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Author Topic: Free itunes m4p to mp3 converter Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 01-03-2007 03:10 AM                        Does anybody know a good free converter that can handle those pesky itunes files and convert them to normal mp3 or other unprotected audio formats? BTW, do you also have the problem that itunes sometimes takes literally minutes to start up? Somtetimes, or actually *most* of the time, when I use itunes, I doubleclick on the symbol and it doesn't start. When I doubleclick several times, it eventually shows up after 2 minutes or so. Yes, I have de- and reinstalled itunes completely and I have the latest version. Very strange.  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 01-03-2007 03:30 AM                        Runs fine on my Mac and PC. When I import CDs into iTunes I have it set to be compressed as mp3 so I don't have do it later. I haven't come across any actual freeware conversions. But the ghetto approach I take with protected files is burning the audio file on to a CD then import the CD into iTunes. I have plenty of blank CDs so burning them isn't that big of a deal to me, just fill up the entire CD. It gives me a hard copy of the files if I ever need a backup for whatever reasons.  |  IP: Logged Peter Brown Film Handler Posts: 86 From: Ceredigion, Wales, UK Registered: Jul 2005 posted 01-03-2007 03:52 AM                     Hi Michael, Do you have a large iTunes library? It can take a while to start up as it has to load and parse the library XML file, which for a sizable library (>100GB) is about 30MB. It does rather sound as though you've got another problem, though. If it was my library, I'd back it all up sharpish, then delete the XML files, and get iTunes to regenerate them (it'll do it automatically on startup if they don't exist, I think). That might help, though it's a black art at times.  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 01-04-2007 07:41 PM                     iTunes takes a long time to start up when my iPod is plugged in. For some reason, it's always updating hundreds of files on the iPod, even if nothing changed from the previous time it was plugged in. If I eject and plug it back in, same thing. Once it begins updating, iTunes runs fine. iTunes just takes a long time when it first begins to sync with my iPod. I figured it might have something to do with the fact that I don't have any USB 2.0 ports. Try starting iTunes with your iPod unplugged. Mine starts fine when I do that.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-06-2009 08:40 PM                 It has been 1067 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-06-2009 08:40 PM                        I'm loooking for a converter program to basically to the exact opposite. I'm looking for a converter that will convert either MP3's or WMA's to MP4 or M4a. My son has a Nintendo DSi, and it will only play MP4's or M4a's. We don't do I-tunes. We rip from our own store-bought CD's. All the ones I can find on-line will only convert 20% - 50% of the file, then hold the rest hostage until you pay $19.95 or more. Any suggestions...  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-06-2009 09:06 PM                     Easiest I use is Quick Media Converter. http://cocoonsoftware.com/ Don't click on the sponsor link by mistake. Version 4.0.0.0 is downloadable from the link on the left.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-06-2009 10:25 PM                        John.... On behalf of my 9 year old son... Thank You - Thank You, Thank You!  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-07-2009 12:10 AM                     My pleasure.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-07-2009 10:24 AM                        quote: Barry Floyd We don't do I-tunes. We rip from our own store-bought CD's. You can rip your own store-bought CDs using iTunes. And iTunes can easily convert audio file formats. And iTunes is free. The phrase "We don't do iTunes" almost implies that it's poison or something. There's no reason to be afraid of iTunes.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-07-2009 10:53 AM                     I think iTunes is a pain the ass because it tries to "own" and then hide your music files. It's also a pain because of its odd synchronizing behaviors. Delete a music file off your iPod in the wrong way and iTunes will delete every instance of it from your library. At least with the other "media players" out there you can see and manage your individual music files in Apple's Finder or Windows Explorer.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-07-2009 11:14 AM                     And it's bizarre how sometimes you could have added files to itunes then when you sync, it suddenly starts copying over a bunch of other songs that were never updated/changed.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-07-2009 01:18 PM                        I can't dispute your difficulties with iTunes, except to say that I haven't had those problems myself. I've been using iTunes for over 8 years, so I started before the first iPod was even available! It's still the software I prefer to organize my music files. I can sympathize with the notion that once you're used to organizing using specific software it's really, really annoying to try to switch to organizing with different software. And that's the main reason I eventually bought an iPod rather than some other company's portable MP3 player. I wouldn't say that iTunes "owns" my music files. I can find them easily in the "My Music" folder anyway, but I don't need to. Between iTunes and the iPod, everthing is where I can use it. And did I mention that it does a great job of converting file formats?  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-07-2009 06:40 PM                     I've tried ITunes, and I just didn't like how it worked. I now use the pay version of MEDIA MONKEY which handles everything I can throw at it. I'm very happy with it. There is a free version that does almost everything the pay version does.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-08-2009 10:47 AM                     I use VideoLan as my media player  |  IP: Logged

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