Can I convert regular iTunes songs to MP3?

Can I convert songs in my iTunes library to MP3 format?

Yes.
See this -> iTunes: How to convert a song to a different file format

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I want to make an mp3 cd to play in my car, the stereo in my car supports no aac, itunes does not allow to convert aac to mp3, in this way I can not use the songs I bought in the itunes store to be played in my car.
Who has a solution?

The sooner we get the preamble out of the way, the sooner we can answer your question. So ...
The iTunes Store is in the business of selling songs made with the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) Codec, otherwise referred to as MPEG-4 files or .m4p's. That's what they sell and, excepting Audiobooks, Podcasts, Videos, TV Shows, Movies and Games (I think I've covered everything) that's all that they sell.
Furthermore, the songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store are copy-protected . As a result of this, these songs cannot be converted to other formats, specifically they cannot be converted to the MP-3 format.
There is a workaround, though, for those who may want to make use of purchased songs in a non-AAC compatible application such as an mp-3 player or Windows Movie Maker.
A reminder about your obligations with songs you've bought from iTS is in order before proceeding. First a disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, although I am old enough to have watched a few episodes of Perry Mason when I was a kid.
Among the Terms of Service agreed to in opening an account with the Music Store is:
9 b. Use of Products. You acknowledge that Products contain security technology that limits your usage of Products to the following Usage Rules, and you agree to use Products in compliance with such Usage Rules.
And among the Usage Rules referred to above:
You shall be entitled to export, burn or copy Products solely for personal, noncommercial use.
Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver (or other limitation or implication) of any rights of the copyright owners in any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition, or artwork embodied in any Product.
One final point before getting to the answer to your question, the Software License Agreement with Apple for iTunes that you agreed to states in part:
This software may be used to reproduce materials. It is licensed to you only for reproduction of non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright, or materials you are authorized or legally permitted to reproduce. ... If you are uncertain about your right to copy or permit access to any material you should contact your legal advisor.
The purpose of the agreements and the security technology referred to is to deter music piracy. This fits in with the advice offered on all our iPod boxes: Don't steal music.
Preamble out of the way, So how do you use your purchased songs with an MP-3 device?
First go to the iTunes Edit menu > Preferences > Burning tab and select Disc Format: Audio CD . Press OK .
You can now create an Audio CD of your purchased songs.
The next step is to go to the iTunes Edit menu > Preferences > Importing tab and select Import Using: MP3 Encoder with the Setting of your choice. Press OK .
Now you can import the Audio CD into iTunes.
Alternatively, the importing of the Audio CD can be done with the media player of your choice.
That's it. You will now have files that you can use with an MP-3 application. It is important to emphasize you are still limited to "personal, noncommercial use" of the songs as per your agreement with iTMS.
Please note that as a result of this process the copies will suffer some loss of audio fidelity compared to the original files.
Any further questions, please post back.
I promise to keep the answer short.
; - )

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Can someone recommend a third-party software program that will convert an iTune song to MP3. I have a song I need to convert to email to someone. I thought that Roxio would do it but the upgrade is far too expensive. Thanks.

Then you'll have to find your answer elsewhere. I will not be party to it and discussions about removing the DRM are prohibited by the Terms of Use of these fourms.
+Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.+
Besides, I already gave you all the legal information you need. Re-read my post and think about it.

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Have you tried each of these?

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How can i convert my iTunes to MP3 ?

Hi, i am sure this question must have been asked before, i have just downloaded a couple of Albums from the iTunes Store, to move these Album tracks away from my lap top, i have to put the tracks in a playlist, i am ok with that.
Then when i put the albums on CD's i can play them at home on the HiFi, so i am currently Burning an Audio CD.
It has now answered my original Question !!!!, it is so infuriating, why did i have to find out the hard way ?, it is now Importing the Audio CD back into iTunes and converting the tracks to MP3 !!!
So why does it make it so difficult to convert tracks to MP3 ?
Now it has finished converting the Audio tracks to MP3 files and it lumped them all together in the same Music Folder as the originals !!!!, how do i know which is which ?.
The only reason i wanted them in MP3 format in the first place is so i could put them on a Memory Stick ! so i can play them from the Car Radio in the car.
Does that any of that make any sense to anybody ?
How do i now get them onto a memory stick ?
tim

