Convert m4p files? (iTunes DRM?) (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Until a decade ago I was one of those blind Apple users that was using iTunes as the only way to organize my music.

Now I've liberated my collection using navidrome and/or direct syncing the whole library via syncthing.

Today I noticed that I have about 20 m4p files that can't be played with anything. Seems like one day I was drunk and I purchased an album on iTunes, so I guess it's DRM.

There's a way to convert those files to something with more freedom?

I don't have iTunes but in some box in my garage I have a 15 years old iMac with some ancient os version that can't be updated because Apple's marketing team said I should buy a newer one

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[-] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

Just re-download in a better bitrate and format.

[-] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago

The correct answer

[-] Landericus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I believe that VLC should be able to convert this for you. If not then maybe try Audiocity.

VLC Player Audiocity

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

VLC shows the right length, but then plays 3 seconds of garbage audio and stops

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

It might just be easier to find a copy on the high seas than dealing with the DRM.

[-] Gailthesnail@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

some obscure true crime series are only on itunes so not always possible

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like, I tried three m4p converters online and they all failed

Maybe it's just going to be faster to search those 20 songs on soulseek

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Would any of these help? Otherwise like someone else said, music is one of the easiest things to find on the high seas.

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

No, tried a bunch and they either fail or create a file with noise

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

NoteBurner should work. You need 10.12.6 Sierra and iTunes 12.6.1.25. I know those versions of MacOS and iTunes work for removing DRM from video files, I’d expect audio files to work as well.

[-] toxictenement@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

So it seems like if you burn the files to a cd with itunes and re-rip the cd (ideally with something like exact audio copy) you can get a drm free version. There might be a way you could write it to an iso with a virtual cd drive with virtual burning capabilities, which it seems like the 'ultra' version of daemon tools has. Not sure on a free option, other than pirating daemon tools. There probably is a free alternative though.

That sounds like an insane amount of trouble to go through, so unless you want to do all of that for the experience, just redownload drm-free files with soulseek or something.