Tim, This is excellent and such a helpful explanation. One more thing. How do you go about creating a separate playlist with just mp3 versions of your tracks? Can you specify by extension to put .mp3 into a playlist on its own/
Many thanks again Andrew On 1 Aug 2012, at 17:23, 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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