itune songs compatiblility with PreEle12

[bobpeg71]

I bought songs from itunes for use in my project. they appear in my PCs library and play on my PC. However when I try to add them to my media assets in PreEle12 they do not appear in the library so they are not accessible. Any suggestions? I read some of the previous forum comments and threads re itunes but they did not seem relevant.
Thanks

[Steve Grisetti]

This is because much of iTunes' music includes digital rights management software that blocks it from being used in a video project.

There are a couple of solutions:
1) Try converting the song to a WAV using the free download Audacity. That may allow you to use it.
2) Buy your music from Amazon.com, which does not have such stringent rights management.

[momoffduty]

Burn the songs in itunes to a CD as a wav file. Copy the wav file to your hard drive to use in the project.

[bobpeg71]

thanks again for quick reply. will give this a try.

This is because much of iTunes' music includes digital rights management software that blocks it from being used in a video project.

There are a couple of solutions:
1) Try converting the song to a WAV using the free download Audacity. That may allow you to use it.
2) Buy your music from Amazon.com, which does not have such stringent rights management.

[bobpeg71]

OK thanks for tip. will try this an Mr Grisetti's suggestions. thanks ....

Burn the songs in itunes to a CD as a wav file. Copy the wav file to your hard drive to use in the project.

[momoffduty]

No need to burn a CD. I just tried this method and worked. After converting, copy & past the file to location on your HD such as the Music folder or your project folder.

http://www.aimersoft.com/itunes-drm/itunes-to-wav.html

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Seems that there are several tools out there to do this. I have used Audials for a few years now - it was a lot cheaper when I bought it then:-

http://audials.com/en/one/index.html

[momoffduty]

I converted the file in iTunes. No 3rd party needed.