download iTunes on the other computer. Once installed, click Advanced -> Check For Purchased Music. Then iTunes should show you the purchased music and will enble it for download.

Hope this helps.

 

All you have to do to bypass this (or any autorun package) is hold down the <SHIFT> key when you put the CD in the drive. You can then do what you wish with the CD.

 

This sounds like a great solution, as all I'm trying to do is get the 18 Kravitz AAC files on my work computer.

Did what you said and entered my userid/password, chose Check For Purchased Music and then got an error message saying "all purchased music has been downloaded by this account".

Any idea why this is happening? I paid for the LP last night and only did one download on my home computer at the exact time of purchase. Why isn't it letting me download a second set of AAC's on my work computer like you said?

BJ

 

Do not burn your AAC files to CD and then rip them back to MP3. There is definitely a loss in quality - those codecs are lossy so each time you compress you're losing a little bit of the puzzle (so to speak).

Again - according to that forum post, once you buy the song you have the key to play it back, so you can convert it to MP3 using the applications as listed in the post.

 

I was trying to do this as well. Your BEST bet is actually get the music from Walmart.com 88cents per song.. and use EZ CD Creator 6 to convert them to mp3...

 

Well shoot. They must have undone that feature in the new version if iTunes. I just downloaded iTunes onto a differnt machine and tried it. I got the same message. Here is a link on how to transfer music via iTunes 4. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93063

In your case I would give Napster a try. I've just recently synced a different machine with the music I purchased off of Napster. If you want to give Napster a try, and want to learn how to sync your music on different machines, PM me and I'll explain it. It's not hard at all. Very similar to what I told you to do with iTunes.