Burning iTunes and AAC files

is it not possible to burn music you have bought off itunes onto CDs??
i want to be able to play it in my car however can only put songs that have not been bought through itunes onto cd.
whenever i try to do it my itunes will freeze and i have to close it then get the send error report message.
Im not sure if this is for any AAC file or just the itunes protected one?
any help much appreciated thanks

Matt you can get your iTunes file to MP3 or WAV but the process is a bit convoluted. You'll also lose some quality in the conversion process but you will have something you can play in your car or mp3 player (If it's not an ipod).
1) In preferences/Advanced/Burning
Choose disk format and burn the songs to Audio CD.
2) Once you have done that, again in preferences/Advanced/Importing
Change your import settings to MP3 encoder or WAV encoder and setting to Good Quality 128kbps (I find this works on just about every type of player) then load your CD, import your songs back into iTunes as mp3's.
At the end of the process you should finsh with both the original & mp3 version in your iTunes libary.
Hope this has been of some help
Locksmith
Hy-brid Windows XP AMD Athlon XP

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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Matt you can get your iTunes file to MP3 or WAV but the process is a bit convoluted. You'll also lose some quality in the conversion process but you will have something you can play in your car or mp3 player (If it's not an ipod).
1) In preferences/Advanced/Burning
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At the end of the process you should finsh with both the original & mp3 version in your iTunes libary.
Hope this has been of some help
Locksmith
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