How can I copy mp3 files from my Itunes library to an SD card for use in a non-apple phone?

billgr0248 wrote:

How can I copy mp3 files from my Itunes library to an SD card for use in a non-apple phone?

Drag the songs from the iTunes window to the SD card on the desktop.

I can physically copy the tunes as mp3's but the phone does not seem to be able to play all of them.

What is the format of these songs (look at the file extension).

Does teyour phone play this iTunes format?

iTunes purchases are AAC.

billgr0248 wrote:

I import all my music to Itunes as mp3's by ripping CD's. The LG phone does not appear to play Itunes format

You mean it doesn't play AAC?

It might be helpful for you if you enable the Kind column in the iTunes browser.

Switch to Song view then pull down View > View Options and select Kind. Now you can close the small window. Tracks ripped from CD as MP3 will be MPEG Audio Files, AAC files will be AAC Audio Files, etc. Find some of the tracks that won't play on the new phone and see what the Kind is, then look up the specs for the phone on the internet and see if it supports that file type.

AAC is Advanced Audio Coding. Basically it's a format that sounds better than MP3 but doesn't take up as much space as a lossless format (like you'd have on a CD). More than likely you've had that encoding turned on when you ripped your music into itunes (it's the default encoder). Therefore your LG phone won't play them.

You need to turn off the AAC format by going to the iTunes menu, Preferences, General (at the top), then clicking the "Import Preferences" button. Change the AAC Encoder to MP3 Encoder. After that you'll have to make MP3 copies of your songs by right clicking them and selecting "Create MP3 Version." You'll get a copy of the song that should transfer to your SD card and have MP3 encoding. Hopefully your phone will play that.

I should also mention that another option is to reimport your discs after you change the encoding to MP3. It might be easier than making copies of the songs, based on the size of your itunes library.

The OP has already said he rips CDs as MP3.

The op sounds like he is simply using the word "mp3" to mean a music file, not the format.

Perhaps, perhaps not. For the moment I will take him at his word until I get information to the contrary.

Chris CA wrote:

The op sounds like he is simply using the word "mp3" to mean a music file, not the format.

That was my assumption, thus the AAC Encoding suggestion.