How to convert iTunes to MP3, iTunes M4A M4P to MP3 with iTunes Converter?

What is iTunes ? iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store via the Internet to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, applications, iPod games, audiobooks, podcasts, feature length films and movie rentals (not available in all countries), and ringtones (available only in the USA). It is also used to download applications for the iPhone and iPod touch running iPhone OS 2.0 or later

How to convert iTunes to MP3, iTunes M4A M4P to MP3 with iTunes Converter step by step?

Task summary

Note: This document applies to iTunes 8 & 9 with the latest version of NoteBunrer. If you use earlier version of iTunes, such as iTunes 7, please refer to How to use NoteBurner Audio Converter with iTunes 7

Convert iTunes M4P music to MP3 with NoteBurner and iTunes:

1. Choose target format and output folder

2. Create iTunes playlist to contain songs for converting to MP3

3. Choose NoteBurner as theCD burner, and then burn the playlist

4. Get the MP3 files

Step 1 Choose target format and output folder

1. On the main window of NoteBurner, click the Settings button, a dialogue box will pop-out

2. Browse to choose a file folder for storing the converted songs

3. Choose MP3 as output format

4. Go to MP3 tab and check the ID3Tag options

5. Click the OK button to save the changes

Tips:

You can decide how to rename the converted MP3 files. There are up to 13 file name patterns for your selection. By default, NoteBurner will rename all the converted songs in the pattern of <Playlist>/ <Title>.

Check the ID3Tag options to enable track information such as album cover, song title, genre, artist, year, etc. being transferred to the MP3 files.

Step 2 Create playlist to contain songs for converting to MP3

You can burn the already existing iTunes playlist, or create a new playlist, and then add selected songs to the playlist for converting to MP3

1. Choose the menu File > New Playlist, or click the addition sign to create a new playlist

2. Select songs or audiobooks in your iTunes library

3. Right-click on the selected files, choose “Add to playlist > (The playlist you create)”

Tips:

Since NoteBurner utilizes virtual CD burning mechanism to convert audio files, it's suggested that one playlist shall contain no more than 74 minutes music, that's approximately 650 MB files, the standard capacity of Compact Disc. If the playlist contains more than 74 minutes, the converted audio tracks might be divided into two or more vitual discs, depending on the number of the songs you add to the playlist.

Step 3 Choose NoteBurner as CD burner, and then burn the playlist

Click on the Burn Disc button to start burning the playlist.

In iTunes 8 & 9, before the burning starts, you will be prompted to choose CD burner. You should:

Choose NoteBurner Virtual_CD_RW as the CD burner
Select Audio CD as Disc Format
Check the "Include CD Text" option

Tips:

When iTunes finishes burning, please allow a few more minutes for NoteBurner to complete the MP3 encoding.

Audiobooks usually are large audio file with the playtime up to 2-3 hours. In this case, NoteBurner will convert the audiobook into several separated MP3 files.

Step 4 Get the MP3 files

The converted playlist and songs will show up on the main window of NoteBurner.

1. You can double-click any song to preview the music, or click the Play button to play selected song

2. Click the Folder button to open the output folder, where you will find the converted MP3 files

Tips:

Hovering mouse on the thumbnail image in the Track Info pane allows you to preview CD cover in details.

You can edit track info (ID3Tag) such as album, song title, artist, year, genre, etc. Just click the small icon in the Track Info pane, and make changes to the ID3Tag in the pop-out window.

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