iTunes m4a files
Computers January 12th, 2004One of my mac using friends sent me a Missy Elliot remix today. When I tried to play it I realized it was a .m4a file type which wasn’t associated with any application on my machine.
Solution:
Rename the file to .mp4 and the file plays great on Quicktime.
Update: 02/25/2004
Boy do I feel stupid. The easiest solution is to download iTunes
May 3rd, 2005 at 12:17 am
How can i convert m4a files into mp3s or even aac so i can play them on my cpu, put on my ipod and also onto cd? The m4a files are all the same size at 82 bytes which seems rather odd please help me im bout to lose it!!!
September 13th, 2005 at 10:37 pm
you can save it as a mp4 file and play it on quicktime, I am researching the adding it to cpu and burning it to dick part.
December 14th, 2005 at 11:26 am
All u have 2 do is download iTunes, set importing default to mp3. After u add the m4a 2 the library,just right-click on it and choose “convert to mp3″. It’s that easy. Check out my blog that helps with that kind of thing at:
http://toptechnoblog.blogspot.com/
February 8th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
You can use NERO and convert to other file types, including .MP3
- Angelo
February 16th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
BSPlayer wil play .m4a files showing extra content - Gervais podcast is good…..
April 17th, 2006 at 10:38 am
thank you guys it was so easy
dbpowerAmp is a great converter
December 31st, 2006 at 6:06 pm
so i just got this nano. and i dont want to put itunes on my comp. everytime ive tried somethin mac on my pc it f’s it up. whats the solution to put my old mp3’s that i alrdy have for my comp onto my ipod?
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:31 am
Getting an iPod nano and then saying that you don’t want to use iTunes with it is a little silly. iTunes doesn’t mess everything up, you just have to read the options and make sure that you don’t tell it to do anything you don’t want it to.
If you’re that set on not using iTunes though, I think you can use Winamp and a set of mods to update your iPod. The support for it won’t be as full as it will using iTunes, however.
January 13th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Download the new RealPlayer and it will handle them fine.
January 23rd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
HI, my uncle is sending me songs from his computer. They work when they frrst go on to itunes but when I try to sync it on to my ipod it has a “!” beside the songs my uncle gave me. The other songs down load but the others don’t. What should I do?
March 1st, 2007 at 7:26 am
hi.for once again how can i convert m4a files to other types in order to play them??
March 9th, 2007 at 12:29 am
Help! I have just recently bought a rca lyra and it requires me to use Yahoo music jukebox. I have previously owned a ipod and had installed and imported all my cd’s onto itunes. I dragged all the music into Yahoo music and they play within that program. I try to add the music to my rca player but they dont play. I see that they are saved as a m4a file once out of itunes but how do I get them to work on my rca player??? Can I convert them to Mp3? How do I do that? Thanks!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Just need to use WinAmp, open the file since WinAmp and right click on it, select Send To and choose Format converter set your preferences about conversion and that’s all!
April 19th, 2007 at 6:25 am
Heya I recieved sum info the otherday bout if i convert MP3 to MP4 or M4A I could send them to my mobile and it would take up less memory I am trying it now and don’t know if it works but i cum across this forum and if anyone knows anything that might go wrong or if there is another way to do, with the name of the software i need please post a reply for me thanx. Ki-aka-kyle
September 18th, 2007 at 11:17 am
I JUST TRIED TO PUT SOME OF THE SONGS FROM MY ITUNES INTO MY PSP AND IT DIDN’T WORK. I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT ITUNES USES M4A FILES BUT THE PSP DOESNT SUPPORT THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGETSIONS FOR HOW I CAN CHANGE M4A FILES TO MP3,MP4 WAV OR WMA FILES?
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
READ ABOVE PEOPLE!!!: All u have 2 do is download iTunes, set importing default to mp3. After u add the m4a 2 the library,just right-click on it and choose “convert to mp3″. It’s that easy. Check out my blog that helps with that kind of thing at:
November 4th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
ease audio converter works the best boys… ciao!
November 6th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
hi there, i received a ebay item a few weeks ago. its an MP4, this is not in the shops in England and it has come from Japan. i also have itunes, and i would like to transfer songs from itunes on to windows media player. now i do not have a clue about downloading, so please can you just email with exactly what i need to do. really appreciate that. ruth
November 12th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
you guys are idiots. There are alternatives to using iTunes. You can go and download floola to manage your music and still drop them into your iPod (nano or not). HTH
January 6th, 2008 at 5:22 am
WOW! I’ve never seen so many stupid people asking the same questions after the answers have been given on the top of all this. Before this continues any more, I suggest that if someone is considering posting in here, DON’T. Get the book “Dick & Jane” and learn how to read. That’s step one. After that you can proceed to more difficult books like comics or something. TAKE YOUR TIME. BABY STEPS, you foolish idiots. Then after you understand simple words and meanings, AND ONLY THEN; you may proceed back to the top and read EVERY SINGLE LINE before submitting another comment. Thanks to those giving answers over and over again. Now, the illiterate losers can continue to waste web and disk space else where. As a last resort, for those still confused. If you can’t transfer your files or convert them, you really need to get your computer and put it in a box. Ship it back to where ever with a note that you are too stupid to use the thing and maybe they could send a chew toy as a replacement.
