Change to mp3-format

How i can change my songs, i bought on itunes music store to mp3? My ipod don't works, now i will buy a sony mp3-player!

One way that will work is to burn it to a CD then rip it back to MP3.

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I selected "ACC Encoder-iTunes Plus" for import settings to import cd's. I assumed music purchased from the iTunes Store was mp3 format.Which is it?

I selected "AAC-iTunes Plus" as my import settings when importing CD's to my iTunes library. When I reviewed "get info" on purchased songs from iTunes, it says "Kind: Purchased AAC audio file". All of the purchased songs in my library say this. I assumed all purchased songs were "automatically" imported in mp3 format. Do the import settings I chose also apply to purchased music? Also, what can I do to have my library songs changed to mp3 format?

All songs sold in the iTunes Store are AAC/256.
The import setting affects ripping and conversion. It has nothing to do with purchases from the iTunes Store.
If you need MP3s, you can convert your AACs by using this procedure: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550 But it would be easier to buy MP3s in the first place, for example from Amazon MP3.
MP3s can be used in iTunes or almost any other player, program or device.

Is it possible to purchase songs in mp3 format or to change them to MP3 after purchase

Is it possible to purchase songs from the istore in the MP3 format? or can I convert them to MP3 after purchase?

As given, music purchases from the iTunes store are in AAC format. Amazon and others offer mp3s.
To convert your files to MP3, setup your import settings (Edit > Preferences > General > Import Settings) for the target format & bitrate, select tracks, right-click and click Create MP3 version.
Note that unless converting from one lossless format to another you will lose some audio quality in any conversion. Whether that loss is noticeable or acceptable is for you to determine.
If you do decide to change formats, and don't want to keep the duplicate originals in the library, then you may find my ConvertFormat script useful.
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I am trying to copy songs to an sd card for a digital photo frame. I changed my setting in iTunes to mp3 format before I downloaded the song but it didn't work. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions? I would be very grateful!

I am trying to copy songs to an sd card for a digital photo frame. I changed my settings in iTunes to mp3 format before I downloaded them but it did not work. What am I doing wrong? When I play the sd card in my mac or on a lenovo laptop it works but not in the photo frame. I would be grateful for any ideas as to what I am doing wrong.

Unfortunately you've discovered too late how important it is to maintain an up-to-date backup of your iTunes library (and all other data of value). You could, before wiping the drive, have considered making use of a commercial data recovery service that could (albeit at considerable cost) have extracted your library from the hard disk, even if virus infected.
In the absence of that option, you will need to restore the content of your library from its original sources:
Depending on your location, you may be able to re-download any iTunes Store purchases that are still available on the Store
Likewise, most digital purchases from Amazon (including auto-rip copies of purchased CDs) should be available from the Amazon Cloud and via the Amazon Music application - the same may be true of other commercial sources for digital downloads
Content imported from your CDs will have to imported again
The specific situation that you describe regarding the music imported from your friend's external HDD suggests that either the source is badly organized and/or originates from a source other than iTunes (other media players may use alternative tags for information like artist, title, album, etc. that are not wholly consistent with how iTunes handle these). Without details of the issues you're seeing it is difficult to suggest a remedy other than going through the media album-by-album, track-by-track, and correcting the inconsistencies.
In the absence of a backup or access to the original library data there is no option other than painstakingly recreating your library as described above. As you do so, you'll now realize how important creating and maintaining backups are - in my case I have at all times three separate duplicates of my library, in two different locations, where none is ever more than a week old compared to the content of my master library.

Can I change my Audio format from Wav to Mp3 in Premiere Pro... How?

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Recently I have recorded a sound in H4n recorder, now wanted them in mp3 format.
but had to upload it to you-tube and then downloaded it into mp3. But wanted to know is there any way i can change it to mp3 format in Premiere Pro.

Which version are you using, here is the pic from - CS3 - there is no option for mp3 format.

