[jfsimon]

Hi,

Does anyone know of any freeware to convert M4P to MP3?

Thanks

Joe

[Flashorn]

Hey jfsimon !!



Welcome to PCWorld Comminuty !



There's this one that should do the trick. It will convert most formats.



FormatFactory .



Hope this helps.



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[jfsimon]

Hi Flashorn, Thanks for the reply. I loaded Format Factory, but now getting error "Missing FFMpeg.dll". Please let me know if you know of a way to get around that.

Joe

[Flashorn]

Hey jf !!



I'm surprised that it didn't install properly . You're the first.

I guess there always is LOL !



OK , Uninstall and re-install a fresh copy from this site :



FormayFactory .



I have no idea why . Like I said , you are the first one to

come back with a bad install. Try it again and see. if not

well, there might be some conflict with another program

that won't let that mpeg dll install. Post back and let me know.



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[smax013]

jfsimon said:

Hi,


Does anyone know of any freeware to convert M4P to MP3?


Thanks


Joe

First, I assume you mean MP4 rather than M4P.

If so, then you likely cannot covert it. To my knowledge, the MP4 format is a video format, while MP3 is an audio only format. There is no "direct" conversion that I am aware of. You could potentially "strip" the audio portion of an MP4 video out and then get it into an audio format like MP3, but that is way different than "converting" it.

[Flashorn]

Hey jf !!



One more question , if I may. What OS are you using and is it a 64bit .

If so, then , I think this will not work for you.It does say all Windows but,

not 64bit.



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[jfsimon]

Hello Smax013,

Thanks for the reply. Yes I did mean M4P. It seems to be a format that iTunes uses. I did get a couple of replys back. I'll try them out and I'll post my finding.

[jfsimon]

Hey Flash,

I'm running Win. XP using 32 bit.

I have a friend that is a MAC user and he sent me a couple of links. I'll keep you posted.

[smax013]

OK, that is a protected (as in DRM/copy protection) AAC file (I did not realize that they used a M4P extension for that). Thus, it is not "purely" a matter of converting...it is also a matter of striping the copy protection from the file. And that is something that we cannot help you with as it would violate the Community Standards.

I can say that if you have an unprotected AAC file (say you rip one of your CDs in iTunes and forgot to switch it to ripping in MP3), then iTunes itself can convert an unprotected AAC file to an MP3 file.

[crazy4laptops]

mp3

try this one

www.maniactools.com/soft/m4a-to-mp3-converter/

[smax013]

crazy4laptops said:

mp3


try this one


www.maniactools.com/soft/m4a-to-mp3-converter/

Nope...that does unprotected AAC (M4A) not protected AAC (M4P).

[alexnikle]

you can use this free tool.

http://www.leawo.com...4converter.html

it can convert many pop video format to mp3 format.