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Converting iTunes encoded files from .m4a to .aac

I recently got a new phone, the nokia 6170 and it plays aac ringtones, but it actually means just straight .aac files. I cropped some songs and converted them into aac format using itunes, but it used the .m4a container format. Is there a way to strip the header from the file or to convert it to raw .aac format so that it'll play on my phone? Thanks for the help in advance ppl, I greatly appreciate any input you might have.

Converting iTunes encoded files from .m4a to .aac

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foobar2000 + MPEG-4 utils plugin

Converting iTunes encoded files from .m4a to .aac

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hi foobar2000 is the tool, with a nero frontend...
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Nero Frontends 2005-05-06
Yet another Nero AAC encoder frontend. This frontend boasts another interesting feature, compared to the other options: You only need aacenc32.dll and NeroIPP.dll from Nero installation


Get the Nero dll from the trial version, if you do not have nero.
You do not need to install, nero.
Use Winrar and rightclick on the downloaded file from Nero, choose "open with winrar" extract only the needed dll's.

Check the helpfiles on this forum for config of diskwriter in foobar2000.

This should get you in the right direction.
Or order Nero.

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Converting iTunes encoded files from .m4a to .aac

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Converting iTunes encoded files from .m4a to .aac

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foobar2000 + MPEG-4 utils plugin
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took a little fooling around to figure out how to work it, but it worked great!!! Thanks a lot. Plus taking all the header info out made the file noticeably smaller.