I'm not sure I completely follow what it is you are trying to do, but it strikes me you're making it more complicated than need be.
iTunes imports files in the format set in your preferences. If you want to import as other than mp3 then set the other format in your preferences.
iTunes is also set by default to put a copy of tracks you add into your iTunes folder. You can unset this in preferences (I have this unset) but most people don't because it kind of messes up file management. You can also temporarily disable it for files you are dragging to iTunes by holding the option key. If you use iTunes for converting it will add them to iTunes - that's the way it behaves. I often use non-iTunes applications such as Max or XLD for doing my conversions (you also get to use the LAME codec for mp3 which some consider better than iTunes).
You can add a column to your lists display which is format, or just go by the file size or bit rate display columns. While not definitive, I can usually depend upon files saying 128k bitrate or 3 MB in size to be mp3 (I have almost no AAC tracks) vs. AIFFwhich would have much higher bitrate and much bigger files.
If you have mp3 files and want to put them on a flash drive, highlight the items you want to add (it could be a whole playlist) and drag this from the iTunes window to the flash drive in a Finder window.

Can't convert my itunes to mp3 format for my LYRA MP3 player

I purchashed a mp3 player for my son. We have approximately 177 itunes I have purchased in my library. I can not convert them to mp3 format so I can download on player. Dialog box reads "files are protected and format can not be changed". Please help. I have paid for these tunes and would hate to do so again.

I'm not sure I completely follow what it is you are trying to do, but it strikes me you're making it more complicated than need be.
iTunes imports files in the format set in your preferences. If you want to import as other than mp3 then set the other format in your preferences.
iTunes is also set by default to put a copy of tracks you add into your iTunes folder. You can unset this in preferences (I have this unset) but most people don't because it kind of messes up file management. You can also temporarily disable it for files you are dragging to iTunes by holding the option key. If you use iTunes for converting it will add them to iTunes - that's the way it behaves. I often use non-iTunes applications such as Max or XLD for doing my conversions (you also get to use the LAME codec for mp3 which some consider better than iTunes).
You can add a column to your lists display which is format, or just go by the file size or bit rate display columns. While not definitive, I can usually depend upon files saying 128k bitrate or 3 MB in size to be mp3 (I have almost no AAC tracks) vs. AIFFwhich would have much higher bitrate and much bigger files.
If you have mp3 files and want to put them on a flash drive, highlight the items you want to add (it could be a whole playlist) and drag this from the iTunes window to the flash drive in a Finder window.

HT1399 my itunes library is stored as .aac files how can i convert them all together to mp3

my itunes library is stored as .aac files how can i convert them all together to mp3

Thanks for the quick response. I didn't think of that. I just tried several songs, and it DOES work as you say. Except iTunes downloaded the identical 128 kbps protected files again. These are 90's - "10,000 Maniacs" tracks.
So does this mean Apple doesn't have my "10,000 Maniacs" high bit rate unprotected files available? Then why would anyone even buy any songs through the "iTunes" store, when Amazon sells only 256 kbps MPEG music files, at a little cheaper price than Apple?
I'm missing something. The tracks I want to upgrade are available at Amazon in the higher bit rate format. Maybe iTunes is annoyed at me for using "Windows" on a PC and an "Android" phone?
Thanks again.

Can I transfer my itunes to a MP3 player? newbie, help please

Hi, I need your help. I have a HP Media Center PC with all bells and whistles. I just learned about itunes. I downloaded a free song. I have also gotten 5 songs for free from a website called Connect (run by Sony).
what I was expecting to do was to go to Radio shack and purchase an MP3 player for $59.99. It's about all I can afford.
then I found out that the songs I downloaded from Connect cannot be transferred to an mp3 player unless it is a Sony MP3 player. The mp3 player in Radio Shack was not a Sony. but I did ask the salesman if I could do itunes with this and he said "sure". but I'm not sure now. I have read about all kinds of formats with downloading these songs. such as OPENMG format and something called ATRAC. See where I'm getting confused?
What I need to know is this: If I purchase songs from itunes and it goes on my hard drive, can I then purchase the mp3 player and transfer the songs so I can go for a walk and play my mp3 player. I can't afford an ipod.
Do I have to buy a special mp3 player to be able to use itunes. I can't find any information on this on the site.
I am a disabled person and could use some help.
thanks to anybody who can help me. Just need to know exactly what I should be buying to play songs on and do I have to download the songs in a special way or does itunes just do it for me. Also, I don't have an apple computer. but I have an APPLE user ID. Very confusing.
Melody

