How to Convert iTunes DRM protected m4p files to mp3

Use a virtual CD burner to remove DRM protected music files to unprotected mp3 which can be widely used.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• iTunes
• Noteburner

1. Download Noteburner Audio Converter from http://www.noteburner.com, it can run on XP and Vista.

2. Install Noteburner, in the process it will pop up a dialog which says the device is not certificated by microsft and would you like to continue. Please click "continue anyway". After the installation, you can find a virtual CD burner device on your device manager.

3. 
   Choose CD Burner

   Set Noteburner virtual CD burner as your default CD burner in iTunes. Open iTunes, click Edit--> Preference --> Advanced --> Burning, and select "Noteburn Virtual_CD-RW" as your cd burner. Also please check "include CD text" option so that all the output files can preserve the tags information including file name, length, artist, album name, art work etc.

4. Burn disc. Do as what you do when you burn an audio CD. And you will find Noteburner's icon is rotating in the test bar, and Noteburner's manager will pop up and encode the songs. After encoding, click Folder button and you will find the output files.

Tips & Warnings

• Noteburner can run on XP and Vista, if you want to run on MAC OS X, please download MAC version Tune4MAC from http://www.tune4mac.com.
• Noteburner can also convert protected wma files, in this case, you need to set it as default cd burner in Windows media player.
• You can choose mp3, wma or wav as output format, you can set output folder, output file name, bitrate and so on.
• Noteburner can also convert also kinds of unprotected audio files such as WMA, MP3, rax, MP4, WAV, RA, snd, OGG, aif if you find a right media player with cd burning feature.
• The trial version of Noteburner will only convert 3 minutes of each file.
• It's illegal to share the converted mp3 with others.

[Tiffany08]

on 9/24/2008 I am using TunePat. Though it is not as famous as NoteBurner, it can also convert DRM music smartly. Surprisingly, it can convert my iTunes library (containing more than one thousand m4p songs) at a time! Converting speed is super fast! Output file
quality is excellent! Highly recommended!

http://www.tunepat.com/

[11a22b]

on 7/18/2008 Convert iTunes music to MP3 for free

Burn the track(s) to a compact disc and make sure that you burn an audio CD and not a data CD.
Use the iTunes to access the audio CD and add the media files to the library.
Right click the media file and select 'Convert Selection to MP3'.
If you've a large number of media files to be converted to MP3 format then you may even use a CD Emulator to simulate a real CD burner to avoid the multiple CD-R discs.

Convert iTunes music and videos to MP4/MP3 using Tunebite - shareware

http://convertitunestomp3.itunesm4pconverter.com/

[ehow008]

on 7/11/2008 Read this article once again..accidently. ;) and it seems that something is missing.. We shouldn't ignore Mac users, lol

If for apple machines, there's a very helpful application name Tune4Mac M4P Converter. It can convert DRM music on Mac.

To check more, Mac users can visit this page:
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_mac/

[xwzjgdzg]

on 6/29/2008 I am an old friend of NoteBurner:-) It is a wonderful software, and i've recommended it to many of my friends, and they also think high of it. By the way, i would also like to compliment their wonderful support which is timely and helpful.

[xwzjgdzg]

on 6/29/2008 NoteBurner is an amazing software. I've used it for months without encountering any problem! Love it so much:-)