how to convert m4a to mp3?

My biggest iTune music problem is with the mp4p files. First I was informed to sign-up for iTunes Plus and then you can convert those mp4p files for mp4a's... not so. I found app that converts mp4p files to mp3 files but I found you have to turn off iTune match because iCloud exchange them back. Now I find the exchange eventually happens any way, it just takes iCloud a little longer. On my Sonos system it will play mp4a files but when iCloud switches the files back you have to start the whole time consuming task all over.

I have collected thousands of iTune pieces of music over the years and it's a shame I can't listen to the music over quality speakers powered by a quality amp.

BTW, you can't repurchase the music because iTunes Store says it's already purchased making it impossible to buy and download.

Any help?

Thanks.

Files are m4p and m4a (not mp4p & mp4a)

Jagged Edge wrote:

My biggest iTune music problem is with the mp4p files. First I was informed to sign-up for iTunes Plus and then you can convert those mp4p files for mp4a's... not so.

Delete the m4p (not mp4p) and redownload it via iTunes Match.

Hi Roger

I used the method you suggested to convert some MPEG-4 music files to mp3. I tried to convert a playlist in one go and after 3 tracks had been done iTunes hung up. At the second attempt it hung up after 13 had been completed. Now every time I try to continue I get a Windows pop up message that iTunes has stopped working and has to be closed. Any ideas as to what is going wrong?

Hi SherryinDallas

www.digitaltrends.com have a tutorial using iTunes but as ever be careful for the add-ons I use Freemaker Audio Converter but they do not have the application that you require.

Regards

neilfrommalaga

iTunes should be able to convert any number of songs sequentially; I've not had experience of it on Windows but it certainly ought to work there, though there may be interference from something else. The best place to ask would be in the iTunes for Windows forum.

Hi,

You can try a non-Apple converter, otherwise there's nothing you can do. Apple's software does not natively play WMA nor WMV content (if QuickTime plays it, you must have either the Flip4Mac codec or Perian, both third-party products), nor does any Apple software on Mac OS X have the ability to convert WMA to a format iTunes can handle.I insist that you use an Apple Music Converter.

Converting M4A to WAV will preserve high quality sound as well as have high compatibility. To convert M4A to WAV and MP3, finding a solution or a converter in Google will be wise choice.

You can download a M4A to MP3 converter for mac to convert m4a to mp3.

(a year and a half later...)

Benwon wrote:

You can download a M4A to MP3 converter for mac to convert m4a to mp3.

Why?

You can convert using iTunes.

And I am looking for the exact opposite!!!

How do I convert MP3 to m4a using iTunes???

I tried some app, and found this it the fastest m4a to mp3 converter for mac

joshua2020 wrote:

I tried some app, and found this it the fastest m4a to mp3 converter for mac

iTunes will comvert just fine.

None of these sugestions are workable for an m4a podcast... Any ideas? Thanks.

Drag the episode out to the Desktop then drag it back into the Music list, then proceed as in my post above.

That worked perfectly. Thank you for you time and effort.