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iTunes Converter can easily convert DRM protected music and various audio files to unprotected MP3, AAC formats playable on any iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen and other MP3 players at high speed and CD quality. It is a powerful, yet simple audio conversion tool to bypass DRM control with a virtual audio recording method. Using batch operation, Macsome iTunes Converter plays protected music tracks silently in the background and record audio files with top digital quality at speeds up to 5x. Macsome iTunes Converter is a powerful iTunes converter to convert any audio
What's New
Version 1.5.4:
- Fix a bug that may crash iTunes when converting audiobook file with chapter information kept.
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- iTunes 8 or later
iTunes Converter User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:12,422 |
| Version Downloads:1,700 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Audio |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:08 Sep 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $39.95 |
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iTunes Converter can easily convert DRM protected music and various audio files to unprotected MP3, AAC formats playable on any iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen and other MP3 players at high speed and CD quality. It is a powerful, yet simple audio conversion tool to bypass DRM control with a virtual audio recording method. Using batch operation, Macsome iTunes Converter plays protected music tracks silently in the background and record audio files with top digital quality at speeds up to 5x. Macsome iTunes Converter is a powerful iTunes converter to convert any audio files which could be played on iTunes. The conversion is 5X speed fast, and output could be CD Quality. It's an M4P to MP3 converter, .aa to MP3 converter, audio book to MP3 converter.
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Fix a bug may crash iTunes when converting audiobook file.
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Winet reviewed on 06 Aug 2011
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Capobello reviewed on 26 Jul 2011
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Capobello reviewed on 24 Jul 2011
I hope this gets fixed, since this is a great app.
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mrench01 reviewed on 16 Feb 2011
Installation was easy and I was able to test it with the free version first on just a couple of tracks. I have a 20" Aluminum iMac with the 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo running Snow Leopard 10.6.6 and iTunes 10. iTunes converter works very well.
I have just a couple of suggestions for the developer. Under the "add" songs tab of the main window, the application only shows the song title and artist. It doesn't show any other ID3 tag information. This makes it difficult to identify the songs needing converted in a large iTunes library. One work around for this little issue is to create a playlist in iTunes that has all the songs needing converted. The application shows all the current playlists from the "add" songs tab. So then you can ensure that only the songs the user wants to convert are indeed selected.
I also suggest for anyone using this app to create a "temp" conversion folder on the desktop and not allow the application to replace or overwrite the original files. Just a safety margin in case anything goes wrong.
While there are other apps that allow the conversion of songs from the stupid Apple FairPlay (or doesn't play) that may be cheaper, almost all of the other apps require a virtual CDR-W to be used to swap the songs. iTunes Converter doesn't need this as it uses other methods to achieve a better result IMHO. There are also free ways to do it too but in the time it takes you to figure out how use the free method iTunes Converter would be through quite a bit of songs needing to be converted. The time saved is worth it.
Pros:
1) Acceptable speed of conversion.
2) Batch processing of songs to a nice choice of file formats and bit rates.
3) Works as advertised, keeps song info from ID3 and Cover Art from the originals.
Cons:
1) Needs a couple of user interface fixes but nothing major to prevent use.
2) Could be faster.
3) Price is a bit steep.
4) The Help and Support information on the company website needs basic English Grammar corrections, but generally one can figure out what is being said.
Overall I am very pleased. I think the Audio Quality that is achieved with iTunes Converter is superior to other methods and applications. iTunes Converter plays the song speed up 5x times and converts it on the fly. The app mutes the playback so you don't hear this while it's processing. Because of this method the application isn't converting to a CD Audio track and back to MP3. IMHO this results in a better quality MP3 in the end. The user can also select what the bit rate and quality of the MP3 is in the user Preferences.
Almost 5 Stars form me but the application could use some User Interface polishing on the GUI.
A good application to do what I needed. Convert my old iTunes DRM'd FairPlay songs from an old account that won't play on other authorized Macs on my home network. Worked 100%. No stability issues in Snow Leopard or iTunes 10.
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Of course, this method is slower than any application which can act directly upon the music files without playing them one-by-one in real time, but it should work nonetheless.
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It's cheaper to just buy the iTunes Plus upgrade!
Got more than 133.33 songs to undrm?
It's totally worth it for the quality upgrade to pay for each song on the iTMS.
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Have to force it to stop.
Cabeandsuz rated on 09 Jun 2011
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mrench01 rated on 16 Feb 2011