Is it possible to convert MPEG4 files (ie all my Ipod tunes) to MP3 so that they can be burnt onto a CD or transferred to a mobile?

Is some kind of software needed?

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Is it possible to convert MPEG4 files (ie all my Ipod tunes) to MP3 so that they can be burnt onto a CD or transferred to a mobile?

Is some kind of software needed?

ta

I thought MPEG4 was video compression??

IPod tunes should be MP3 using AAC....you need to convert from AAC to something else which will play on a cd e.g LAME.

Try powerAmp.

I thought MPEG4 was video compression??

IPod tunes should be MP3 using AAC....you need to convert from AAC to something else which will play on a cd e.g LAME.

Try powerAmp.

They are MPEG4, and AFAIK, you can't convert them. You can write them to an audio CD, then convert to MP3, but you're compressing a compressed file, rather than converting from one format to another, and I'm not sure how it would turn out in terms of quality.

Cheers

Ventmore

this works a charm. best software to use is imtoo and it takes literally seconds to do. As a word of warning see the below table:

AAC 128 = MP3 192

AAC 64 = MP3 128

So if you want to preserve quality always pick the next one up in quality when re-encoding to a lesser format.

Imtoo Audio Encoder has a warning but clicking ok will get rid and it will encode.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/33822

Also worth trying this for protected files

http://hymn-project.org/

not used it because refuse to buy an ipod

Cheers for that second link David...I have quite a few protected ones I bought from the itunes store which wouldn't go on my car MP3.

@AndyD

Sorry mate...just automatically thought you meant protected MPEG4's...that's why I said it wasn't possible

No worries Ventmore!

Cheers all for your help, will have a look at using imtoo