ION EZ Vinyl/Tape converter Quick Start Manual page 7

Converting Your Files to Other Formats
Important: This section is intended for Windows users because the Windows
version of EZ Vinyl/Tape Converter saves files as WAVs. The Mac OS X version
saves files as any format supported by iTunes (MP3, AAC, WAV, and more).
EZ Vinyl/Tape Converter saves your files as WAVs (.wav), which you can play with
virtually any audio playback software but—because they are 10 times larger than
MP3s—they may be too large to use on smartphones, to upload to a website, etc.
You can convert WAVs to other file formats by using iTunes, Windows Media Player,
or other free applications available online.
To convert your files using iTunes:
1. If you do not have iTunes, download and install it from apple.com/itunes.
2. Open iTunes on your computer.
3. In the menu bar, click Edit and select Preferences.
4. In the Preferences window's General tab, click the Import Settings button.
5. Click the Import Using drop-down menu and select the format you want to
convert to. (We recommend converting to MP3 since it is supported almost
universally by audio playback applications, websites, etc. If you use mostly
iTunes or other Apple software or devices, we recommend converting to AAC
(.m4a), which has a slightly better sound quality than MP3.)
6. Click OK to close the Import Settings window, and then click OK to close the
Preferences window.
7. Locate your WAV files, and then click and drag them over the Library category
of the sidebar in iTunes. The files will be added into your iTunes library.
8. In your iTunes library, select the files you want to convert, right-click them, and
select Create ____ Version (the format you selected in Step 5). iTunes will
create an additional version of those files in your desired format.
Note: Your iTunes library will now show both an entry for each file format. To
save hard drive space, you can delete those files from your iTunes library, if you
wish.
For more information on using iTunes, see the iTunes Help menu.
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