NoteBurner M4P Converter - M4P to MP3 Converter - Convert iTunes M4P, protected WMA to MP3
How to use NoteBurner Audio Converter with Windows Media Player 10
How to use NoteBurner Audio Converter with Windows Media Player 10
Task summary
Convert DRM protected WMA music to MP3 with NoteBurner and Windows Media Player:
1. Choose target format and output folder
2. Set NoteBurner as the default CD burner for Windows Media Player
3. Create WMP playlist to contain songs for converting to MP3
4. Burn the playlist
5. Get the MP3 files
Note: Windows Media Player 10 cannot transfer track info to converted files during the CD burning process. You may respectively drag the sourse file to the editing pane in NoteBurner to retrieve the lost track info, if any. Or you can try this Work-around Solution.
Step 1 Choose target format and output folder
1. On the main window of NoteBurner, click the Settings button, a dialogue box will pop-out
2. Browse to choose a file folder for storing the converted songs
3. Choose MP3 as output format
4. Go to MP3 tab and check the ID3Tag options
5. Click the OK button to save the changes
Tips:
You can decide how to rename the converted MP3 files. There are up to 13 file name patterns for your selection. By default, NoteBurner will rename all the converted songs in the pattern of <Playlist>/ <Title>.
Check the ID3Tag options to enable track information such as album cover, song title, genre, artist, year, etc. being transferred to the MP3 files.
Step 2 Set NoteBurner as the default CD burner for iTunes
1. Go to the main window of Windows Media Player
2. Click the Burn tab
3. Choose the CD Drive (G:) - Audio CD* as current CD burner.
*Note: NoteBurner virtual CD burner may show up as CD Drive (F:) or CD Drive (H:)
Step 3 Edit a playlist for burning to MP3
You can choose an already existing WMP playlist, or create a new playlist for burning to MP3.
1. Choose a playlist from the Burn List drop-down box.
2. You can edit the playlist to contain the songs you want to convert MP3
Tips:
Since NoteBurner utilizes virtual CD burning mechanism to convert audio files, it's suggested that one playlist shall contain no more than 74 minutes music, that's approximately 650 MB files, the standard capacity of Compact Disc. If the playlist contains more than 74 minutes, the converted audio tracks might be divided into two or more vitual discs, depending on the number of the songs you add to the playlist.
Step 4 Burn the WMP playlist
Click on the Start Burn button to start burning the playlist. All the songs in the playlist will be converted to target format during the virtual burning process.
Tips:
When Windows Media Player finishes burning, please allow a few more minutes for NoteBurner to complete the MP3 encoding.
Step 5 Get the MP3 files
The converted playlist and songs will show up on the main window of NoteBurner.
1. You can double-click any song to preview the music, or click the Play button to play selected song
2. Click the Folder button to open the output folder, where you will find the converted MP3 files
Tips:
Hovering the mouse pointer on the thumbnail image in the Track Info pane allows you to preview CD cover in details.
You can edit track info (ID3Tag) such as album, song title, artist, year, genre, etc. Just click the small icon in the Track Info pane, and make changes to the ID3Tag in the pop-out window.
