Convert iTunes to MP3 with Virtual CD burning method: M4P to MP Converter

"I've purchased a bunch of music from iTunes and have enjoyed listening to them on my computer. But my portable music player is not an Apple iPod, so I can't take my songs with me. Is there any way I can get around this unfair restriction and convert my Itunes tracks to good old MP3?" So you've got an iPod, you go and buy music but then your machines dies, or have many computers and other mobile devices such as MP3 players you listen to music on, or maybe sometimes you use an operating system not supported by iTunes, how can you listen to your purchased music? Well, usually you can't. Why? Because the songs you purchased are DRM protected, that means you can only listen to them on specific computers and devices. For most folks the limits of a few computers or devices are fine, but for the gadget geek- nope, we have too many computers and devices. It would be like buying a DVD but only being able to watch it on some DVD players or in some rooms, or even only on some TVs. Now to be clear, this isn't a way to take music you bought and give it to someone else, this is so you can listen to your own purchased music on other systems or devices. In fact, your personal info is still in the file. The application we're going to talk about is called NoteBurner M4P to MP3 Converter, and here is the description from the site:

NoteBurner Audio Converter converts any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B) and unprotected music (WMA, MP3, RAX, MP4, WAV, RA, SND, OGG, AIF) to plain MP3, WAV, and WMA formats

Works with iTunes to convert iTunes music

Work with iTunes

Work with Real Player

Work with Windows Media Player

"The purpose of NoteBurner is to allow you to exercise your fair-use rights under copyright law. It allows you to free your iTunes Music Store purchases from their DRM restrictions with no sound quality loss. These songs can then be played outside of the iTunes environment, even on operating systems not supported by iTunes.

How NoteBurner iTunes M4P to MP3 Converter works?

Most music player software including iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer allow users to burn purchased DRM protected music onto a normal CD-R disc. NoteBurner acts as a Virtual CD-RW drive which does the same jobs as your physical CD burner. For example, if you have one physical CD burner on your computer, after successfully install the program, you will have two CD burners now: one is the physical one, another is a Virtual one with the name of NoteBurn Virtual CD-RW. What you need to do is to select NoteBurn Virtual CD-RW as the default CD burner in your music player software with CD burning features.

NoteBurner does not crack DRM protection. It converts songs you have purchased using the key from your iPod and/or your operating system and makes a new file which is not protected, it keeps the cover art and song data as part of the file. Since this is using your key, you can only do this for your songs, which I personally think is fair- they're the songs you bought, you should be able to put them on your other computers or devices.

Create unprotected copies of copy-protected audio files

Tired of DRM-protected file formats like WMA, M4P, AA, M4B, MP4 getting in your way?

NoteBurner comes to the rescue! Just import protected WMA, M4P or any protected music files or protected AA and M4B audio book files into NoteBurner. NoteBurner automatically converts the music you have purchased online as you are burning it to a virtual CD-RW drive as unprotected audio (MP3, OGG and WMA) you can use anywhere. You can easily get unprotected MP3, WMA or WAV files ready for use on the virtual CD.