Converting Mpeg to mp3 only

Seems simple.. but arrgh! I have videao clips that I want to convert to cd playable audio files to distribute to band members to listen to for practice purposes... any ideas?
Thanks

If that doesn't work, try ffmpegX. Its a generally high regarded conversion application. Just make sure you get the binaries for it as well.
--Justin S.

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Can't convert MPEG to MP3

My music files are type MPEG. I want to convert them to MP3 format. I want to burn CD's as MP3 to allow a greater number of songs on the disk but allow them to be played on a car or home cd player. I try to convert to MP3 version but it just duplicates the file as another MPEG.
Message was edited by: Kenneth P. from MA

Kenneth,
If iTunes shows the "Kind" as "MPEG audio file," then it is already an MP3.

I am trying to convert AAC to mp3. When highlight and right click it only offers to make copies in AAC. HELP!

I am trying to convert AAC to mp3. When highlight and right click it only offers to make copies in AAC. HELP!

Hello jepperdee,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iTunes: How to convert a song to a different file format
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1550
To convert a song's file format
Open iTunes Preferences.
Windows: Choose Edit > Preferences.
Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.
Click the General button, then click the Importing Settings… button in the lower section of the window.
From the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the encoding format that you want to convert the song to, then click OK to save the settings.
Select one or more songs in your library, then from the File > Create New Version menu, choose one of the following (the menu item changes to show what's selected in your Importing preferences):
Create MP3 version
Create AAC version
Create AIFF version
Create WAV version
Create Apple Lossless version
Have a nice day,
Mario

Converting Mpeg-4 files to mp3

I have a bunch of AMVs on my computer and for some of them I dont even want the visual part but just want to be able to listen to them.
Is there a way within iTunes to convert them to mp3?
I googled it and I thought I had come up with the answer. I went into preferences and changed "import settings" from AAC encoder to mp3 encoder(and high quality).
When I highlight a video> Advanced> I see the options "Create Ipod"/Create Ipad"/"Create mp3"... but the mp3 option is not bolded(I cant select it). Do I need to change something else as well to make it work?
I even copied an mpeg-4 file and tried to re-add to the library but it didnt convert it so I just have a duplicate mpeg-4 file ~.~
Help? Thank you! ^.^

Handbrake is a freeware converter that handle this easily. Its pretty simple to use too.
To get the mp3 audios played on portable devices, just drag and drop mp4 videos into the program and select "MP3" as the output audio file, let it encode and youre done.
It's worked nicely for me in the past, and has some nice features like settings for various devices including iOS devices (downscale to iPod resolution while you convert, etc).
If you want to do that with some other third-party tool rather than this free Handbrake, you may follow the guide here.
MP4 to MP3 for Mac: http://www.ilikemall.com/how-to/convert-mp4-to-mp3-mac.html
All depends on you.
Regards

Can't convert AIFF to MP3

Can’t convert songs in iTunes. I have iTunes 7.02. I’ve followed the process as detailed in iTunes help as well as in a “missing manuals” book.
Here’s what I’ve done to try to change a song from AIFF file to MP3:
1) In iTunes, chose iTunes > Preferences
2) Chose “Advanced”
3) Chose “Importing”
4) Was told to use “Pop-Up” menu to select between: AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless Encoder, MP3, or WAV;
However, there is no “Pop-Up” menu........never has been;
So,
I used the “Import Using” window and scrolled to select MP3
5) Clicked “OK”
6) In an iTunes Playlist, clicked once to highlight the song I wanted to convert from AIFF to MP3
7) Went back to Preferences > Advanced to try and click “Convert Selection to MP3”............. But,
there is no such command in the Advanced, Importing window.
Presumably, after you do that (which I couldn’t) iTunes automatically converts selected song to the format I’ve chosen, plays it through while converting, resulting in a duplicate song, only in MP3 format. The original AIFF song is supposed to remain in the Library.
So why aren’t things happening they way iTunes Help and the book I’m using said they would?
Finally, after changing things in iTunes Preferences, how do I leave "Preferences": for example: should it always be left: Import Using: AIFF Encoder and Setting: Automatic?
My iMac specs should be listed below.
Any suggestions? Thank you in advance.

