Protected .AAC audio file downloaded from the iTunes Music Store; incorporates Apple Computer’s “Fairplay” DRM copy protection, which limits the number of computers the file can be played on.

In order to play a protected M4P file, you must authorize your computer using Apple iTunes; this is done by entering a username and password for the account that downloaded the file; up to five computers can be authorized with the same account.

If you want to put your iTunes M4P musit on your MP3 Player, you may need some DRM converter to help you. In any case, you can’t put your iTunes M4P on your MP3 Player directly. The iTunes M4P does’t compatible with MP3 Player.

Protected Music Converter is the ideal iTunes M4P converter.

The flowing guide will show you how to convert iTunes M4P to MP3 with Protected Music Converter.

Step 1: Download Protected Music Converter and install it
Protected Music Converter is shareware which enables you to try it before buy. Of course, the trial version has some limitations, you can buy a full version to own it.

Step 2: Start Protected Music Converter
You can start Protected Music Converter from desktop icon or from Start –> Program–>Protected Music Converter.

Step 3: Set output format and output file save path.
Protected Music Converter provides you MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG output format, you can choose MP3 from the four output file format. Then set the save path you would like save on your computer. Also, you can have some advanced setting if you want to get better audio quality. 

Step 4: Put iTunes M4P to Protected Music Converter
From main menu “File“, you can select the input iTunes M4P files.

Step 5: Start convert iTunes M4P to MP3
In the main menu, you will see a button “Convert“. Click it and Protected Music Converter will convert iTunes M4P to MP3 fast.

AppleMacSoft DRM Converter for Windows can convert DRM music to no-DRM protection without quality loss. This application is very useful to convert iTunes M4P to MP3. 

Usually, iTunes M4P comes with a protection called copy-protection. AppleMacSoft DRM Converter for Windows is the legal way to convert iTunes DRM protected M4P files to unprotected MP3 files at high speed and with CD quality.

How AppleMacSoft DRM Converter for Windows covnert your DRM M4P?

There several effective and legal way to remove DRM protection.  Of course, AppleMacSoft DRM Converter for Windows is an  perfect DRM removal tool designed for remove DRM protection from iTunes M4P files through burning DRM protected music to a virtual CD-RW disc and then automatically rip/encode the music stored on the Virtual CD-R. This makes the whole conversion process automatically and faster.

DRM Converter for Windows uses a CD-RW and iTunes itself to convert all of your DRM M4P files in your iTunes library or in a play list to standard format files (MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV) that you can use with iPod and any MP3 player.

Process:

DRM Converter for Windows uses the iTunes importers and selects the importer that you want to use without changing any of the import settings. To see or change, for example, the MP3 Import settings do this before running DRM Converter, here are some simple steps will guide you finish the conversion process.

After conversion, your M4P will be converted to MP3- without any DRM protection. So, you can enjoy them on portable device.

System Requirements:
OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
Menory: 64M memory
iTunes: A scriptable version of iTunes (DRM Converter was tested using iTunes 7)
Other: A CD-RW disk and CD Burner.