LEGALLY convert iTunes DRM protected .MP4 to .MP3 on a Mac?

[qcom]

How can I legally do this?

I'm looking to move my library off of my Mac, and onto a PC without using iTunes, and am trying to use a more "open" file format.

 

[UpDownAeroplane]

there's no "legal" way to do it. just do it anyways.

 

[miknos]

I heard* a "hidden mark" stays inside the new format (say mp3), so if you share it online, people might find the source.

* It was in the application (converter) instruction.

 

[qcom]

there's no "legal" way to do it. just do it anyways.

What's the best Mac application to do it for free, then?

I heard* a "hidden mark" stays inside the new format (say mp3), so if you share it online, people might find the source.

* It was in the application (converter) instruction.

Is that a bad thing, necessarily?

 

[filfortugno]

well mp4 is a video container and mp3 is an audio container so i guess the question would be why are you wanting to convert a movie into an audio file?

 

[Consultant]

Just pay 30 cents more for the DRM-free upgrade. You are going to steal 30 cents?

well mp4 is a video container and mp3 is an audio container so i guess the question would be why are you wanting to convert a movie into an audio file?

MP4 is both audio and video.

MP4 audio is also known as AAC

 

[qcom]

I meant to write ".m4p", sorry.

I know the difference, just mistyped.

 

[SHADO]

I think HandBrake can do it. And there are no legal issues associated with this.

 

[Cinematographer]

You can burn a video file to an audio CD in iTunes. Sometimes it even takes the chapter markers and uses them as track titles. You have to reimport the music files to iTunes afterwards and choose any format you like.

 

[dukebound85]

You could probably capture audio somehow in real time

 

[roadbloc]

You could probably capture audio somehow in real time

Audacity.

 

[gnasher729]

How can I legally do this?

I'm looking to move my library off of my Mac, and onto a PC without using iTunes, and am trying to use a more "open" file format.

First, the music will be working on the PC just as it worked on the Mac. Why would you not want to use iTunes?

Second, you could for very long time upgrade any DRM'd music that you bought on the iTunes Store to 256 kbit/DRM free. I can't find this on the store anymore.

Third, burn the music onto a CD. Then import it any way you like.

 

[Darth.Titan]

First, the music will be working on the PC just as it worked on the Mac. Why would you not want to use iTunes?

Second, you could for very long time upgrade any DRM'd music that you bought on the iTunes Store to 256 kbit/DRM free. I can't find this on the store anymore.

Third, burn the music onto a CD. Then import it any way you like.

Not any DRM'd music. I still have 239 or so songs that are still not available in iTunes Plus format, so paying a fee for DRM free is not always an option.

 

[Daveoc64]

Steve Jobs told people to burn protected songs to a CD and to rip them if they wanted to get rid of the DRM.