Trying to download my iTunes playlist (on a MacBook) to a thumb drive. The files in iTunes are in m4a format and I need them to convert to mp3 so I can transfer to the hard drive in my vehicle. When I use the convert in iTunes, the files reformat to m3u, which my vehicle won't read. Please advise.
.mu3 is a playlist format, not an audio format. What process are you using to convert files? Try m3unify from Doug's Apps for iTunes.
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I'm pretty sure. This is the manual description: The radio will recognize only files with the *.MP3 extension
as MP3 files. Non-MP3 files named with the *.MP3 extension may cause playback problems. The radio is
designed to recognize the file as an invalid MP3 and will not play the file.
When using the MP3 encoder to compress audio data to an MP3 file, the bit rate and sampling frequencies in the
following table are supported. In addition, variable bit rates (VBR) are also supported. The majority of MP3 files
use a 44.1 kHz sampling rate and a 192, 160, 128, 96 or VBR bit rates.
Are you sure your vehicle does not play AAC/m4a?
I was just using the iTunes 'convert'. I'll look into the m3unify and see it that does it. Thank you for the suggestion 🙂
You're welcome. 🙂
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m4a files to mp3
