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The "Convert to MP3..." menu item is gone, replaced with "Convert Selection to MP3". Now I can't directly convert some random music file to MP3 and have it added to my library. Now what I have to do is add it to my library, select "Convert Selection to MP3", wait for it to convert, and then delete the original AIFF from my iTunes library. TERRIBLY inconvenient. Anyone have a better solution? I can't believe Apple took that out. I may just have to revert to iTunes 2 because of this...
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I don't have an answer for you, but agree that iTunes depends too much on its Library. If I want to simply play some songs in it that I have on the hard drive, I have to add them to the library. Maybe it's just that I am used to WinAmp for so many years....
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| Re: How in the world do I convert AIFF files to MP3 in iTunes 3? Quote:
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| Re: Re: How in the world do I convert AIFF files to MP3 in iTunes 3? Quote:
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| Re: Re: Re: How in the world do I convert AIFF files to MP3 in iTunes 3? Quote:
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Yeah, these are AIFFs already on the drive. They are converted from MOD/XM/IT/etc. files that were converted using PlayerPro. Then I wanted to get them in MP3 format in order to play them in iTunes (these are the pop-pop songs, btw -- awesome trance music!). SO the way to do that is to use PlayerPro to convert to AIFF, and then use iTunes to convert to MP3 and add it to my library. Unfortunately, it seems it's not as easy anymore. I guess I should give Apple some feedback.I noticed that there is an "Import" button in the File menu, but all AIFF and MP3 files are greyed out, so I don't know exactly what this is for.
__________________ -- simX Get Memory Usage Getter, the only Mac OS X utility that graphically displays the memory usage of your open processes! http://homepage.mac.com/simx/ 450 MHz G4 Cube | 15" flat-panel Apple Studio Display | 896 MB RAM | Que! Fire 12x10x32x FireWire CD-RW | OS X 10.1.5 Build 5S66 | Mac OS 9.2.2 | Telex M-560 Microphone | Epson Stylus Color 777 | TI-Graph Link USB | Pro Speakers/Mouse/Keyboard | Airport card | iPod "Some people's minds are like cement: all mixed up and permanently set..." -- Andrew Welch, el Presidente, Ambrosia Software, Inc. "You know that first hit of heroin is free." -- Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystem's CEO, on Microsoft's .NET . "The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -- Unknown |
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Oh, I just looked in the prefs for the first time. VERY nice! they finally allow the option to prefix filenames by the track number. Too many MP3 players don't sort by IDv3 tags, so this is nice. I always had to use an AppleScript I downloaded to do this. Nice as that one is, since I can customize it, this is nice since it's automatic. |
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It looks like the "Import" function is for exported song list files or exported library files (this is done by using the "Export Song List..." or the "Export Library..." menu options from the File menu). But I actually DID find out how to exactly what I wanted. ![]() A guy from the Apple discussion boards alerted me to this – hold down the option key, and then open the Advanced menu. "Convert Selection to MP3" changes to "Convert to MP3...", which is the exact same function from iTunes 2.x.x, just hidden a bit. While I think it should have been the other way around, or they both should be shown in the menu without holding down option, I'm glad Apple left this feature in. Now I can import much more easily.
__________________ -- simX Get Memory Usage Getter, the only Mac OS X utility that graphically displays the memory usage of your open processes! http://homepage.mac.com/simx/ 450 MHz G4 Cube | 15" flat-panel Apple Studio Display | 896 MB RAM | Que! Fire 12x10x32x FireWire CD-RW | OS X 10.1.5 Build 5S66 | Mac OS 9.2.2 | Telex M-560 Microphone | Epson Stylus Color 777 | TI-Graph Link USB | Pro Speakers/Mouse/Keyboard | Airport card | iPod "Some people's minds are like cement: all mixed up and permanently set..." -- Andrew Welch, el Presidente, Ambrosia Software, Inc. "You know that first hit of heroin is free." -- Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystem's CEO, on Microsoft's .NET . "The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -- Unknown |
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