M4P and WMA Formats

M4P and WMA are two popular audio formats.M4P is the Protected AAC File. AAC is the audio layer from the follow-on format to MP3. The .M4P extension is AAC purchased from Apple's Music Store (iTune) and is protected by a Digital Rights Management scheme.

WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The original WMA codec, known simply as WMA, was conceived as a competitor to the popular MP3 and RealAudio codecs. Apart from Windows Media Player, the WMA format can be played using MPlayer, RealPlayer, Winamp (with certain limitations—DSP plugin support and DirectSound output is disabled using the default WMA plugin), and many other software media players. The Microsoft Zune media management software supports most WMA codecs, but uses a variation of Windows Media DRM which is used by PlaysForSure.

Converting M4P to WMA with NoteBurner

NoteBurner M4P to WMA Converter allows the owner of protected audio files such as those purchased from Apples' iTunes to remove the DRM protection from the files and convert the files into audio formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV or AAC.

Features of NoteBurner M4P to WMA Converter

* Very easy to use and install; Fast and CD quality
* Use internal burning features of iTunes, Media Player, Real Player, Napster to convert any protected or unprotected music to Virtual CD-R.
* Converts purchased songs for use with iPod, any other MP3 player, mobile phone or PC
* Preserves ID3 tags for artist, album, title names etc.
* Batch mode for converting or unprotecting large song collections
* Super fast conversion: Only needs 20 seconds for a four minutes song

To Create an Audio CD in iTunes:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences, click Advanced, and click Burning.

2. Select Audio CD as the Disc Format.

3.To have all the songs on the CD play at the same volume, select Use Sound Check.

4. Click OK.

5. Select the playlist containing the songs you want to burn to the CD, and make sure all the songs you want to include on the CD have a checkmark beside them.

6. Click Burn CD (at the bottom of the iTunes window) and insert a blank disk.

If the playlist contains more songs than will fit on the CD, iTunes burns only the number of songs that fit on one disc, and then asks you to insert another disc to continue burning the remaining songs.

If the playlist includes Audible spoken programs with chapter markers, the chapters are burned as separate tracks.