How to Convert M4A to MP3 Format Using NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter

M4A are typically compressed, lossy files using AAC encoding, and of higher quality than MP3. However, the m4a audio cannot be used on mp3 players and mobile devices. If you want to use it, you need to convert it to mp3. So, you may wonder that is there any way to convert this m4a audio to mp3? NoteBurner M4A Audio to MP3 Format Converter is your best choice!

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NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter supports a number of input formats, like the above mentioned AAC, M4a, M4P audio, M4B (audiobooks), etc. NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter uses virtual CD burning technology to simulate the burning and ripping process and can convert m4a to mp3 format. This amazing CD burner emulator easily automates the whole workflow for converting protected music or audio files to normal music files: ripping, burning, encoding are within only ONE click!

Let’s take a look of the supported format of NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter before starting our conversion steps:

NoteBurner M4P Converter supports audio file formats such as AAC, M4P, M4A, WMA, AIFF, WAV and MP3.

Now let’s check how to use NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter and Windows Media Player together to convert m4a file to mp3 format:

Step 1: Get NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter downloaded from http://www.noteburner.com/, and then install and run it.

Note: After you runningNoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter, you may see the symbol of NoteBurner, which is a combination of green disc and note, at the right bottom of your computer screen.

Step 2: Choose mp3 as the output format in NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter.

1. Click Setting button on top of NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter’s GUI

2. Browse a folder for storing the converted mp3 songs

3. Choose MP3 as the output format

4. Check the ID3Tag options

5. Click the OK button to save the changes

Choose MP3, WMA or WAV as target format

Step 3: Set NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter as the default CD burner for iTunes

1. Run iTunes (Notes: In order to convert m4a file to mp3, you have to run NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter and iTunes simultaneously)

2. Click menu Edit and choose Preferences

Choose NoteBurner M4P Converter as default CD burner for iTunes

3. Follow tabs Advanced>Burning, and set NoteBurn Virtual_CD-RW as the CD burner

4. Click to choose your preferred burning speed (Note: select a slower burning speed here may help you to avoid skips, shutters, gaps in mp3 audiobooks converted by NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter)

5. Choose Audio CD as the Disc Format

6. Check the Include CD Text check box

Change iTunes Preferences settings to enable virtual CD burning

Step 4: Create playlist to contain songs for converting to MP3

You can burn the existing iTunes playlist, or create a new playlist, and then add selected m4a audio files to the playlist for converting to MP3.

1. Choose the menu File > New Playlist

Create new iTunes playlist

2. Select m4a files or audiobooks in your iTunes library

3. Right-click on the selected m4a songs, and choose “Add to Playlist > untitled playlist 3 (The playlist you create)”

Add M4P songs to iTunes playlist

4. Click the playlist (untitled playlist 3) you would like to burn under the PLAYLISTS on the left panel, and you will see all the selected m4a files.

Tips:
It’s suggested that one playlist shall not contain more than 700 MB m4a audio files, that’s approximately 60-minute length music. NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter utilizes virtual CD burning mechanism to converting audio files. And as you may know, a CD-R disc can only hold 700 MB files in maximum.

Step 5: Burn the iTunes playlist

Click on the Burn Disc button to start burning the playlist.

After iTunes finishes burning, NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter will start encoding the MP3 files on the bottom right window.

Encode M4P/WMA/WAV/AAC to MP3, WMA or WAV.

Tips: Audiobooks usually are large audio file with the playtime up to 2-3 hours. In this case, NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter will convert the audiobook into several separated MP3 files.

Step 6: Get the output MP3 files

The converted playlist and songs will show up on the main window of NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter.

1. You can double-click any song to preview the music, or click the Play button to play selected song

2. Click the Folder button to open the output folder, where you will find the converted MP3 format files

Get the converted MP3/WMA/WAV output audio files.

Now, let’s learn more main features of NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter:

• Supports DRM protected audio files such as iTunes M4P, AAC, M4B, WMA, AA, OMA, etc.

• Supports DRM-free audio files such as WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, APE, AIFF, etc.

• Magic fast converting speed

• Encodes output files with high-fidelity sound quality

• Works with iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, SonicStage

• Supports iPod, PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, Archos, SanDisk Sansa media players, and all cell phones

• Transfers ID3 tags such as title, artist, genre, album, and cover art from source audio files to MP3 files

• Batch mode for converting large collection of music

You can find that NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Format Converter can convert much more formats other than m4a to mp3, and really worth of a trial. Please click here to download the software immediately, and use it to free all your music no matter they are protected or unprotected from now on!