Converting selections to MP3 option in iTunes

When using convert selection to MP3 in iTunes is there any options that need to be configured or are they set to default?
Thanks.

The conversion settings default from whatever you have set in your import settings. The default setting for iTunes is AAC so if you want to convert songs to MP3 then you have to change your import settings to MP3. If you are using iTunes 8 go to Edit>Preferences>General and click on Import Settings, change your option to MP3 for example. Go back to your library and highlight the songs you want to convert and go to the Advanced menu at the top of your iTunes window and choose "Create MP3 version": iTunes: How to convert a song to a different file format

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Convert Selection to mp3?

Ok, I know how to convert selected songs to mp3, but I have a question. I see iTunes duplicates the song so I'll have one .mp4 and one .mp3. Obviously, I don't want 2 of the same song so is the best/easiest way to get rid of the duplicate to simply delete it? Or is there an option where I can have it delete the old song and replace it with the new .mp3 version? And will I lose any quality in converting a song from .mp4 to .mp3?
Thanks a lot for any help.

"Over time all of my songs turn to mp4 though." I'm sorry but that just isn't possible unless someone converts them. If you are importing in AAC format, the file extension is .m4a, the file extension for store purchases is ,m4p (protected AAC format), so are you sure you have the format posted correctly? To check this, right click on any of the songs, then "get info", that will give you the format/file extension. Yes, you do lose quality when converting from on Lossy format to another. I do not use mp3 to import, I use AAC, but to get the equivalent audio quality of a store purchase which is protected AAC @ 128, you would have to import in mp3 @ 160.
Yes, you will have to manually delete your dups. Hope all of this helps.

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Thank you very much. I found it according to your instruction now. I used to be able to just right click the song so I was surprised that it's disappeared.
If I maybe trouble you one more thing, I believe I used to be able right click and select 'create ringtones'. That seems to be gone too.
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Can't convert videos to MP3 in Windows iTunes

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But when I try this in the Windows version of iTunes, I cannot get "Convert to MP3" to activate. Instead, it remains grayed out and nonfunctional. My Windows keyboard doesn't have an "option" key and neither the "ctrl" key nor the Windows key nor the "alt" key will activate the command.
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So basically, the fix is to just use the right settings Which, if you use SUPER, is everything I have shown(Adjust the bitrates to your liking. More is higher quality, less battery life. I just watched "Wanted" last night with those current settings, and it looked and sounded alright, but I'll probably put the audio up to the next level for any future movies).

Convert Selection to MP3 (from AAC) freezes PC and forces soft re-boot

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this has happened to me before. all u do when u try to burn in mp3 and some do burn. u know wat u do. select those that have not been converted and do them again. this is how i do mine. move the curser to point at which the conversion stopped, then press the shift key while trying to select the rest of the songs either up button or down, it should be down cus those that have not been converted will always be down. so press shift +down curser and until u get to the last song. right click the songs and press convert, it wil start burning again. and that is all.if u find problem let me know.

I don't have "convert selection for ipod" option in advanced menu ...

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Converting Mp4 to MP3 in iTunes 9

I cannot figure out how to do this in iTunes 9. The "import" button on the advance tab or preferences is no longer there so I cannot select the MP3 option for importing either. Did it get moved?

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Did it get moved?
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Cant find i dont have convert selection to aac on itunes

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To convert a song's file format:
1. Choose iTunes > Preferences, click General, and then click Import Settings.
2. In the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the format you want to convert songs to, and then click OK to save the settings.
3. Select one or more songs in your library and choose Advanced > Create [Format] Version.
The song in its original format and the newly converted song appear in your library.

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.

Convert aiff to mp3

How do I convert a mix which is 29 meg aiff to an mp3 fpr the web i use to be able through itunes but not any more

You can still do it through iTunes - go to Preferences->Advanced->Importing and select MP3 from the "Import Using" poplist. Then load the aiff into iTunes, select it, and select "Convert Selection to MP3" from the Advanced menu.

Convert aac to mp3; copy in new location?

Most of my music is ripped into iTunes as AAC.
Have an MP3 (no AAC/MP4 capability) player I want to move music to. Have figured out I can convert the selections to MP3, burn to a CD, and then copy to the MP3 player (it doesn't show up in iTunes). Problem is, everything I convert to MP3, the copies show up in the main music library right by the originals. How can I get the copies into some other directory, as I only want them for copying into the MP3 player?
thankx in advance
-Bruce_

There's no way to just drag the files to Toast and have them converted.
If they are unprotected AAC files you can convert them in iTunes.
Go to Preferences>Advanced>Importing and make sure that you've set it to mp3. Then, select the song(s) you want to convert. From the Advanced menu choose Convert Selection to mp3. This will create a second file in mp3 format.
If they are Protected AAC files, you can burn them to an audio CD in iTunes and use them it as you would any other audio CD.

Syncing mp3 player with iTunes...help

I have a Trio MP3 player (yes, I know, that is most of the problem, but bear with me)
iTunes will not allow me to copy song files and convert them to MP3's so I can put them onto the MP3 player. (heaven help me, I miss my iPod) The MP3 player will only play MP3's, not mp4's nor aac files.
I have tried this by placing the songs I want into a new play list - selecting all files in new playlist - go to advanced - select convert selection to MP3...the mac says that it is converting the requested files to MP3 format. Yet, it only turned them into AAC files. I have changed the preferences of importing and burning to MP3 (from AAC), but to no avail. I repeat the steps above and get the same result.
I have also moved the songs into a file on the desktop, but connot convert them from there.
iTunes also will not let me change the AAC files I purchased from iTunes into MP3's...they are "protected".
Help.
I wasn't able to buy another iPod after ours was stolen, so got this instead. All I want to do is be able to take the songs I legally purchased from iTunes and the ones I importeed from my own legally purchase cd's and put them on this MP3 player. ( I cannot reimport the cd music, those were stolen along with the iPod)
Help!

Have you tried updating your iTunes Library to iTunes Plus. This will enable you to convert those purchases, as iTunes Plus songs and music videos are DRM-free. You can update your library for 30¢ a song, as long as your purchases are available in the new format.
Check it out:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305567
Peace!

Converting selections to MP3 option in iTunes

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