Moving i-tunes songs to Windows media player

Question

I'm trying to transfer all my i-tunes songs into windows media player. Is there any way to do this?
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  Windows XP  

Answer 1

You need to add the files to iTunes before they can be transferred to the iPod. WMA files are not compatable with iTunes or the iPod. However, iTunes can convert them to a format that is compatable.
To do this:
Open iTunes.
First go to the edit menu, select preferences, click the advanced tab, and select importing.For best song capacity on the ipod, make sure that the encoder is set to "Import using AAC encoder", and "High quality 128 kbps". Hit OK.
Then go to file menu, go to "add file to library" or if its a whole folder go to "add folder to library". Go through your computer folders to find the WMA songs (usually in "My Music" )
Select the song or songs you want to add, then hit open. To select more than one song from a folder, click the first one, hold shift, then click the last song you want to select.
A box will come up saying "one or more of the files you are adding are in WMA format",click ok and itunes will convert them into AAC format that is compatible with iTunes and iPod. (this could take a while if you have a number of songs).
It should be noted that this will only work with unprotected WMA files, not ones bought off of the windows media store or imported to windows media with protection. For protected WMA files, you will need to burn them onto a CD then import this CD into iTunes.
Now the files are in your iTunes library, you can put them onto the iPod.
Post back if you need help putting them onto the iPod.
Hope this helps