Itunes library got converted to mpeg-4

somehow my entire itunes library has been converted to mpeg-4. all of songs still play in itunes but won't play on my ipod and when i plug my ipod in it doesn't come up in itunes, it just locks itunes up until i uplug the ipod. then when i unplug the ipod it tells me it to go to the summary tab to restore the ipod to factory settings, but all the info is still on my ipod ijust need to convert it to aac or mp3. is there a way to convert them back witout creating a duplicate file? and if i can will i be losing sound quality?

Thsi happen to me as well, did you get an answer on this, I can't seem to find a way to convert the Mpeg audio files to other formats.

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Itunes library got converted to mpeg-4

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