A large number of consumers have digital music purchased through or uploaded to the iTunes multimedia player on Mac and Windows computers. Unfortunately, the native iTunes format, AAC, for music files is not compatible with many non-Apple brands of MP-3 player. As a result, a common task that arises for end-users is to convert iTunes to MP3. How to Convert iTunes to MP3 Step 1 – Launch the iTunes application on your computer by double clicking the program icon on the computer’s desktop. Step 2 – Select the “Edit,” “Preferences,” Read More

A common mis-perception amongst music lovers is that the MIDI file type is an audio file similar to MP3, WMA, or MP4s. The MIDI type; however, contains descriptions on how to create music specifically tailored for software or hardware made to play the file type. Synthesizers are made to follow the directions or instructions contained in the MDI file. As a result, converting MP3 to MIDI file type requires specialized software which still requires human editing in order to minimize errors in the file conversion. A popular tool that can Read More

The problem with traditional 2D graphics image types such as JPG, GIF, and PNG is that image quality is lost when zooming inward on the picture. A vector image is created using equations that describe the respective image as objects. As a result, they scale more gracefully when enlarged. There are two methods to convert JPG to vector in common use in industry: 1 – Manually converting the image to vector using a tool, and 2 – Automatic conversion to vector format. Steps to Convert JPG to Vector Using Inkscape Read More

MP3 or MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 is a patented audio technology benchmark and compressing format. It compresses audio files to about one-twelfth of the original size, based on lossy data compression, and also maintains the same quality of audio playback. It was created by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as a component of its MPEG-1 standard. MP3 files first gained popularity because of its free availability on the internet. The small file size and the ease of conversion of CD audio files into MP3 files helped peer to peer Read More

RM or RealMedia is a multimedia format container designed by Real Media Player and is primarily used as a streaming format by consumers. Unfortunately, the RM format is not supported across all software or hardware platforms and requires conversion. A common task that arises for end users is to convert RM to DVD format. Steps to Convert RM to DVD Using Easy RM RMVB to DVD Burner The Easy RM RMVB to DVD burner is a DVD authoring and burning software application that supports RM to DVD conversion and can Read More

In order to burn an AVI file to a DVD, the file must often be converted to a proper DVD format. This can be done with the use of file converters and/or DVD burning software. File converters are often able to convert many different formats into any of the other formats that they support. Some DVD burners have built-in file converters while others are designed to encode all files in the same manner so that file format is irrelevant. AVI is a very popular format, however, and most DVD burners Read More

When the MP4 multimedia standard was first adopted by industry, a common issue that arose (and still exists today) for software and hardware developers was determining if the file was an audio or video format. As a result, Apple created the .M4A file extension to allow iDevices to determine what type of MP4 file was. This resulted in efficiency increases for end-users when choosing a file to playback in iTunes, iPods, and iPhones. In order to play .M4A files on non-Apple devices; however, consumers find it necessary to convert M4A Read More

The PDF (Portable Document Format) was originally created by Adobe Systems in the early 1990’s in order to create a document exchange format supported across multiple operating systems. Since then, Adobe has released the format definition as an international standard and is supported across a wider-range of applications. PDF files are now used to represent two-dimensional documents that can combine embedded 3D, 2D imagery, and vector graphics. A common task that arises for end-users is having to convert from PDF to text to use the information contained in a PDF Read More

Lotus 123 was a spreadsheet software that the Lotus Development Corporation, now a subsidiary of IBM, created. It was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Lotus 123 was originally developed for DOS, but eventually became available for the Windows Operating System. However, Microsoft Excel quickly rivaled and outperformed Lotus 123, causing Lotus 123 to lose its place as the leading spreadsheet software. Lotus 123 itself was discontinued in 2002, but Lotus SmartSuite (2008) and Lotus Symphony (2010) are still available and match Microsoft Excel’s capabilities.   What is Microsoft Excel? Read More

The WMA (Windows Media Audio) file format is a proprietary file format created by the Microsoft Corporation for the storage and playback of audio files. The WMA format is part of the greater Windows Media framework and actually consists of four variants to include WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, and WMA Voice. The most common format encountered by consumers is WMA for storage of music or audio book files. The WAV (Waveform audio format) file type was created by Microsoft and IBM in order to store audio bit streams across Read More