How to Convert iPod to Media Player
Windows Media Player is the default program for playing music on a Windows-based computer. The MP3 format that iPod players use is not as compatible as the Wave audio format for the Windows Media Player. Converting a MP3 iPod-compatible audio file into the Wave audio format makes for total compatibility with Windows Media Player. The conversion can be done in a similar fashion on a Mac or Windows-based computer using the QuickTime Pro Player software. Neither the Windows Media Player or the Windows-based operating system will be damaged by using a Media Player-compatible audio file that was converted from an iPod-compatible audio file.
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Instructions
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Locate an MP3 iPod-compatible music file on the Mac by clicking on the "Spotlight" icon at the upper right hand corner of the screen and entering "iTunes Music" in the open column that appears. Click on the icon of the 'iTunes Music" folder that appears in the drop down menu to open the "iTunes Music" folder as a window on the desktop. Leave the window open
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Locate an MP3 iPod-compatible music file on a Windows-based computer by clicking on "Start", "Search" and selecting "All files and folders" in the window that appears. Enter "iTunes Music" in the open column and hit the Return key. Double-click on the 'iTunes Music" folder icon that appears in the window to the right. Leave the window open.
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Download and install the Mac or Windows version of the free QuickTime Player program from the Apple Web site. Run the QuickTime Player program and click on "QuickTime" and select "Registration" from the drop down menu. Leave the window that appears on the screen.
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Return to the Apple website and purchase the serial key that will turn the QuickTime Player into the QuickTime Pro Player. Enter the serial key in the open column at the top of "Registration" window. Close the "Registraton" window by clicking on "OK". Quit the QuickTime Player program.
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Run the QuickTime Pro Player program that has been converted from the QuickTime Player. Drag an MP3 iPod-compatible music file from within the "iTunes Music" folder into the QuickTime Pro Player's icon that is on the computer screen. Wait as the QuickTime Pro Player loads in the MP3 iPod-compatible music file. Close the "iTunes Music" window.
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Go to "File" and select "Export" from the drop down menu. Select "Sound to Wave" in the drop down menu next to the "Export" tab in the window that appears. Select "44.1 kHz 16 bit Stereo" from the drop down menu that is below "Sound to Wave".
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Click on the "Save" button at the lower corner of the window to save a Windows Media Player-compatible music file to the computer's hard drive that was once a MP3 iPod-compatible music file. Quit the QuickTime Pro Player when the conversion has been completed.
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