No matter what itunes import settings, I select its always MP3

Hey guys, Ive been downloading music from youtube. No matter what import settings I choose it always downloads as MP3. Ive tries selecting ACC, and apple lossless nothing changes.
Also what is the best music format for quality, I dont care about file size. Thanks!!!!

Johnrambo66 wrote:
Ok thanks guys this helped, I have heard you can't attach cover art to WAV files so I don't want that. So would apple lossless, or aiff be better?
Either one. Apple Lossless is ~50%-60% of WAV/AIFF size.
Oh and do you guys know of a youtube converter that allows you to download file other than mp3 ?
You can only donwload files in whatever format they are.
Once it is downloaded you can convert it.
But if it is downloaded MP3, don't convert it to anything else. You will simply reduce the quality or greatly increase the file size (with no gain in quality).

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I was just wanting to know how to change the settings of my itunes so that when I import music into it, it automatically converts the music from MP3 to AAC; so therefore the music imported is already in AAC format when it appears. I've set the import settings to AAC and all that, but when i either drag and drop music from explorer into the library; or go through the file-> add file/folder to library route, it still imports it as an MP3 and i have to convert it after.
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Chris CA wrote:
UrbanBurbanTurban wrote:
I was just wanting to know how to change the settings of my itunes so that when I import music into it, it automatically converts the music from MP3 to AAC;
Is there some reason you are converting from MP3 to AAC?
All this really does is lower the quality of the music.
About the only reason you would need to do it is if you require an AAC file but iTunes and iDevices will work fine with MP3.
It's because I ran out of space on my ipod. I tried the 'convert higher bit rate files to ACC' thing, so it'd convert them as they synced onto my ipod; but practically all of the artwork failed to show up. I created the library in the hope it would solve the artwork issue (which it has, SCORE!) and it also eradicates the need for conversion every single time i want to sync my ipod (not sure if it would actually have to convert everything for each sync but oh well...)
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import settings on itunes isnt the same settings for purchased downloads?

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Dear loeezy,
Sorry you felt offended by my post. That was not my intent and I never suggested you were stupid.
Your post was a bit confusing because you were describing unrelated things.
I was simply trying to explain a few things to help you out. Seems it did not work.
My apologies.
Please check out exactly the directions I wrote about "import settings". I believe you will find the active button, "import settings" next to "ask to import CD" which is next to the words "when you import a CD:" under the heading, "General" in the pull-down menu, Preferences.
Yes, I understand what the Import Settings are and how to change them.
However, Import Settings has nothing to do with burning a CD or selecting file types for adding to a playlist.
Since it is not needed for making a playlist or burning a CD, I don't understand why it would "annoying".
If you are burning a data or MP3 CD and only want specific file types, then you need to know what format of the files you add to a playlist are but that still has no relevance to what your current Import Settings are.
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Next time read the question thoroughly, make sure you do have the right version, and test what the the person is saying
I did read thoroughly and understand exactly what you wrote.
In the end, seems all you really needed was how to view the Kind column.
Seems you have sorted out your issue so good luck.

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