NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Converter easily converts DRM protected iTunes music or audio files such as M4P, M4B, M4A files to plain MP3, WMA or WAV formats ready for use on any computers or mobile music devices such as iPod, PSP, Zune, iPhone, MP3 player, CD player, cellular phone - without any restrictions or DRM protection.
Follow the instruction below to running NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Converter and iTunes at the same time to convert m4a to mp3.
Step 1: Get NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Converter downloaded from http://www.noteburner.com/, and then install and run it.
Note: After you running NoteBurner M4A to MP3 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 Converter.
1. Click Setting button on top of NoteBurner M4A to MP3 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
Step 3: Set NoteBurner M4A to MP3 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 Converter and iTunes simultaneously)
2. Click menu Edit and choose Preferences
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 Converter)
5. Choose Audio CD as the Disc Format
6. Check the Include CD Text check box
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 files to the playlist for converting to MP3.
1. Choose the menu File > New Playlist
2. Select m4a files or audiobooks in your iTunes library
3. Right-click on the selected m4a audio files, and choose “Add to Playlist > untitled playlist 3 (The playlist you create)”
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 files, that’s approximately 60-minute length music. NoteBurner M4A to MP3 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 Converter will start encoding the MP3 files on the bottom right window.
Tips: Audiobooks usually are large audio file with the playtime up to 2-3 hours. In this case, NoteBurner M4A to MP3 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 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 files
Now, these converted m4a files can be use in any audio players and devices since without any restriction.
File extension m4a can be defined as audio file that uses MPEG-4 audio compression. It uses the same compression as an .MP4 video file, but does not contain a video track. MPEG-4 audio files that include copyright protection, such as those sold from the iTunes Music Store; usually have with the .M4P extension.
NoteBurner M4A to MP3 Converter is an All-in-One converter, and its unique feature helps us convert any DRM protected or unprotected WMA, M4P, M4A music and M4B, MP3, rax, MP4, WAV, RA, snd, OGG, aif music to unprotected MP3, WAV, WMA formats at fast speed and high quality.
