Posted by Broadway Blue on 10/21/06 19:00

fred-bloggs wrote:
> "Sla#s" <phil@KNOTslatts.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in news:453a295b$0$8743
> $ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net:
>
>> fred-bloggs wrote:
>>> "robert" <centro.gamma@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:1161435636.890258.97110 @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>>>
>>>> how do i convert a file just bought from itunes into an mp3 one?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>
>>> You can't, itunes music store downloads are copy-protected and will
>>> only play on ipods...however you *can* burn a CD with and rip that
>>> to mp3.
>>
>> Or play it then record it as an Mp3 with Audacity.
>>
>
> This will give a lower quality conversion because of the digital-to-
> analog and analog-to-digital conversions. Burning a CD, you stay
> digital and only get the losses due to the mp3 encoding.

Still, I wouldn't advise anyone to convert one compressed file format to
another. As the resulting file wouldn't sound as good. But your
suggestion would be better than the recording it via Audacity one!

Why would the OP buy an AAC file format track from iTunes if he
wanted an MP3 file format track? If it's on iTunes, the track must be
available online somewhere else in MP3 format surely?

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