Converting ITunes to MP3...Can Someone Help Me?

Now that I got a new laptop that has Windows Movie Maker insert five minutes of happy dancing here I really want to make video tributes. HOWEVER comma all the songs I want to use are in ITunes format. I really have no interest in buying them all again from Amazon, something I’ve been forced to do in the past, and most of them are bought. Advice, please?

I Googled this, and found a free download for a program to do it. But, knowing the internet, this can often be dangerous, and since my last laptop was lost due to a virus I have a bit of a paranoia.

You could try burning your Itunes songs on a CD, then import the CD using the Windows Media Player. I think that’s what I did, but the last time I made a video was in July of last year.

You can actually convert to mp3 right inside iTunes. Go to preferences → General → import settings → Change ‘import using’ to mp3. Apply the changes. Click the song you want to convert in your music list. Got to advanced → create mp3 version.

Hope this makes sense. :slight_smile:

When you convert them you should end up with two copies of the song in the iTunes library. Rather confuses me when I have to convert something.

Be sure to backup your songs or be careful not to delete the originals as the quality of the mp3 files would be not a good as the originals.

I use a program called Ipod to Computer Transfer. Since the songs on my ipod are already MP3, all I need to do is transfer the songs from my ipod to my desktop.

Don’t get too happy, Windows Movie Maker has given me a TON of problems. I don’t know, maybe my CPU doesn’t like me! :wink: Good luck with your videos Rac!

Heheh, they probably won’t be happening for a long time. Guess what? I don’t have a DVD ripper! Yeah…oh well.

I have the same problem.
I just bought a new Nokia phone called the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic.
It came with a shoe speaker and a $50 Nokia Music Store voucher.
And the nokia music store songs can not be on transfered to iTunes.

Those have DRM. You can probably find a way to crack it but it’s technically illegal and it’d be easier and just as illegal to download the songs via torrent anyway.,

I have tryed to convert the songs but the songs and the format is protected from converting, that’s why I use my phone sometimes.