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| KerushiiAi |
 Posted: Jul 25, 2008 11:26 pm |
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Hey, up until a few days ago, my iTunes was still a 7.5 version, but I had to upgrade it for something so now it's v. 7.7 and the program I had been using (myfairtunes) no longer works for converting the .m4p files to .m4a (or .mp3 ) so I could play them in foobar2000. I know I'm not the only one here who uses foobar, and probably not the only one who purchases songs from the iTunes store, so, what do you guys do to convert these pesky protected files? 
Thanks in advance~
PS- Remember, for iTunes 7.7
And foobar v0.9.4.5 Oh, and I'd really like a free one too  <Gah, I hate iTunes  > |
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| 1337rice |
| Posted: Jul 27, 2008 8:32 am |
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| KerushiiAi |
| Posted: Jul 27, 2008 2:37 pm |
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^Thank you! 
I had heard of that program but I couldn't find the free download 
Thanks again 
EDIT: Turns out the free demo version only converts the first 60 seconds of songs  |
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| sljinu |
| Posted: Jul 27, 2008 7:21 pm |
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| I used a program called Wavepad to convert the songs for me. Ideally, I'd have used Switch but when the trial period expired it became useless to me. Anyway, to convert through Wavepad, just open the song file and Save As in another format (mp3 most likely). Wavepad and Switch were both developed by NCH Software. |
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| hiro |
| Posted: Jul 27, 2008 10:12 pm |
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| maybe burn the .m4p tracks to a cd and then re-import the songs as mp3s? |
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| jimmbims |
| Posted: Jul 28, 2008 3:36 am |
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| Try Tunebite,I've been using it since long time ago to get rid of that nasty drm.should do the trick for you. |
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| KerushiiAi |
| Posted: Jul 28, 2008 3:43 am |
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@ sljinu
Wavepad...ok I'll look into that, thanks 
@ hiro
That's gonna be a last resort for me  Because it'd kinda be wasting disks you know? Right now, I only have one song I need to convert, and I don't wanna wait til I have a full CD's worth to do it I don't buy songs from iTunes too often, so yeah.
@ jimmbims
Well, that's the trial I downloaded, but it only converts the first 60 seconds unless you buy the program.
EDIT: I tried Wavepad, and it came with a free trial (I think) of Switch, but neither support the format
I hate Apple Microsoft is icky too, but it's becoming increasingly obvious who the lesser of two evils is here.
EDIT2: You know, Apple calls them "AAC" files, but I don't think .m4p really is. No, I think it's something much worse  See, they only encode the songs that are newer, or more popular, like this. The ones they think will be more likely to be redistributed. Apple sucks |
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| sljinu |
| Posted: Jul 28, 2008 4:59 am |
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| Did they re-encode the files or something? Last time I checked, I could convert all songs I d/led through iTunes on Wavepad. Oh, and if you wanna burn onto a CD, just get a CD-RW. Then you erase after you finish it, so you dont waste anything |
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| Landy |
| Posted: Jul 28, 2008 5:39 am |
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| prefer to use powerful Melodycan Ultra Video converter. This software converts avi (Windows Video), WMV (Windows Media Video) and m4v, mov, aac, ra, aa, mp4, snd, aif, m4p, rax, wav, ogg etc. |
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| KerushiiAi |
| Posted: Jul 29, 2008 3:11 pm |
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@ sljinu
Yeah, I think they did 
CD-RW? Is that the hardware or a special kind of CD?
@ Landy
Ok, I'll check that out, thanks |
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| sljinu |
| Posted: Jul 29, 2008 10:40 pm |
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^ lol it's a special type of CD where you can erase the data on it, so it's as the title suggests: CD ReWritable  Nero can erase it (as should a number of other programs). It's a hassle to have to go through the process of burning and ripping but it just about always works so it's a good last resort |
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| KerushiiAi |
| Posted: Jul 30, 2008 12:33 am |
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^ I think I've heard of those...
Yeah, I was planning on CD burning being my last resort
And, MelodyCan worked like TuneBite, but, again like TuneBite, it doesn't convert the whole song with the free version
Gah.
EDIT: If you want, I could send you the file and you can test it on your version of Wavepad, maybe I found an older version or something
EDIT2: I decided to downgrade my iTunes back to 7.5, so that my old program will work again. It's ok though, I don't have an iPhone or anything anyways, which is what all these stupid upgrades are for
It just...is a really big file
But oh well. Thus is the evil that is Apple, no?
EDIT3: Uhh...anyone know of a way to downgrade iTunes without actually uninstalling and reinstalling? Then I'd lose my library (or at least have to work to get it back ) |
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| Eugeniu |
| Posted: Aug 19, 2008 12:01 pm |
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| I use SoundTaxi. Words just fine . |
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| sljinu |
| Posted: Aug 20, 2008 12:14 am |
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| @KerushiiAi: Sorry, I don't think it'd make a difference...if anything, my version would be even older As for the downgrade, I can't really help you there either... |
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| KerushiiAi |
| Posted: Aug 21, 2008 4:17 am |
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@ Eugeniu
Hmm...ok I'll check it out thanks
@ sljinu
Ah, that's ok. I ended up putting the songs into a share folder and using my mom's computer to convert them (after loading my software onto it) because it has an older version of iTunes. It was a hassle but it worked |
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