The Key features of NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter are as follows:

• 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

After acquainting the main features of NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter, let’s learn how to use it to convert protected m4p to mp3 audio file:

Step 1: Download NoteBurner M4P Converter, and then install and run it.

Step 2: Choose mp3 as the output format in NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter.

1. Click Setting button on top of NoteBurner M4P 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 Protected Converter as the default CD burner for iTunes

1. Run iTunes (Notes: In order to convert DRM protected m4p file to mp3, you have to run NoteBurner Protected M4P 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 M4P 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 protected m4p files to the playlist for converting to MP3.

1. Choose the menu File > New Playlist

2. Select protected m4p files or audiobooks in your iTunes library

3. Right-click on the selected protected 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 protected m4p files, that’s approximately 60-minute length music. NoteBurner Protected M4P 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 Protected M4P 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 Protected M4P 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 Protected M4P 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, the whole process of converting protected m4p files to mp3 is completed. NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter is quite easy to use, right? Yes, only with several mouth clicks, then all your problems are settled.

.m4p as a file extension is almost identical to .m4a and .m4b extensions, thus being a MPEG-4 file container for encoded audio. The encoding (==compression method) of the audio can be virtually anything, but the AAC -based encoding is currently the most common one.

The one big difference between .m4a and .m4p is the fact that .m4p is copy-protected with DRM mechanisms, so it can't be played by unauthorized users at all. Virtually all of the protected .m4p files nowadays are audio tracks bought from Apple's iTunes music store.

NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter utilizes virtual CD burning technology to simulate the burning and ripping process. With this advanced audio format converting mechanism, NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter automatically converts iTunes protected m4p music to MP3, DRM protected WMA music to MP3 or unprotected WMA, as well as converting any other audio files to MP3, WMA or WAV format. While converting audio files at fast speed, NoteBurner Protected M4P Converter encodes MP3, WMA and WAV files with outstanding sound quality. Download this amazing protected m4p converter here to have fun!