e., choose MP3 Encoder to convert to
the MP3 format), and then select a compression level from the Setting
listbox. (If you don??™t know which settings to use, MP3 at 192kbps is a
good compromise among quality, flexibility, and resulting file size, and
the files you create can be played anywhere.) Click OK when you??™re done.
4. Finally, highlight one or more songs in your music library, right-click,
and select Convert Selection to MP3 (or AAC, or whatever). Shortly
thereafter, iTunes will place the newly converted file alongside the original
??”both in the library and in same folder on your hard disk??”while
leaving the original file intact.
Of course, neither iTunes nor Windows Media Player will let you convert
protected files, but they??™ll both let you burn protected music to an audio
CD. Then, all you have to do is rip the CD back into an unprotected format.
In fact, NoteBurner (http://www.noteburner.com) creates a virtual CDRW
drive on your system specifically for this purpose, allowing you to burn
and rip your protected songs without wasting any discs. Unfortunately, the
burn-rip process will completely obliterate the embedded tags (meaning that
you??™ll have to retype the track names and other information by hand).
By default, Windows Media Player adds DRM copy protection
to all music files you rip from CDs. To turn this off,
open Windows Media Player, select Tools ??? Options,
choose the Rip Music tab, and turn off the Copy protect
music option.
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