01/16/2008 Audio & MP3

Music Man - MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC/M4A, M4B, Ogg Vorbis, AIFF, Midi Ripper, Converter, Burner, Player for Mac OS X.

Whether you want to rip, convert, burn or play music, Music Man is the digital music software for Mac OS X that does it all. Learn more about the software that offers all the features you want in an easy to use music player that also includes ripper, converter and burner features.



Step 1, Run Music Man.



Step 2, If required, use the Advanced Settings on the Convert Menu to configure the quality. Remember that the better the quality you choose the larger the file will be on your hard disk.

Step 3, Select the files you want to convert. Click the Convert drop down menu and select the menu item titled "To M4B".



Step 4, Select the folder where the converted files are to be stored and click the Save button. Conversion will now start.

AAC, short for Advanced Audio Coding, is the audio encoding format used by the MPEG-4 Standard. While AAC must be licensed on a per application basis on the Windows operating system, there are no license requirements for using AAC in applications on Mac OS X. There are file extensions used - M4A, M4P and M4B. Unprotected AAC uses the extensions .m4a and .m4b, protected AAC uses the extensions .m4p and .m4b.

- Unprotected AAC (M4A, unprotected M4B) can be played on your computer using music player software such as Music Man. Unprotected AAC (M4A, unprotected M4B) can be converted to other formats.

- Protected AAC (M4P, protected M4B) can be played on your computer using music player software such as Music Man. Protected AAC (M4P, protected M4B) CANNOT be converted to other formats.

- AAC (M4A, M4B, M4P) can be played on your Mac using music player software such as Music Man. AAC (M4A) can also be played on an iPod.