Best way to extract songs from iTunes???

[oicdn]

What is the best way to extract my protected music from iTunes to put it on a DAP other than an iPod?

There are two ways I can see this as being done, but which way is the best and will one of them even work?

1. Burn to CD...this could take a LONG time. I have 5 gig of music on the one laptop I want to get the songs off of. That's alot of CDs when burned to Audio CD format. If I burn to MP3, won't I lose A LOT of SQ? I'm converting from one lossy format (even the best AAC format is still pretty lossy) to another (mp3). So won't I lose alot of SQ and the music sound thin? I don't want to waste 9438756872364597 CDs to find out, lol.

2. Burn to Data DVD. Now my question is, if I burn to Data DVD, I can almost fit all of my music on one DVD, but the question remains if those protected files, are now importable/playable onto another DAP besides an iPod. M4P (not MP4) is the protected iTunes format. Does the format change/become unprotected like it does when you burn an audio CD?

Is there another option? What else can I do and what is my best option?

 

[EnOYiN]

I'd say make an image of a DVD or CD. (your choice) and find out.

 

[GimliLongBow]

Is there a site policy about linking to anti-DRM software?

 

[oicdn]

Well, I just tried burning to DVD....the files bought on iTunes, are still M4P...so they're still protected

So.....I don't have all night to burn CD after CD after CD, but christ....is that my only option?

 

[Joeywhat]

In order to remove the copy protection the files need be burned as an Audio CD. I'm not sure if you can make an "audio DVD" (as opposed to just a data disc), but try that.

I don't recall if there are any programs out there that can remove the DRM. I know there used to be, but some updates from apple changed that. They may have broken it again, but I don't know.

Google is your friend.

 

[Ogresmash]

QTFairUse is what I use to bypass m4p protection, it's pretty handy and much much faster than burning all of your iTunes files to a CD then ripping the CD. I'm not sure what the policy is for anti-DRM programs, so I'll just leave it to you to Google up the site.

Also, I'm not sure, but isn't burning your iTunes-bought music to a CD and then ripping it back terrible for audio quality? The files are already encoded in a lossy format, and when you rip them and re-encode them into whatever your format of choice is you'll wreaking be havoc on the sound quality, right? Unless you don't encode after ripping, which would mean you have massive .wav files that aren't suitable for portable use.

 

[krmathis]

There are two ways to workaround the DRM protection:
* Decrypt the AAC file, and they can play on any AAC compatible player. 'hymn-project' might work.
* Burn the files to Audio CD, then rip to WAV (PCM audio). Don't encode with a lossy codec as you will loose additional audio data.

 

[Xenafor]

Demand your money back for the hassle, uninstall iTunes and never turn back. Rockbox it.

(half serious)

 

[oicdn]

Well I used the DRM remover and now the files are M4A instead of M4P(protected).

If windows Meida player on my PC won't play it, I doubt the zune will.

Also hymn...it made duplicates of EVERYTHING, even though I clicked the button to not make duplicates in my iTunes library and only in the directory, it still did. I'm an organizational freak, so when I saw all these duplicates, I crapped my pants at how much work I had to get it back to no dupes...

Also,it killed hte titles of the song, so now instead of it saying

Elisa - Mushaboom

It reads like this:
01 Mushaboom

Sucky...damn iTunes has you by the nuts if you have another DAP.

Any other suggestions? Or am I stuck?

 

[mrarroyo]

I have used iTunes directly to burn a music CD which plays anywhere. You can then use that CD to upload into a different DAP.

 

[gz76]

You have 5 GB of music bought from the iTunes store? I think if you're going to buy that much then there's a lesson to be learnt here... there is nothing like owning an uncompressed original!

 

[oicdn]

Well, of that 5 gig, only 2.74 of it is protected.

I can burn a wav disc from iTunes, but that'll be a TON of CDs, and also, that'll be a TON of space....sucky. Also, I think I lose the ID3 tagging, and everything will just be "track 01"

I used my fairtunes7 to rip the protection off. Some files play flawlessly, and others, play like it's skipping, or the headphones are cutting in an out. I haven't gone through every one, but alot of them are like that.

 

[oicdn]

What's wierd is, the Zune software(will now refer to as zTunes), recognizes and will actually PLAY iTunes M4P songs....it'll also transfer them over to the Zune, but it's hit and miss as to which songs have that skipping "glitch" when I play them on the zune. They however, play PERFECTLY FINE when on my PC playing through zTunes.

Wierd..well, looks like tonight, I'll be burning all protected files onto a CD then transfering them to my Zune that way