Songs in library are not mp3 anymore, now mpeg 4?

I am so confused. I tried to copy a music CD into my Itunes other day. Well it did but when I burned to a blank CD, it did not come out. I then realized they were mpeg 4 files.
Somehow I was able to change them to mp3, I can't remember how.
Then, I did some research & found how to change my settings for importing to mp3 format. I am not sure what I had checked before, but it was not that, but anyways, before I could in fact burn CD's and play them elsewhere.
My problem now is every song I click on in my library, if I create burn folder, these songs are all .m4a at the end with a little icon saying mpeg4. Please what does this mean & how can I get back to before.
What is confusing is the article said to use one version for importing if you are to play on other CD players. And another if you plan to use ITunes. I do both. So right now under Preferences & Advanced & then "Importing", it says Import Using: mp3 Encoder is what I have selected now. Should I change it to something else?
Like WAV, AIFF or ones of those?
I like to listen to songs on my computer & burn CD's to play in the car, etc. I know all players are not compatible.
Could it be that I changed the import selection & that changed all my songs to the mpeg4 format? I want my mp3's back.
Should I run the software update for ITunes?
Please advise.
Tiffany
Message was edited by: Tiffany O'Neill
Message was edited by: Tiffany O'Neill
Message was edited by: Tiffany O'Neill

Okay I have it set to what you said but I still cannot hear anything playing on the blank CD that I burned onto.
What a bummer.
Do you have to create a playlist to burn a music CD? I just created a Burn Folder & dragged the songs from my library. They appear to have burned but no sound on the CD
I must have changed something by accident cause I used to be able to do it.

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