[nelio87]

how do u convert protected aac files into mp3? the only reason i need this is so that i can play these songs on my archose jukebox. i read something about deauthorization. is that wat im sappossed to do?

[griffman]

You can't. That's one of the restrictions with the downloaded songs. They play on your Mac, you can burn them to CD, you can play them on up to three other Macs, but you can't play them on anything else...
-rob.

[Tlak]

There are ways to do this, but that's a violation of the copyright and licensing and whatever else laws, so I won't say here.
You can use them on unlimited iPods, though... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[esc]

it also would sound bad ... losey format into losey format transcoding sucks

[Nobody]

I do not understand what the problem is, you download the songs in aac, burn them to cd, they are now in aif, then convert from the cd back to mp3. What is the problem with this? what If I have an mp3 player in my car and want to hear the music I just purchased in mp3, how is this any kind of violation? I should be able to listen to them myself in any format I choose. If itunes wont burn the downloaded cd's to mp3 then toast will. What am I missing here?

[Chris Breen]

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What am I missing here?

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Not a darn thing. There are legitimate reasons for wanting to do this. For example, I have TiVo with the new Home Media Option that allows me to stream music files from my Mac to TiVo. It doesn't work with AAC files, however. In order to stream them to my TiVo I must convert them to MP3. Burning the files to a CD and then reimporting them with iTunes' MP3 encoder is the way to do this.
And no, they don't sound awful -- at least, they're no worse than regular MP3 files.
Chris

[Nobody]

Thanks for clarifiying that Chris /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[SueG]

I think the protections were necessary to get the heavy hitters in the recording industry on board. But of course, people are already finding ways around it. This article over at slash dot suggests one way without actually naming the hijack application used.

[dougster]

Hi guys...I agree with Chris, and did not read any restrictions on this issue. Being the Mac advocate I am the first thing was to burn the songs, then rip back the songs I purchased into iTunes as .mp3 files. NO worries..
-doug