AAC to MP3 software suggestion

[imported_kinghavociv]

Can anyone suggest good conversion software? Doesn't matter if it's freeware or not. Thanks.

 

[Brainonska511]

Foobar2000 can probably do it. I use it for Flac to MP3 conversion (so I don't have to do any on-the-fly converting when I put songs on my Sansa Fuze).

 

[smitbret]

WinAmp.

Why are you converting to from a superior format to .mp3? Lossy --> Lossy rarely ends up with a good sounding file.

 

[imported_kinghavociv]

I have so many Itune songs, but only on my PC. We have multiple MP3 players, but my kid is the only one with an ipod. I'm an old dog who just wants to keep things simple. I can convert them and load them on all our players instead of buying 3 or 4 ipods.

 

[Brainonska511]

I don't think Ipods are the only thing that will play AAC...

 

[imported_kinghavociv]

Thanks to all for the replies. It seems that only some songs are available when I try to transfer them to my MP3 player but they're all available when my kid hooks up her ipod. Am i missing something?

 

[Brainonska511]

Thanks to all for the replies. It seems that only some songs are available when I try to transfer them to my MP3 player but they're all available when my kid hooks up her ipod. Am i missing something?

What kind of MP3 player do you have? What are you using to transfer songs to it? What about doing drag and drop through Windows Explorer?

 

[43st]

AAC is superior to MP3, I'd try to stick with it if you can.

 

[0roo0roo]

as said you garbage a file when you lossy to lossy convert it, do not do it.

any reputable player can do either aac and mp3 and have been able to for years now.

 

[s44]

Thanks to all for the replies. It seems that only some songs are available when I try to transfer them to my MP3 player but they're all available when my kid hooks up her ipod. Am i missing something?

Looks like you have some copy-protected iTunes files. It's not the format (which any player worth its name today should play), but the DRM.

Just say no to lossy->lossy

 

[smitbret]

Looks like you have some copy-protected iTunes files. It's not the format (which any player worth its name today should play), but the DRM.

Just say no to lossy->lossy

In which case, you'll need to burn them to a CD and then re-rip as .mp3 using WinAmp or whatever.

 

[0roo0roo]

hm no, i think there are aac drm stripper apps

 

[Binky]

Check out mediamonkey. It does on the fly conversion for devices that dont support certain formats and it should allow on the fly conversion from AAC->mp3. I use this for my ipod since it doesnt like FLAC files but I want to keep the source files in the best format possible. This will allow you to retain your music in whatever format you choose (e.g. AAC on the computer), but each device will be loaded with whatever format the device can use (e.g. MP3).

 

[chucky2]

JHymn might do it, give it a try, it's free. With space being so large no a days on storage devices, make sure to follow the JHymn FAQ, set the atoms like he has, and set to Insane for the conversion rate.