Overdrive app Library changes wma to mp3 format help please

I have iPod 5, iPad 4 and iPhone 5. I use Overdrive app to download Library ebooks and audiobooks. Overdrive has changed from wma format to mp3 format. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thank you

I am confused. You say OverDrive change the format from WMA to mp3. But then you ask how to do that?
Do what since you said OverDrive did that?
The iPod can't play WMA files. They have to be converted to a format compatible with the iPod.
Itunes Help includes:
Add items from your computer to your iTunes library
Do either of the following:
Drag a file or folder from the desktop to the iTunes window.If you add a folder, all the files it contains are added to your library.
In iTunes, choose File > Add to Library, locate a file or folder, and click Open.
By default, adding items to your iTunes library places a pointer to each file in the iTunes folder; the original file remains in the current location. For information about copying files to the iTunes folder instead of creating pointers to them, see Change where your iTunes files are stored. If the file is an unprotected WMA file and you have Windows Media Player Series 9 or later installed, iTunes makes a copy of the file and adds it to your iTunes library. The original WMA file remains unchanged. You can’t add protected WMA files or protected WMV files to iTunes.
You can also get computer apps to do the conversion

Help!! please... how to change my purchased itunes from mp4 format to mp3 format

Can anyone help me, please.... crunched for time, and need to know how to change my mp4 purchased itunes into mp3 format to play in windows movie maker? Thanks!

need to know how to change my mp4 purchased itunes into mp3 format to play in windows movie maker? Thanks!
Karri,
If you have .m4a (iTunes Plus songs), you can convert them by using these instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550
If you have .m4p (DRM-encumbered iTunes songs purchased prior to mid-2009) you must first upgrade them to iTunes Plus by following these instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1711
Ed

I purchased songs from Itunes store and I would like to record a CD to my parents with specific songs but when introduce the cd a message appears that the songs are not in MP3 format, how could I convert them?

I purchased songs from Itunes store and I would like to record a CD to my parents with specific songs but when introduce the cd a message appears that the songs are not in MP3 format, how could I convert them?

Hello
In itunes...preferences you can change the setting to import songs instead of mp4 to mp3. Afer changing this setting, right click to the songs and than you are able to convert to mp3. ths's it

Hi i'm trying to import songs from my pc winxp to itunes all my other music is in itunes but these songs always end up in the "not added folder" they were in mp3 format

Hi ive tried and tried to import these files i downloaded 2 different converters they were in mp3 format i changed them to aac 2x but they wont import to itunes.
my ipod touch is running ios5 my pc is old but upto date its driving me MAD the files in question were on my samsung galaxy s2 i imported over a 1gb from my phone but these dam files!!!!!! someone please help me thanks in advance Neil

The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
Senuti Mac Only (Currently only the beta version is iPod Touch & iPhone compatible)
PodView Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
TuneAid Mac only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac & Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Floola Mac & Windows
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide

I want to export only MP3 formatted songs to my SD card.

I bought a new power pod 360 speaker that will play music on a SD card. It only supports MP3 format, and I changed the format on all of my iTunes music library today. It actually left the original and added the new version underneath. However, I am unable to export only the MP3 songs to the SD card. Can anyone help?

mimizuff wrote:
I bought a new power pod 360 speaker that will play music on a SD card. It only supports MP3 format, and I changed the format on all of my iTunes music library today.
Good, you have rectified your past mistakes. In the future, please make sure that all music that you purchase, rip, or otherwise acquire is in MP3 format, and you will avoid this problem.
I am unable to export only the MP3 songs to the SD card. Can anyone help?
Put your Music library in Songs View, and look at the Kind column. (If you don't have a Kind column, enable it via View > Show View Options.) Any song with a Kind of MPEG audio file is an MP3.

How can I add the lyrics for songs in MP3 format in iTunes for Windows? There is even no the 'Lyrics' tab in the 'Get Info'.

This topic may be old for you, but I searched everywhere on internet and there's still no solution. I even called the Apple Support and the contact support is taking so long to answer... I can't add the lyrics for songs in MP3 format in my iTunes 11.1.3 for my Windows 8.1, I clicked right at the song in my iTunes library, clicked 'Get Info', and there's no 'Lyrics' tab there. I tried several lyrics-adder programs but they just won't work. How can I add lyrics for my MP3 songs then?

You may find that the file is Read-only, which means that it cannot be altered.
However, you can change the Read-only in "Properties" using your file manager.
1. The location (for the next step) of a song is found by looking n the Get Info/Summary>Where: of each song. Make a note of the location.
2. Go to the location (on your computer) of the song, right-click it and the last item on the pop-up menu is Properties. Go into Properties/General>Atributes and turn off the tick in the box named Read-only. Now go back to your iTunes Library and try that song again. The Lyrics tab should now be there.

