Paula Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Aren't I supposed to be able to import AAC (m4a) into SS 4.0? Says so in the "help" anyway... I just get an error message giving various reasons why the import isn't working (incompatible file type, file can't be found, unusual characters in file name...) It's an itunes podcast, and is within the required bit rate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Do you have any DRM restrictions on the file ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Do you have any DRM restrictions on the file ?Hmm I don't know...ah yes.... it says "proctected" file - that must be the DRM, no? Which would explain the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 There's a free program, JHymn, that is supposed to remove DRM from .m4a files. But it only works if your iTunes version is lower than 6.0. http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/You can also burn the songs to CD, then import the CD with SimpleBurner or SonicStage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Oh, dang, wish I had known about that program a long time ago! Yeah, I can go the CD route - it's such a pain, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) You know I just checked again - it DOESN'T say "protected." I must have looked at the wrong file the first time, because some of them DO say "protected." But these don't. So why can't I import? (I get the error msg that it "does not support this file format.") Yet if I first use iTunes to convert to mp3, it will import fine. Edited December 13, 2006 by Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 So why can't I import? Sony software is so illogical that there is no "why?" It should work. But you may have to be content with the mp3 workaround. Use the highest-bitrate mp3 you can--at least 192--so you get the best sound possible through the multiple conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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