Thanks to the TWIT gang for this link.

Open source tool to decrypt the AAC / .m4p files you get from iTunes.

Since we don't have an iPod to download to directly from iTunes, we have a hellish process to go through.

• Burn CD from iTunes (which won't work on the desktop PC for some reason [unknown error], so we do this on the laptop)
  
• Turn around and rip from the CD to mp3.
  
• Finally, use the TDK player software to move the mp3 files to the player.

ugh...

hymn -- decrypt iTunes and iPod music / unprotect AAC files (m4p --> m4a)

Caution (from Leo): When this hymn decrypter is running, it apparently registers as an "authorized" computer for iTunes to let it read / "play" the m4p file. When it's done with whatever music files you asked it to work on, it "unauthorizes" the software. Basically, the software is acting like an authorized computer for the life of the decryption. If you do this all the time, there will be all these auth / unauth calls for your account. Wonder if Apple will start to be suspicious???

Thanks TWIT !!

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