Released on: August 13, 2008, 11:01 pm

Press Release Author: dudude

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Many people are fond of making slideshows on their Windows
Movie Maker, however, it won\'t let them import any purchased music as it is DRM
protected. Since iTunes store tops the music retailer in the world, the following
tutorial focuses on how to convert purchased iTunes M4P music to MP3, WAV or
unprotected WMA so as to import it to Windows Movie Maker project as background
music.

Press Release Body: The tutorial is composed of the following three parts:

Part 1. Something about Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a totally free program that comes with Windows XP Home
Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional, and Windows
Vista. Below are the audio/video formats accepted by Windows Movie Maker:

Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv
Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .mlv, .mp2
Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff
Windows media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv
MP3 format audio: .mp3

Part 2. Remove DRM from iTunes M4P music

The songs you purchased from iTunes store are under DRM protection. You cannot
directly import them to your Windows Movie Maker project. However you can burn the
protected music files to CD-R or CD-RW disc to make an audio CD and then use some CD
ripper software to convert the audio CD track back to MP3, WAV, WMA, etc. And iTunes
allows you to burn the protected music files to CD-R or CD-RW disc to make a
standard audio CD:

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive. You\'d better use CD-RW disc
as it can be used for more than once.
2. Burn your playlist to make an audio CD. You cannot select the MP3 CD option since
it requires the protected music files be converted to unprotected MP3 files.
3. After the audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive
again. Then you can use iTunes to import the music tracks on the burned disc to MP3
files.

The steps are very simple indeed. Yet, I\'d like to introduce a practical application
called TuneClone M4P to MP3 Converter(http://www.tuneclone.com ). It applies the
virtual CD burning technology so that there is no need to use real disc. You can use
it to move your library of M4P DRM protected music to the MP3 format that you can
use on any player out there worth its salt. This is a useful tool for anyone looking
to break their relationship with the iPod. The best part is that it maintains all of
the music file\'s metadata. You can learn how to remove DRM from iTunes M4P music
with TuneClone M4P to MP3 Converter from
http://itunesm4ptomp3.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/how-to-convert-itunes-m4p-to-mp3-with-tuneclone/
.

Part 3. Add the output DRM-free music to Windows Movie Maker

After you get the output DRM-free music by adopting either the disc burning/ripping
method or virtual CD burning method discussed in Part 2, now you can begin to import
it into your Windows Movie Maker project.

Click on File. Then click on Import. A window will appear. In the window, navigate
to the sound or music file you want to add to your movie. Then double click on the
file. You\'ll see the icon for the file in your Windows Movie Maker \"collections\".
Click on the icon and drag it on to the timeline to the part of the video you want
the sound or music to play.

Web Site: http://www.tuneclone.com

Contact Details: b.007terry@gmail.com