You'll obviously lose some quality due to the re-encoding. 12:30 AM Bob said.ĭave, furthermore, to convert an AAC to MP3, right click the AAC file in iTunes and select, "Convert Selection to MP3." This assumes the file isn't protected and you've selected "MP3" as your import format in the iTunes preferences. :( FWIW, you can script Audio Hijack Pro and get a similar result without all the effort. Dave 11:55 PM Bob said.ĭave, if I took that approach I would have to burn and rip 35 CDs, not to mention all the effort involved in copying the meta data. I hope I haven't drastically misunderstood what you are trying to do. Apple makes it really quite easy to get your music into other forms - it's only restriction is that if a playlist you create contains iTunes-purchased music, then it can only be burned to audio CD a total of 7 times. So, the DRM doesn't really have anything to do with it. I don't believe there is any way to get an MP3 file from an AAC file without first generating the audio and re-encoding.
This actually _is_ a format issue, since you have two different encodings (independent from the DRM), AAC and MP3. There is plenty of documentation of this feature in iTunes :-) If you want an MP3 CD, you can take those standard audio CD's (or disc images I believe) and use iTunes or another program to rip them to MP3, and then burn those MP3s to a cd. you can burn your iTunes music to standard audio CD format in iTunes, without any special tools. I guess I'm going to have to go buy Windows. That's good enough for my use case but not a long term solution. :( Anyway, FairGame re-encodes the sound putting it on par with the Audacity solution. 10:40 PM Bob said.Īlex, I got an Apple Script error. My Mac Pro should make short work of this. Is technically legal? I know they don't pay labels, but do they pay artists? If so, I could get behind that. You could call it my penance for ignoring the EFF.Īny recommendation for where to shop from now on? I'd hate to go back to buying CDs. I guess it's worth it to rid my music collection of DRM. QTFairUse6 requires me to install Windows (see what you made me do, Apple?), and I think it converts in real time (i.e. Unfortunately, it seems I can't burn any of the more than 500 songs I've bought from the iTMS to an MP3 CD.įrom the iTunes documentation, "if your playlist includes songs in formats other than MP3, such as songs purchased from the iTunes Store, they aren't burned to the CD." I love how they try to make it sound like a format rather than a DRM issue.Īs of iTunes 7, Apple has blocked out hymn et al. I'd love to load up my car's CD changer for those times when I don't have an iPod handy. I knew this was coming, but I couldn't resist the convenience of the iTunes Music Store.
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