M4P to MP3 Converter
NoteBurner M4P to MP3 Audio converter
As a leading conversion application of virtual burning, NoteBurner Audio Converter is now being downloaded and used world-widely to convert iTunes m4p music to mp3, wma and wav.
NoteBurner Audio Converter can also do excellent job in converting m4a and m4b songs to mp3, wma and wav.
For one or more years after the debut of NoteBurner M4P Audio Converter, this brilliant audio converter led the industry and second to none. Until the year of 2007, Share DRM Music, a copycat software, was silently creep out into the market, stealing the idea and even the design and Web contents of NoteBurner M4P to MP3 Audio converter.
Share DRM Music is a M4P to MP3 Converter, the same exactly copy of NoteBurner M4P MP3 Audio Converter, indeed. It can converts DRM protected m4p to mp3, m4a to mp3, wma to mp3, m4b to mp3 and various audio files to MP3.
A glimpse of M4P to MP3 converter
M4P to MP3 converter is used to convert MP4 audio files encrypted by FairPlay DRM as sold through Tunes Store using .m4p extension. The file extension of M4P is among one of the formats that derived from the standard mp4 format.
M4P is commonly used for the DRM protected content in iTunes Store. iTunes Store sells billions of songs every single year, accounting for more than 80% of worldwide digital music sales, most of the songs are in the format of m4p. And these m4p songs are limited by Apple on the usage. That’s why so many m4p music owners are seeking solutions to free their purchased songs.
Nonetheless, ever since the release of DRM encrypted M4P music online, there were special solutions that help music lovers solve the problem, usually an audio converter, more specifically, M4P to MP3 converter, is used.
Tunebite M4P Converter -Convert M4P to MP3
RapidSolution Software has released three generations of Tunebite M4P Converter to convert DRM M4P and unprotected audio and video files, namely, Tunebite M4P Converter Classic, Tunebite M4P Converter Premium and Tunebite M4P Converter Platinum.
All three Tunebite M4P Converter editions can convert DRM-protected M4P music and wma, m4b, m4a and aa formats to MP3, wma, ogg and more. It’s not easy to find a appropriate audio converter for Macs. Good news that Tunebite M4P to MP3 Converter can run on Macs! So, iTunes users can use the DRM Audio Converter to convert M4P to MP3, WAV and AAC audio formats.
Tunebite M4P Converter Classic converts DRM protected music and audio book in wma, m4a, m4b and m4p formats to unprotected mp3, wma, ogg, m4a and wav audio files. Tunebite M4P Converter Premium has all the functions of Tunebite Classic to convert DRM files. Additionally, Tunebite M4P Converter Premium can convert unprotected music and audio book.
Tunebite M4P Converter Platinum has all the functions of Tunebite Premium to convert DRM and non-protected files, plus with video conversion function. Tunebite M4P Converter Platinum can converts DRM M4P protected video in wmv and m4v formats to unprotected wmv, mp4, avi, xvid and 3gp video.
Tunebite M4P Converter supports Windows operating systems, as well as Macs. Tunebite M4P software can convert M4P to MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, M4A, AAC at very impressive speed. With this converter, all users can convert M4P to MP3 easily.
How to convert iTunes M4P to MP3
M4P is used for the DRM protected music and movies in iTunes Store. M4P format is protected AAC. It is a format of purchased music that can be listened to only through the iTunes softer or an iPod. M4P to MP3 converter is used to convert MP4 audio files encrypted by FairPlay DRM as sold through Tunes Store use .m4p extension.
Solution 1: Burn M4P to CD, rip CDs to MP3
To convert M4P to MP3 format, you can burn iTunes playlist, which contains the songs you want to convert to MP3, to physical CDs. And then rip the CD sound tracks to MP3 songs. It’s a bit wasting and unpractical if you have huge quantity of iTunes M4P songs to be converted to MP3.
Solution 2: Convert M4P to MP4, covnert MP4 to MP3
This solution only works on iTunes 5.0 version. Now that nearly all of us have updated iTunes software to the latest version, and it seems impossible to roll back to the previous version, this solution might not work at all. Anyway, let’s take a look how it works on iTunes 5.0 version to convert M4P to MP3.
- Google and download m4p2mp4.zip to your computer; and unzip m4p2mp4.exe to C:\
- Move iTunes M4P music files to C:\
- Come to a command prompt (start -> run -> type: cmd -> press Enter), and type: cd\ (press Enter)
- Type: m4p2mp4.exe yoursong.m4p yoursong.mp4 (press Enter, this will convert iTunes M4P music files to MP4 format.) Or type m4p2mp4.exe *.m4p (press Enter), this will convert all M4P files in C:\ to MP4 format.
- Close the DOS Window, open Windows Explorer, you will find the converter MP4 music files.
- Download Xilisoft Audio converter and convert MP4 files to MP3.
Solution 3:Use hymn project to convert M4P to MP3
This solution only works for iTunes 5.0 or below.
- Google and download hymn, install it to c:\hymn
- Create the directory c:\hymn\music\
- Open iTunes and drag your playlist or files to c:\hymn\music
- At a command prompt (open a MS-DOS command prompt 'start->accessories->command prompt' ) go to c:\hymn\ and type: hymn c:\hymn\music\yoursong.m4p c:\hymn\music\yoursong.m4a.This will convert yoursong.m4p files to yoursong.m4a format. More simple, you type: hymn c:\hymn\music\*.m4p. This will convert all M4P files in c:\hymn\music to M4A format.
- Download Xilisoft Audio converter and convert M4A files to MP3.
Other M4P to MP3 converters
If you need to convert iTunes m4p to mp3, the following M4P to MP3 software can be considered as fair or premium choice.
- Tunebite Platinum - Converts M4P music to unprotected MP3, OGG, WMA, WMV or MPEG4 files .
- SoundTaxi Pro - Converts M4P files to unprotected MP3, MP4 files with up to 40x speed.
- Apple Mac Soft DRM Converter for Mac -Convert iTunes M4P files to unprotected MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV files.
- WMAConvert Platinum – Converts M4P, wma, mp4, mp3, aac, wav, ogg, rax, ra, aa, snd, aif, audio books etc. to MP3, audio CD and iPod music.
More about M4P
M4P as an file extension is almost identical to .m4a and .m4b extensions, thus being a MPEG-4 file container for encoded audio. Virtually all of the .m4p files nowadays are audio tracks bought from Apple's iTunes music store.
MP4 is the filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files. It’s a multimedia container to store audio and video streams with subtitles information. Almost any kind of data can be embedded in mp4. Mp4 and its variations are compatible with software like iTunes, QuickTime Player, 3ivx, Media Player Classic, RealPlayer, Winamp, Xbox Media Center, Nero Burning ROM, etc.
M4P converter may be one of the most wanted and searched audio converters, second only to mp3 to wav converter. M4P audio files are regulated and restricted so harshly that we never feel surprised to learn that thousands of music lovers around the world are seeking m4p converter everyday.
Before playing M4P music on your computer or iPod, you must authorize the device, using Apple iTunes software. Up to five computers can be authorized with the same account.
