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mick100
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_ 		30. July 2006 @ 14:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what freeware out there converts m4a music files to mp3?

Thanks,

Mick
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hermes_vb
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_ 		31. July 2006 @ 18:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If they are M4A's downloaded from iTunes, no legal software does it, only a couple of underground apps. If your M4A's are not protected, there are more options. I use foobar2000 as my audio player/converter, but that's just my preference.
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tucker001
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_ 		31. July 2006 @ 19:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
tunebite is legal it uses the "analog loophole" tunebite.com but it costs money

I just burn the protected AAC files to a regular audio cd on cd-rw and rerip the tracks then erase the disk.

both of these ways are legal


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hermes_vb
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_ 		31. July 2006 @ 21:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You are right about tunebite. It's legal, but cost money. You forgot to mention that in theory it also diminishes quality. As for freeware, burning and ripping back to mp3 is your only legal choice.


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_ 		1. August 2006 @ 09:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The .m4a files extension means the Mp4 audio file isn't copy protected!

I don't know why you would want to convert mp4 to mp3, or lossy to lossy for that matter since there will be some quality loss.

But if you need to do it I recommend dBpowerAMP (v10).

Download it here...
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/dMC-r10.exe

Don't forget to downoad the Mp4 (AAC) decoder/encoder here...
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm

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mick100
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_ 		1. August 2006 @ 15:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Converting the files is more out of curiosity on my part. I tend to want to learn how to convert the many types of audio/video files just so I know how to do it. Thanks for the links.
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tucker001
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_ 		11. April 2007 @ 11:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
or you can just record over them with audacity http://www.audacity.souceforge.net

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