cant drag file into Max

[photoruss]

I am trying to convert a file in my itunes to mp3. The file shows a lock and is grayed out. No matter how I try and change the permissions its doesn't make a difference, thus Max will not convert the file. Any suggestions about this ?

[sbooth]

What kind of file is it? If it is a .m4p file Max can't handle it.

[photoruss]

In fact it is. Is there any other way to convert this to a mp3 file? I have several slide shows though a verity of software and they all use only mp3 files. Thus my slide shows are pretty quiet at the moment.

[Fuga]

All you can do is decode to AIFF and then re-encode (quality loss unavoidable) to MP3. If you have an old M4P and can find a copy of Hymn you might de-DRM it. Similarly you might de-DRM on Windows as that side has been more robust in breaking the codes, though I have no idea o current status/capabilities/apps.

Can you get the images out of the slideshows? If so, put into iPhoto and have your way with them there. M4Ps will be fine.