Okay, let me see if I have this right.
I have a HP Pavillion Media Center. this should allow me to burn cds, right? I have never done this in my life but believe me I learn fast. I have two drives that I'm looking at right now on my tower.
The top drive says LightScribe DVD+-/CD Writer
The other drive says CD rom.
I presume, to burn a cd (or whatever it's called), I use the top Lightscribe thing, right?
so I guess I have to get a blank cd rewritable thing, place it in the top drive and copy the sonic stage (sony) songs onto that right? then I can get the ipod and transfer from the newly burned cd into the ipod, right?
I have absolutely no idea how to accomplish this but I'm willing to at least do the first step and burn the cd.
Now, here's my question. Many years ago, when I had my other HP pavillion,it came with a re-writable drive. I tried to burn something to it and I did not know what I was doing. I do remember that the cd was some kind of RW thing.
I probably have one of those in my house. They are over 5 years old. Is this what I have to use to put the songs on it.
do I have to go to the computer store and buy a new blank cd-rw (if that is indeed what I will be using).
I want to know exactly what kind of blank cd thing I have to put in the drive. And do I use the one marked Lightscribe.
See, once I know what to do, I'll figure out how to do it.
I'm going to search my room to find one of the old blank ones but I won't use it until you say, "yes, use it.".
I know I used to have a case of them. Never used them but they are still around.
Are they still compatible with my windows xp, HP Pavillion media center.
And I should tell you what I tried to do last night. I was researching all about converting files and I saw something that said "drag the files into your itunes folder and you should have the songs in their". so stupid me, I go to my start menu, open up the explore thing, I find the "sonic stage" thing, I see the itunes thing, I dragged and sonic stage into the itunes thing and sure enough, right in front of me a little message popped up showing me it was "copying files to itunes". So I said "holy sh*t, I actually did it", "i'm going to see my songs in my itunes folder". Well, that didn't happen. I opened up my itunes library and only my original itunes song was there. No songs from the sonic stage library was put in.
I have no idea what was copied into what. So what exactly did I do?
thanks for any help about the cd burning thing.
I mean, I have this HP Pavillion Media Center and I want to be able to figure out how to use it before I turn 80.
Thanks much.
Melody

Can't import .m4p iTunes song to a diff appl

I bought my first song from iTunes, and it has a .m4p extension. I can't import it into a different application (read iPod rip-off). Songs with .wav, .wma and .mp3 can be imported. Advice?

.m4p means it has Apple DRM (copy protection) on it. You can play it in iTunes or on an iPod.
Similar to how you cannot play a .wma file in iTunes or iPod because it has Windows DRM on it.

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Converting purchased iTunes song files to Xbox 360 friendly format?

I know you can right click on a song and select Create AAC version. Is there any way to do this so that the converted file REPLACES the old one, and I don't have a load of duplicates to clear? Thanks

I know this is an older post, but I myself have recently discovered that my Xbox 360 will not play the Protected or Purchased AAC files from my iPod. I understand that I can convert the Purchased AAC files to AAC and then the song will play on my Xbox; however, the problem with that is not only does it create a duplicate in my iTunes library, but when you go to remove the Purchased AAC file (as you already made an AAC copy of it), the song is also removed from your playlists. The library is now the only place the AAC file is stored in. It isn't enough that one must convert the songs to AAC format and then delete the duplicate, they have to redo their playlists. If you've discovered this by now and know of a way to make it easier to play the Purchased AAC files on the Xbox, please let me know. I'd like to save myself A LOT of trouble.
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