Ahh, that makes sense. Most of my library is imported as mp3 from my own
CDs and I only recently purchased some tracks from the iTunes store
which show up as "Purchased AAC audio file" which I guess are the kind
you can convert. If the older DRMed files don't let you convert to MP3
then I guess burning them to a CD and re-importing them would be the
only way beyond paying Apple $.30 a track. I wish I could have figured
out a way to use a disk image to fake a CD but that doesn't seem
possible. At least using a rewritable disc would save using up a lot of
media.
CB
On 8/1/12 12:23 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Chris and Andrew,
You are correct Chris in that the Purchased items nowadays can be converted
into mp3 but those that were not upgraded either due to being unavailable or
due to the user preferring not to spend the extra money to do the upgrade will
not convert directly to mp3.
Andrew, you should select the Music Library from your Sources list in order to
locate andy items that have been converted. Once in that Library you could go
under the File menu and choose Display Duplicates. Once you've done this, the
Music Table will list all items in your Library that are considered duplicates.
Depending on how you sort these items, they may or may not appear above/below
each other.
there are a number of ways to determine what kind of media resides in your iTunes
Library. First, you could go to your View options with cmd-j and check the Kind
checkbox. This will add a column within the selected Library or Playlist where iTunes
will list whether the item is and AAC, MPEG (likely mp3), Purchased or Protected AAC and
if you have iTunes Match, it will tell you whether the item is a Matched AAC file. The
second method is simply to go to the item you wish to determine and press cmd-i to bring
up its Info. In the Summary pane, near the bottom, you'll note an item that says
"Where". If you listen to this, it will read off the path for the item which
will include the tag at the end of the filename.
The difference between Protected and Purchased content is the DRM (digital
Rights Management). Protected AAC files were the original filetype downloaded
through iTunes although a number of years ago this was negotiated with the
record labels and in most cases is not applied anymore. There is a service
within iTunes whereby you could upgrade the Protected content into iTunes Plus
for about 30ยข a song.. Go to the link below to see about iTunes Plus and click
the View Eligible Songs link to see which songs in your Library are upgradable.
Otherwise, you'll need to do as I mentioned in my previous message and burn
things to a CD then re-import. In both cases, I'd create a Playlist with just
mp3s so that they are easily distinguished.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1711?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
HTH.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2012-08-01, at 9:46 AM, Andrew Lamanche <andrew.laman...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Chris,
I want to put together an audio cd of mp3 tracks because i could then fit more
of them on one cd rather than carry many cds with me.
I selected the songs - about 60 of them - from my music library and ;put them
into one play list. Then I found an option in the advanced menu of iTunes which
would allow me to convert the tracks into mp3. I selected all the items in the
list and pressed convert to mp3. I got the message from iTunes that the tracks
which I had bought through the iTunes Store cannot be converted to mp3. those
tracks which I had previously imported into iTunes from the physical cds I had
purchased in a shop, were converted I think although, I am embarrassed to say
that I have no idea where they had been placed after conversion. Now i think I
have made a mess of my music library because I may have ended up with duplicate
tracks: one in .aiff or maybe acc format (I think my import settings are
.aiff), and the other in whatever they were unless the conversion substitutes
the original format with mp3. Incidentally, before I attempted to burn, I had
changed my import settings to .mp3 - something I found in an article on the web
advised me to do so - so I can't remember what my previous import settings were.
I'm not surre how i can ascertain which format a particular track is in as when
you arrow up and down the music library lists these things are not visible. And
also, I still would like to make an mp3 cd of my tracks when I want out of the
music I had purchased.
Forgive me, Chris, if it all sounds rather nontechnical. I have been learning
about hi-tech for a few years now but some things are still rather difficult.
Any help would be appreciated.
By the way, iTunes has changed over the years, and many articles which I have
googled for on iTunes related subjects are out of date, and certain features
are no longer available in the most recent releases. Feels like Apple is tying
us up tighter and tighter to its own rules. Mind you, I love my Apple products.
Thanks for any help.
Best wishes
Andrew
On 1 Aug 2012, at 15:24, Chris Blouch wrote:
This seems like something other folks might want to know about. Can you give
more details or what you want to do, what you tried and what went wrong? All my
purchases have been in AAC but I was able to put a couple in a playlist and
then burn that list to an audio CD with no problems. I was also able to use
iTunes to convert the AAC files to MP3 and then burn those to an Audio CD. So
far I can't seem to reproduce an issue with burning playlists.
CB
On 8/1/12 8:22 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote:
Listers,
Is there a group for audio buffs on the mac amongst voiceover users? I need to
ask some specific questions with regard to converting iTunes music tracks I've
bought via the iStore into mp3 so that I can burn them onto a cd rw. It would
appear iTunes won't let me burn any tracks I have bought through the store in
mp3 format.
Feel free to write off-list.
Best wishes
Andrew
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
