Tunebite strips iTunes songs of DRM

I bought a song from the iTunes store this afternoon which means I can only play it on my iPod or on my PC using iTunes. But what if I want to play it using my player of choice, Q-Player? Because Apple refuses to license their format to anyone, I can’t do this easily. My reasons for wanting to do this are many but the most important one for me that music sounds so much better using Q-Player with iZoTope Ozone DSP plug-in. Give it a try and be prepared to be blown away at how much better your music sounds.

I have a friend who burn his iTunes music to CD and then rips that CD back into mp3 format. But Tunebite makes the process much easier than that. Once you have Tunebite installed, it will ask you where it can find the LAME encoder (lame_enc.dll) which you can Google for. Once you’ve done that you just fire up Tunebite and point it towards your protected music. It encodes in real time which can take some time, but worth it it you want to listen to your music on your terms.

Like most mp3 converter programs, Tunebite is pretty ugly (I do love the huge, red GO button) from a UI perspective. But it works which is what matters most.