hi nemateoz,
here are some clarifications;
"However, there is no “Pop-Up” menu."
correct, its a drop-down list.
"Went back to Preferences > Advanced to try and click “Convert Selection to MP3"."
no, this option isn't located in the Advanced tab from the iTunes preferences but in the menu "Advanced" of iTunes (as Files, Edit, etc). This may be confusing thaugh.
"The original AIFF song is supposed to remain in the Library."
Correct; files will be duplicated. if you want to sort them easily, right click on any colum title of your library view and select "Genre". this will add a colum showing the file genre (aiff, mp3, etc) so you can sort them.
"So why aren’t things happening they way iTunes Help and the book I’m using said they would?"
i don'T know where you got your information. maybe you just got confused between advanced menu and advanced tab in preferences.
"Finally, after changing things in iTunes Preferences, how do I leave "Preferences": for example: should it always be left: Import Using: AIFF Encoder and Setting: Automatic?"
depends on what you would like. usually, people will convert aiff files to mp3 or m4a directly from CD; i.e. after inserting a CD, by just clicking "Import CD" button on the lower right corner will import/convert files based on your itunes preferences settings.

I don't see an option to convert caf to mp3, when I export... thoughts?

I open a CAF file in Quicktime Pro and I wanted to export it as an MP3.
I didn't see an export to MP3 option, so I exported the file to a WAV file then converted that to MP3.
Any ideas how I can export directly to MP3?
I may have missed when I was looking for this...
Thanks..

I found a bunch of Apple Loops from an old iLife install that used the Core Audio Format.
Thanks for the heads up—I think I located them. Managed to find one 2 sec file online, but it was an old IMA 4:1 audio format. In either case, I can only convert the .caf files indirectly using built-in Mac OS X software as follows:
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3) Delete intermediate and/or sources file(s) if not wanted.

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The normal situation would be wanting to convert .m4a (AAC or Apple Lossless) to .mp3 as these are both music file formats. The extension .mp4 is normally for a video file and iTunes itself will only convert music files from one format to another.
For details on how to convert between music formats see http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1550
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-If it is mp3s, no problem.
-If it is another unprotected format, use iTunes to convert it to mp3. To do this, make sure you have your import preference set to mp3. Then, right click the song and choose "Convert Selection to mp3."
-If it is songs purchased from the iTunes music store, they are in protected AAC format and the only approach is to burn them to audio CD and import them back as mp3.
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New iTunes 4.9 doesn't convert .mpg into .mp3 or aac ?

hello support!
I'm a producer in a german radiostation. we're working with soundfiles saved in .mpg files (mpeg1 audio). In past (with version 4.8) it was possible to import that files into itunes and convert it into mp3 or aac. Now, with that new podcast version, it doesn't work. If I try, I get an unknown error "(-50)". does anyone know about this problem?
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Dennis,
What I did:
1) I bought apple quicktime pro do not follow me in this it won't help you.. I got angry and at the apple store they said I would get my money back because I asked them BEFORE I bought and they said it would work. It doesn't
2) I downloaded MPEG streamclip (free) at http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
AND....
It works! You do not need to buy the Apple quicktime MPEG 2 component rubbish, you do not need it if you convert just audio!
I have MP2 files with 384 kbbs and I was looking a bit odd when they showed up as 192 kbbs but that is per stereo channel so the total comes to 384 again.
I transferred the files into AIFF and it works I do see a conversion into AC3 is that AAC? well if you can convert to AIFF you can use iTunes again to convert to AAC or MP3!
so now you can do the job! I am now, after a few hours, again back to start to work..... thanks iTunes boys!
there is another app at http://www.dekorte.com/projects/shareware/SoundConverter/ is seems to do the job as well but it'll cost you 10 dollar. And I do not know if it is as good as the free app...

