Here is a short tutorial showing you how to convert iTunes protected m4p into mp3 fast and easily using NoteBurner M4P into MP3 Converter. You can also use this tutorial to convert protected M4B or WMA files to MP3 as well. This converter supports unprotected WMA, OGG and WAV output formats too.
Step 1: Download NoteBurner M4P into MP3 Converter, and then install and run it.
Note: After you running NoteBurner M4P into 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 M4P into MP3 Converter.
1. Click Setting button on top of NoteBurner M4P into 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 M4P into MP3 Converter as the default CD burner for iTunes
1. Run iTunes (Note: In order to convert m4p into mp3, you have to run NoteBurner M4P into MP3 Converter and iTunes at the same time)
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 M4P into 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 m4p files to the playlist for converting into MP3.
1. Choose the menu File > New Playlist
2. Select m4p files or audiobooks in your iTunes library
3. Right-click on the selected m4p 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 m4p files.
Tips:
It’s suggested that one playlist shall not contain more than 700 MB m4p files, that’s approximately 60-minute length music. NoteBurner M4P into 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 M4P into 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 M4P into 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 M4P into 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, you can transfer the output mp3 files to any computers or mobile music devices such as iPod, PSP, Zune, iPhone, cell phone, MP3 player, MP4 player etc.
Next time, when you purchase iTunes m4p files online, you can download and install this handy m4p converter, NoteBurner M4P into MP3 Converter, to remove the DRM protection, and enjoy them whenever and wherever you like!
NoteBurner M4P into MP3 Converter installs a virtual CD-RW, and it helps you burn any unprotected or DRM protected M4P, M4a, WMA music files onto the virtual CD, rips tracks on the virtual CD, encodes tracks onto MP3, WAV or WMA music files. It can repeat this audio converting procedure until your whole music collection is done.
Since the virtual CD emulates your computer RAM and hard disk as erasable CD-RW drive (Virtual CD-RW), the converting speed is faster than any other m4p into mp3 conversion programs! Download NoteBurner M4P into MP3 Converter (Windows &Mac version) here.
