M4A Question for You Tech Folks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4

yes, you can convert any audio file to another type; you can do this in itunes if that's what you're using, by changing the 'import' settings in preferences, then right clikcing on the file itself.

i don't know if you can do this to files you bought from itunes, though. in fact I assume you can't.

itunes is a free m4a player/program. so is winamp.

so glad itunes has built in convert m4a to wav option (i then convert the wav to mp3 if need be)

a million thanks, you guys are awesome

so glad itunes has built in convert m4a to wav option (i then convert the wav to mp3 if need be

converting to .wav doesn't increase the sound at all, it just expands the size. I suppose you'd do this if you wanted to burn an audio cd, but then, itunes will burn an audio cd for you from m4as anyway, so I can't see the point.

doesn't increase the resolution of the sound, I meant

i don't know if you can do this to files you bought from itunes, though. in fact I assume you can't.

Indeed. If you're talking about M4A files, they're probably iTunes-bought tracks with copy protection. The above method won't work.

(simplest way to break the copy protection is to burn the tracks to an audio CD then reimport them)

Oh. maybe blueski's copy-protected m4a -> wav -> mp3 works. I haven't tried that.

you can't do any of this stuff without degrading the sound quality, you all know; is it really worth it?