Good day.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I can figure how to get music on my mp4 player ahh
January 9th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Kinda funny that about 8 months ago, when we needed bunch of cheap mp3 players those couldn’t handle the AAC/mp4. We figured we need to pay 25-40% more (that’s how much more memory the same quality mp3 files take compared to AAC) but my friend in China found suitable new models that also play AAC.
Man, I feel sorry for people with all of those outdated mp3 only players, not only the sound quality is worse but the files take more space everywhere. In my workmates case, he bought 320GB HD instead of 160GB to have enough space for his mp3 collection. After the HD lost reader head which destroyed the whole HD, he ripped everything to iTunes AAC and burned backup libraries. iTunes can get corrupted too, so burn those libraries on DVD, NOW!
January 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
my friend sent me a file off her phone,
and i can’t get it to play on mp3.
it’s in a weird format that i can’t play
on anything except quicktime.
but i need it up on myspace music
which only accept mp3 format files.
how can i convert it simply?
i’m useless on computers.
so i could do with something a little less complex.
i heard you have to use codec things,
but i can’t seem to get it to work.
help please?
January 18th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Hi I dont know if anybody reads this anymore and yes ive read the post above me but none of them helped. I got a music card for my new lg phone and I downloaded songs from itunes to it but some i cant because it says there protected. The file name is MPEG-4 Audio File (Protected)….well how do I convert it so it allows me to put it on my phone?
January 27th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Hey Tyler…your phone wouldn’t happen to have a broken screen would it?
January 31st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
what and how do i change my mp4 so i can play on my comp pleease help !!!!
February 26th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Thanks for this thread it helped me convert files in itunes to mp3. I like I tunes but I need to use message boards for instructions. I found you lot and now my files are fixed up thanks.
the right click and convert to MP3, so easy!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Hi, the real problem here is that Apple, Microsoft, Rhapsody, Quicktime, etc…want to sell us music instead of just providing software to make computing easy and trouble-free. Using iTunes and seeing how it bullies it’s away around my operating system once it’s downloaded just makes me more certain that i won’t be moving to an Apple environment.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Someone sent me music in the m4a format. It will play on my computer just fine. When I put it in another CD player, it won’t play. How can I correct this?
Thank you,
Lorraine
March 25th, 2008 at 6:39 am
I just used ‘reezaa’ to easliy convert these m4a to mp3 without the need for that shitbox software, Itunes from bloating my pc
June 21st, 2008 at 4:08 am
I have read, and tried out, Sectiva’s suggestion on how to convert mp4 into mp3. The problem is that the downloads from the iTunes store are apparently protected, so I am told by iTunes that I cannot convert mp4 into any other format. What do I do now? Are there any free converters out there that will let me do this? I have tried out several this morning, and none of them let me do the job with their freeware.
July 6th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I have followed the advice above to convert m4a files via ipod to convert to mp3, however some songs do not convert entirely. Sometimes I’m left with only the first half of the song. Any ideas - civil ones!
July 9th, 2008 at 10:31 am
people keep saying download itunes and change the import to mp3…..where the hell is that iv looked through all the options. i cant find any other free converter they all seem to charge
July 11th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Convert to MP3…..http://www.mp3-cd-converter.com/convert_mp3/free_convert_m4a_to_mp3.html
Just as a added comment Mr Common Sense…don’t be so sarcastic not everyone is as clever as you seem to think you are…back off and be nice…..
July 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
My friend is trying to put her songs from iTunes onto her MP3 player, but it won’t let her. So she is trying to figure out how to change her M4A files, into MP3 files. How do you do this? Help please!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Help! Purchased songs from i tunes so i can add them to my windows movie maker. But can’t the files downloaded from i tunes are AAC protected files and they need to be MPEG files .. Help
November 5th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Changing MP4 to MP3 (Assuming you’re using iTunes):
1) Find your songs in the music library
2) Highlight the ones you want to convert
3) Under “Advanced” there should be a option called “Create MP3 Version”
4) Wait until the conversion finishes
5) Right-Click your new songs and select “show in finder”
Voila! There are your new songs in MP3 format!
Just converted an album and played it on my Sansa Clip (note: not an iPod), no problems at all.