How to burn DRM encrypted iTunes music to MP3

Are you annoyed by iTunes DRM? Do you want to strip it off because you
want to play the iTunes music on other mobile devices other than iPod
and iPhone, use it as background music in a home video, or anything
else that DRM limits it to do? Many people know you can strip off the
DRM off iTunes music by simply burning the song to a CD, and ripping it
back over, losing very little quality(if settings are correct):

*1.* Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive. You'd better
use CD-RW disc as it can be used for more than once.
*2.* Burn your playlist to make an audio CD. You cannot select the -MP3
CD- option since it requires the encrypted iTunes music files be
converted to unprotected MP3 files.
*3.* After the audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into
your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music
tracks on the burned disc to MP3 files.

And the method I am going to introduce does the same exact thing but
you will not need a CD-RW disc, a CD ROM drive, or even need to burn
anything! It's that simple. Let's show you how to perform this.

We are going to be using a program called '*TuneClone*'
(http://www.tuneclone.com). TuneClone is basically a program that acts
as a virtual CD drive that allows you "burn" MP3 from iTunes and "rip"
it. TuneClone "lies" to your computer saying that you have a CD-RW
drive that it will burn to (like Alchohol 120%). You can use this to
move your library of M4P DRM protected music to the MP3 format that you
can use on any player out there worth its salt. This is a useful tool
for anyone looking to break their relationship with the iPod. The best
part is that it maintains all of the music file's metadata. Below is
the step by step tutorial that shows how it works:

*1.* Download TuneClone from http://www.tuneclone.com and install it.

TuneClone is fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista. A
virtual CD Burner will be installed. This virtual CD-RW will be used to
convert music files.

*2.* Make settings at TuneClone

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Click the -Settings- button at TuneClone. In the pop-up window, you can
specify the -output folder-, -output filenames-, -output format-, etc.
for the output files.

*Note:* Apart from MP3, TuneClone also allows you to convert iTunes M4P
to WAV and unprotected WMA.
*Tip:* You can get the output protection removed music folder by
clicking the -Folder- button after the whole process.

*3.* Make settings at iTunes(iTunes 8 )

Create a playlist, and then add the files you want to convert into the
playlist.

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After you have created the playlist ready to be burnt, click the -Burn
Disc- in the bottom right of iTunes.

In the pop up window of -Burn Settings-, make the settings as
highlighted below:

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*4.* Start to burn

Click the -Burn- button to start burning.

After the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert
the music file to MP3, WMA or WAV. You can open the manager screen to
show all the converted music files.

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The most important step is to choose the CD burner. Then the software
can convert the music files automatically. It is exceedingly easy when
you want to batch convert lots of files.




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terry007