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If you are one of the iTunes aficionados that enjoy listening to music, podcasts and you download iTunes files from the online store, then you are probably feeling weird knowing that the digital format of these files doesn’t allow you to play them outside this application. It seems a really unfair since you paid for the files; do you need to have an Apple Mac or media player to reproduce these files?

The answer is that in this format you cannot play them in any media player not supported by apple or its software. The reason is that these files are in AAC or mp4 format, which is the default iTunes and Apple format. The only thing you can do is convert iTunes files to mp3 and play them in every device, using any kind of media player you prefer.

According to Apple, these files are in mp4 format because it is the only that gives such a high sound quality. For the average user though, this is pretty inconvenient, as most media players play files in mp3 format but thankfully, there are solutions. What can you do?

The first way to convert iTunes files to mp3 is to burn the downloaded files in a CD and then copy them back to your hard drive in mp3 format. This method allows you to store songs in any audio format you like, no matter what the encryption or protection of the original file was. You can use any kind of program that burns audio CDs. This is quite easy method but takes some time – and you will need to use some CDs as well. You can also create a virtual CD drive in order to eliminate the need for CD-Rs, as your system will behave as the virtual drive is real, allowing you to ‘burn’ and save the files in any format you want.

The second most popular method to convert iTunes files to mp3 is to use one of the numerous converters that exist online today. You can find several both free and shareware on the Internet. If you perform an online search you can find many converters that can help you convert even protected files to mp3 format without any compromise in quality.

The advent of various portable media players have been a welcome idea to many users. Now they can have access to their media files while on the go.

It can be noted that most of the downloadable media files available on the internet and the ones stored in millions on computers are in the mp3 format. However, majority of the newer media players available in the market today can only read media files are that are recorded in the mp4 format. This has posed a major problem to many end users who copy the files unto their media players and can’t access it.

Mp4 players are the technology of today in the sense that it plays both audio and video files and a combination of various unique file formats, but cannot play mp3 format files.
There is a lot of software available for download over the internet that can convert mp3 to mp4 format but most of the time, only advanced users can go about it.

To convert mp3 to mp4, follow these simple steps:

• Browse the internet, download and install audio to video converters. There are a lot of such converters available for download over the internet. Do a research and find a suitable one. Some of them allow you to try the software for a period of time with an option to buy it when the period elapses. Most of them only convert mp4 to mp3 and not vice versa, take note!

• Since there are various versions of mp4 formats, determine which format your portable media player requires to play the file you are converting. There versions are:

o Mp4 – plays both audio and video files
o Mp4a – plays audio files
o Mp4b – plays audio books
o Mp4v – plays video files
o Mp4p – plays protected files

• You may need to download the mp4 codec if the converter you are using does not bundle this in, most of them do. Chances are that if you downloaded the free version of converters, you will need to download the codec. The link to get it is always included in the resources/help tab. The media files will not convert without the proper codec.

• Now select the file/s that you need to convert. The right-clicking option is available on most converters. Select the format you want to convert it to or follow the instructions on the drop-menus to proceed

• After selecting the requirements for conversion, click on the convert or ‘OK’ button to complete the process.

Always remember to save your converted files at the location that you can recall. Most people have trouble finding the file destination after it has been converted and resort to going through the whole conversion process again to find the needed file. Oftentimes, it is stored in the same folder as the downloaded converter.