Convert iTunes library to MP3

[Upinflames]

Morning all,

I want my music away from iTunes but I can't find anything online that will help, there's 20 odd GB of it so not practical to do it song by song or even album by album.

Any ideas?

Cheers

[DodgyGeezer]

Open iTunes for Windows.
In the menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.
Click the General tab, then click Import Settings.
Click the menu next to Import Using, then choose the encoding format you want to convert the songs to.
Click OK.

[Upinflames]

DodgyGeezer said:

Open iTunes for Windows.
In the menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.
Click the General tab, then click Import Settings.
Click the menu next to Import Using, then choose the encoding format you want to convert the songs to.
Click OK.

Ok did that. Nothing happened.

Has that not just changed my preferences if I import music from a CD or something?

[Captain_Morgan]

What format are they in at the moment

Why do you want them in mp3 format

Why not just move / copy the files as they are now

It’s been a while since a messed around with iTunes but iirc the folder format is artist > album > tracks


Edit: this should point you in the direction of where your files are located.

Edited by Captain_Morgan on Thursday 18th May 12:02

[Upinflames]

Captain_Morgan said:

What format are they in at the moment

Why do you want them in mp3 format

Why not just move / copy the files as they are now

It’s been a while since a messed around with iTunes but iirc the folder format is artist > album > tracks


Edit: this should point you in the direction of where your files are located.

Edited by Captain_Morgan on Thursday 18th May 12:02

They're in MPEG4 or m4A format which won't play on anything but iTunes.

I want to copy them over to an MP3 player

[Upinflames]

EmailAddress said:

DodgyGeezer said:

Open iTunes for Windows.
In the menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.
Click the General tab, then click Import Settings.
Click the menu next to Import Using, then choose the encoding format you want to convert the songs to.
Click OK.

That's for when you put a CD in and iTunes first imports that album into the Library.

Yeah I gathered that

[Funk]

dBpoweramp Music Converter will do what you need: https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

[mmm-five]

On the Mac you simply highlight the songs, go to [File]>[Convert]>[Create MP3 Version]...which puts an MP3 version of the file in the album folder.

[DodgyGeezer]

EmailAddress said:

DodgyGeezer said:

Open iTunes for Windows.
In the menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.
Click the General tab, then click Import Settings.
Click the menu next to Import Using, then choose the encoding format you want to convert the songs to.
Click OK.

That's for when you put a CD in and iTunes first imports that album into the Library.

Apologies

[Captain_Morgan]

Upinflames said:

Captain_Morgan said:

What format are they in at the moment

Why do you want them in mp3 format

Why not just move / copy the files as they are now

It’s been a while since a messed around with iTunes but iirc the folder format is artist > album > tracks


Edit: this should point you in the direction of where your files are located.

Edited by Captain_Morgan on Thursday 18th May 12:02

They're in MPEG4 or m4A format which won't play on anything but iTunes.

I want to copy them over to an MP3 player

Funk said:

dBpoweramp Music Converter will do what you need: https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

I’d use this then, it will create copies but you’ll be in control of where they copy to which will make removing the m4a’s easier.


I wouldn’t do this in your case as extracting the mp3 versions from the m4a will be a pita.

mmm-five said:

On the Mac you simply highlight the songs, go to [File]>[Convert]>[Create MP3 Version]...which puts an MP3 version of the file in the album folder.

[WelshChris]

This works a treat...

https://www.freac.org/

[rdjohn]

I used FastSpring and it worked well. I wasted at lot of time trying to use free software.

[Upinflames]

Funk said:

dBpoweramp Music Converter will do what you need: https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

I've downloaded this, 21 days free trial.

I've left it converting 4000 files, we'll see how it gets on.