Many
users who use iTunes regularly may find that most of iTunes music are M4P
music. The M4P file type is primarily associated with 'Protected AAC File' by Apple Inc.
AAC is the audio layer from the follow-on format to MP3. The .M4P extension is AAC
purchased from Apple's Music Store (iTune) and is protected by a Digital Rights Management
scheme.
Apple has maintained tight control of its FairPlay encryption. Other online music stores
cannot sell music files encoded with FairPlay. This means that consumers who want to
listen to songs downloaded from the iTunes Store must either have an iPod or convert the
files to an open format. There are two ways to convert M4P music to MP3. One way is to use
iTunes for sophisticated computer user, another way is to use third party program for
beginner, which is much easier.
Part one: Using iTunes for
converting M4p music
Step 1: Run iTunes and set burner options firstly. You can choose
Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Burning menu and then select your CD burner.
Note: If you don't have a physical burner, you may use a virtual burner program,
NoteBurner. Go to it official website to download the program. After you install it, you
can choose NoteBurner Virtual CD-RW as what you do in the first step.
Step 2: Create a new playlist in iTunes and add all m4p files you want to convert to this
new list.
Note: If you use NoteBurner, you need to select the output format in NoteBurner. After you
click Settings button, you can set the output as MP3, WAV and WMA.
Step 3: Click Burn Disc button in iTunes to starting the burning. If you use NoteBurner,
this is the final step since the program can rip back the burned music automatically. The
output folder will be open automatically after all music finishes encoding.
Note: If you burn the m4p files on real CD, you need to rip the music back in iTunes. Open
iTunes Edit> Preferences> Advanced menu and click small Importing tab inside the
Advanced tab to choose "WAV encoder" or "AIFF Encoder" in the
"Import Using" dropdown. In the left-hand panel under "Devices",
select the CD that you burned.
Step 4: In the main window opposite, deselect any CD track(s) you do not want to convert.
Right-click or control-click over them, and choose the "convert to AIFF" or
"convert to WAV" option.
Step 5: After the conversion, you may find the converted file at C:Documents and
SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsMy MusiciTunesiTunes Music.
Part two: Using a third party
program to convert M4P music
Comparing to the previous method, the following is more simple and easier, you can finish
the job with just several clicks.
Step 1: Free download M4P Converter, install and run it.
Step 2: Clicking ˇ°Addˇ± or directly drag-drop protected M4P files. Batch M4P to MP3
conversion supported.
Step 3: In the "Setting" button, choose MP3 format (*.mp3), you can also custom
the music.
Step 4: Click the ˇ°Startˇ± button to start converting M4P to MP3. After successful
converting M4P to MP3, the result shall be stored on the "Output path" folder.
Then you can use them for playing without any limitation. |
