MP4a what

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MP4a what

When i did a I Tunes upgrade about a month ago some how it converted all my music files in I Tunes to a Mp4 and i cannot use any of the music any where else on my computer like i use to be able to windows media player cant use them they all are looking for MP3 please can some help me on what i can do to fix this problem

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Dell, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Jul 29, 2007 12:44 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 29, 2007 12:46 PM in response to tksemperfi

Except for the recently released iTunes Plus tracks (un-protected AAC), music purchased from the iTunes store has always been protected AAC. Nothing changed with the release of ver 7.3.

You can always burn your purchases to an Audio CD and use them as you would any other Audio CD.

Best of luck.

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tksemperfi Author

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Jul 29, 2007 12:54 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

that will not work these songs were not purchased they were transfered form CD's to I tunes and when i did the upgrade it converted them all to MP4 files i need to get them all back to MP3 any ideas ????

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Answer 3

Jul 29, 2007 12:58 PM in response to tksemperfi

If they are unprotected AAC files, you can convert them to mp3s. Make sure your import settings are set for mp3 (preferences>advanced>importing). Then select the tracks you want to convert and from the Advanced menu, select Convert Selection to mp3.

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StarDeb55

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Jul 29, 2007 1:40 PM in response to tksemperfi

I think there's a little confusion on the file extensions. Protected purchases from the store are .m4p & have always been ,m4p. The regular AAC format which you can rip your own CD's with in iTunes gives a file extension of .m4a. I suspect the files you are talking about are .m4a files. If this is the case, then what Meg suggested about converting to mp3 will work. One word of warning, converting directly from one Lossy format to another, (.m4a>,mp3) will cause a loss of audio quality. Only your ears can tell if this loss will be acceptable.

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