Converting songs to mp3

Another brilliant job Apple!!! (note sarcasm)
Like an inept buffoon I purchased an album from the iTunes store... That was easy and simple... Fantastic... However, like every other Apple product, it looks great, is easy to use but there is little to no substance to it when you look under the hood!!!
I purchased a brand new car yesterday that can play mp3's.
I copied the songs in their raw format to a CD and put it in the car... Why are only half the songs visible??? Where's my new album? After investigation, I find that the file format is m4a which of course is not mp3 and is unreadable to my in-car CD player... After much searching I out I can just use itunes to convert it to mp3... perfect, not such a disaster after all... Until I try to execute it...
I right click on the songs on the album and click "Create Mp3 version" (after fiddling with some settings) and I get the following error: "file could not be converted because protected files cannot be converted to other formats"
That is awesome!!!
How do I get my songs, which I purchase legally, into a format that I can use on my in-car CD player (mp3 format)...
I am struggling to understand why I would ever purchase from the iTUnes store again after this when I can just buy the CD from the shop without any restrictions or I can just download them in mp3 format directly from the Bigpond Music store????
Can someone please advise if there is some feature or benefit I am missing from using iTunes??? Because right now I just see it as a restrictive, inferior and useless mechanism for purchasing my music???

I am now aware of this restriction and will refrain from purchasing music from iTunes in the future however, I was uneducated when I made my first few purchases...
I have got around it as ed2345 suggested by using the already burnt CD's and ripping them to mp3 format... So all iTunes is doing is making it difficult, not stopping it altogether...
The problem I have now is that I have 2 singles I've purchased that I want to convert and it would be a waste to burn them to CD just to convert them back to mp3...
Thanks for the feedback anyway guys... At least I have some options;
1. Burn to CD and then rip
2. Look at purchasing some software that converts protected music
All in all though... Apple appear to be working hard to match Microsoft in the dictatorial stakes... That's why we left Microsoft for Apple in the first place...they tried to dictate how we did everything... Apple, please don't follow Microsoft's mistakes!

Converting .m4p to .mp3 or .wav?

I have an iTunes problem someone might be able to help with? I have downloaded a .m4p music file in iTunes. I want to use it in photo editing software that only accepts .mp3, .wav and .wma file types, and didn't detect the m4p file in the folder it was in.
Is there any way to get m4p files into mp3/wav/wma formats (without risking overrunning my computer with viruses, spyware etc)? I know there may be legal issues too but I’m not very clear on them so if anyone can inform me that would be helpful.
These are the bright ideas I had so far that didn't work...
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I thought maybe I could open the file in another program and save it in an acceptable different format. I tried Windows Media Player 11, it wouldn't recognise .m4p, and wouldn't let me save in specific formats. I tried RealPlayer, it would open and play the file but wouldn't save it in another format.
Any advice appreciated!!
Thanks

Tracks purchased from any legal download store carrying major-label content, including the iTunes Store, are copy-protected (with the exception of music on EMI's labels, much of which is also available in a higher-quality, nonprotected format) and so cannot be directly converted to any other format. You can, however, burn the tracks purchased from the iTunes Store out to an audio CD, at which point it will act just like any other normal audio CD.

Converting AIF to MP3 and keeping original file name?

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If anyone has any clue as to what i'm talking about, or even better can help me out, please let me know
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I have two suggestions:
1. Use the Sundry Info to Comments script to add the filename to the Comment field, then use the File Renamer script to rename the files based on the comment field after you’ve ripped them. Obviously, this will only work if you don’t have other info that needs to be in that field.
2. Rip your files using Max, which gives you a lot more flexibility than iTunes in terms of how the files are named and tagged. This will also produce better sounding MP3 files, because unlike iTunes, it uses the LAME standard.
Personally, I would go with suggestion #2.

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