Trying to import songs onto CD but says not in MP3 format

So, I was trying to burn some CDs yesterday off of my iTunes and the blank CD was detected by iTunes - but once I created the playlist and clicked on Burn, it said that all the songs had problems with them because they weren't in MP3 format.
I went into the Preferences and realized that the setting that I had had it on when importing new songs into iTunes was not for MP3 so I quickly changed it. I reimported one of my CDs that I had bought a while back and replaced the files with the MP3 files and then tried to burn the CD and it worked.
I really don't want to have to do that with all my CDs that I had already put into iTunes by importing the songs. I noticed that there was a "Convert selection into MP3 format" option when you right click in the playlist but once I did that and tried to burn it- the blank CD wouldn't recognize it as MP3 format.
Please someone tell me that I don't have to reimport all my CDs again!!!!!

When you rightclick a song and hit "Convert to MP3" it made copys in MP3 but kept the original AAC files on the PC and in iTUnes.
All you have to do is go thru and find all the AAC files and delete them by highlighting them and hitting the "DEL" key on the keyboard so it removes them from itunes AND puts them in the recycle bin

Change Music File Format

I tried to convert my selections to MP3, however, a pop-up said that the files were protected. The selections are all authorized to play on my PC so how come it would not let me convert the files?

I will reply to my own post from what I found searching the forum. Thanks for noth'n...
The store purchases are in protected AAC format, this is ALL the store sells. Your importing preferences only affect the CD's that you rip yourself, not the store purchases. If you need the store purchases in another format, you will have to burn your purchase to an AUDIO CD, use the audio CD to re-import into iTunes in the desired format, mp3. Welcome to discussions!
Jims, store purchases are in protected AAC format & because of the DRM, they can't be directly changed to mp3. The only way to change your purchase to mp3 is to burn your purchase to an audio CD, use the audio CD to re-rip into iTunes as mp3. All music download sites will have some type of DRM on their downloads , the most common being protected WMA which is not compatible with iPods.
You adjust what format you need by setting your importing preferences in iTunes. So once you have the audio CD of your purchases, you will set your import settings in iTunes to mp3, then import as mp3 using your audio CD. If you are importing your own CD's, change your import setting to mp3 initially & there should be no need to convert an m4a file to mp3. Just to make sure you understand, store purchases have a file extension of .m4p, if you are importing your own CD's in AAC format, their files extension wil be .m4a.
Thanks for your help. I tried what you said, and I'm still having trouble. Here's what I did:
First, I tried burning the CD as an audio CD. That worked fine, but I couldn't import them back into iTunes. It couldn't "see" the files. (The computer only can see .txt, .xml, and .m3u files - not .cda files). I can click and drag them okay, but then they still aren't the right format.
Then, I tried to burn a CD as an MP3 CD, but it said "None of the items in this playlist can be burned to disc." Didn't say why. The help box says, "If your playlist includes songs in formats other than MP3, they will not be burned on the CD." Well, if the only way to get them to be MP3 is to burn them to a CD, and I can't burn them to a CD because they're not MP3, then what do I do??
I'm getting really frustrated. There's probably a really simple step-by-step instruction for this, I just can't find it. Please help!
You are on the right track.
Take the Audio CD that StarDeb had you make. Put that back into the CD drive. iTunes should automatically see it and take you to the CD import screen (just like importing a commercial CD). From there you would import the tracks using the MP3 settings you need.
You do not use the 'File=>Import' feature within the iTunes contextual menus.

Record audio MP3 Format

Hi,
How can we record audio in Flash Media server as MP3 format
is it possible ?
Raj

Dear bjosh44 this person wanted to record MP3 using FMS which is currently unavailable due to royalty fees on a copyright protected codec however this may change in the future because the U.S. patent holders don't seem to be enforcing the copyright on the codec. Germany or somebody threw a fit and sued sandisk. I suppose adobe just isn't going to risk it. Go read about MP3 on wikipedia if you want to know more about what I'm talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3

Burn CDs to play MP3 format - with Lion

Can someone remind me how to burn a CD that will play on an MP3 player or older car CD player? I've done it before, but Lion has had an update since then...and I can't remember how to change the burn settings. And yes...I am using a music CD-R, not a data CD. Thanks.

Treble clef was probably just printed on the disc and has no special meaning. Any CD-R disc can be a audio disc or a data disc. Which it ends up being depends upon how you burn it.
From reading other posts, apparently the burn item is under File. You select a playlist, then File > Burn I am guessing at that stage you are presented with the type of CD to create.
Older car players probably cannot do mp3 CDs. If you have a MP3 player -- well, I'm not sure how you'd put a CD into a mp3 player. Most ipods I have seen do not have CD drives! If you mean a mp3 compatible audio CD player, for that there is probably a mp3 format selection or you need to create a data CD with mp3 files on it.

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