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Converting to MP3 From AAC |
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 It took me about 10 minutes, but I figured it out already. I have successfully made the "protected" AAC music file an MP3 and I'll tell you how.
It's really simple - just take the songs you've purchased, burn an MP3/Audio CD from iTunes, then import the songs from the CD you've just made, and Viola! Simple, no?
P.S. - I take no responsibility for people doing this as I don't know what rules this breaks, but probably a couple ... but hey, it's my damn music so there! |
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April 29 2003, 2:52 PM EDT, by
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| iKen |
4/29/03, 4:01 PM EDT |
I was hoping that would work :)
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| Steve |
4/29/03, 6:49 PM EDT |
Yes, it just works !
But that's bad for your Karma ...
So don't do that !
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| IndyIvan |
4/29/03, 6:59 PM EDT |
Steve, I agree with the Karma part, but hey remember who were screwing...billion doller music companies who don't care about the musisans, and who have been trying to keep us from sharing what we have already paid for. If they had it there way we would have to pay to sing along with the music. Think about that for bit now!
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| Block Boy |
4/29/03, 8:06 PM EDT |
ummm...it's not bad karma at all. it's your right. what's bad karma is making that file available to millions of other Internet users. just don't do that and your karma remains buzzing nicely.
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| Wasabe |
4/29/03, 11:38 PM EDT |
Forgive me for asking but (those of you who know me are not allowed to say NE thing) what is an AAC?
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| Mike Bentley |
4/29/03, 11:44 PM EDT |
Do the MP3 and the ACC formatted streams sound exactly alike?
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| You're a Genius!!! |
4/30/03, 12:54 AM EDT |
Ok, so let me get this straight
1. Pay for Music
2. Download Music
3. Burn CD
4. Encode CD into MP3
What would be the purpose of this activity?
You are going to take a compressed music and make it compressed MP3, Brilliant!!!
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| Nilay Shah |
4/30/03, 4:56 AM EDT |
I think that this is all well and good, in that you can then encode into MP3 and make it "freely available" again for such networks as LimeWire, etc.
HOWEVER, doing this would consititute a problem... and may force Apple to make their Digital Copyright Management stuff stricter. Right now we've got a good deal going (dollar a song, can be played on 3 macs, etc.) but such work-arounds may force their hand to make it harder for us to use this service to get music.
Just my 99 cents.... :)
- Nilay
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| MUSIC |
4/30/03, 5:17 AM EDT |
Look - you are screwing musicians at the end ot the day. And while there are many musicians I would like to get a lot closer too, I don't want to rip em off. Don't steal music.
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| T.C. Shell |
4/30/03, 5:54 AM EDT |
Interesting Article about Apple and DRM (Digital
Restrictions Management) on "The Register"
www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30458.html
Maybe you wanto to know - just in case your
harddisk crashes with your purchased songs
on it :-)
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| voice of reason |
4/30/03, 9:01 AM EDT |
One purpose of this activity is to make the music compatible with other devices. For example, I've got a Slimp3 player which does not support AAC. Currently, I'd have to go through this process if I want to listen to any of my newly purchased music from Apple. Also, while I have an iPod, other people may have MP3 players from other manufacturers which don't support Apple's variant of AAC (with DRM enabled).
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Ok, so let me get this straight
1. Pay for Music
2. Download Music
3. Burn CD
4. Encode CD into MP3
What would be the purpose of this activity?
You are going to take a compressed music and make it compressed MP3, Brilliant!!!
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| Jonahan |
4/30/03, 9:22 AM EDT |
Excellent points, one and all :)
My opinion is that if we purchase music from the Music Store (which incidentally, is where I'll get most of my music from now on), we should be allowed to do as we please with that music. If you wanna change it to MP3, WAV, AIFF, smack it around, stick it up your butt, or roll it up and smoke it, you should have that privilege. ;)
I don't believe that when you first sign on to the Music Store you agree to anything that expressly states you can't do as you please with the music you purchase (other than the 3 Mac limit).
Yes, artists/record labels should get their due, but consumers should also have rights.
Therefore I had no qualms about letting Jonathan post this workaround (as simple as it is) and really have no fear that we'll be getting an email from Apple legal (although that would be cool!) :)
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| Wasabe |
4/30/03, 5:20 PM EDT |
Excellent points everyone. But WHAT THE HELL IS AAC?!
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| Jonahan |
4/30/03, 7:23 PM EDT |
Wasabe - AAC is just a method of encoding that's a big part of MPEG-4 (or MP4). Some people use the terms interchangeably, but that's the format that all the Music Store songs are in. :)
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| stickman67 |
5/1/03, 9:59 PM EDT |
I don't think some of you are really thinking straight over the issue of "sharing" music. I have musician friends. If they cut an album with a recording company (billion-dollar or not), the only way some of that hard-earned cash gets back into their pockets is if the CDs (or tracks) are sold legitimately.
You might argue that the recording companies are ripping the musicians off, and use that as your justification to steal from the companies. But don't you see that you're ripping the musicians off too, and probably worse, because they have the rough end of the pineapple in the first place?
You who take food from the mouths of innocent musicians are not heroes.
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| Jonathan |
5/2/03, 12:29 PM EDT |
Now did I ever say to share the mp3's? No.. I simply found a way to convert them.
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| stickman67 |
5/2/03, 8:19 PM EDT |
Sorry, Jonathon. Didn't mean to imply that you were advocating sharing. Not my intention, and I acknowledge that entirely. I just think some very spurious reasoning is used to justify such sharing. And hey, I'm not naive, and nor am I a prude. I know this sort of thing is going to happen, and that it is a very grey area. But if you are going to do it, don't crow about it and make it sound like you're some kind of hero! (And again, Jonathon, I don't mean you, mi amigo!) OK, I'll go and take my pills now. Nurse! Bring me the prozac and a snifter of Chateau BugArse '63.
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| p34r |
5/3/03, 12:49 AM EDT |
converting the aac to mp3 allows you to put the song where ever you want, instead of appl's proprietry pos's
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| aac hater |
12/11/03, 1:48 AM EDT |
I am of the opionion that I should be able to convert songs I pay for and play them on whatever I want. As long as I don't share them illegally, then iMusic can go to hell if they don't like it. The iPod is a neat gadget, but I listen to my music while I lift, and the $300 iPod can't take a punch like my cheap ass Sony MP3 player. So thanks for the tip.
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| Dystopos |
6/4/04, 12:17 PM EDT |
Assuming the artist is also the writer of the song, he or she might be getting as much as $2 per album sale in royalties. This varies by contract. If an album contains, say, 10 tracks, then to settle your conscience you could send 20 cents per track directly to the artist. If you're feeling especially generous you could send another dime to the label for promoting the artist's work. The rest is efficiency that you, by circumventing the need to process plastic and wood pulp and record store retail staff into a product distribution, have added to the process. You should keep the benefits of that efficiency, even if it does harm the GDP.
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| Kevin |
6/16/04, 8:40 PM EDT |
Converting to MP3 is necessary if your Mp3 player doesn't recognize AAC, as mine doesn't and I've got a lot of AAC files I have purchased and would like to either listen to while at the gym or make an Mp3 cd for long road trips or the commute to work.
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