Both .m4a and .m4p are just fine variants of MP4 multimedia files, the difference being that .m4p have digital protection. Several multimedia converters claim to support such m4a to m4p conversion, but if it actually works could not be verified.
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Conversion of m4a file format to m4p file format beta
Search for m4a to m4p converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert MPEG-4 compressed audio to Apple iTunes Music Store audio.
We have found 3 software records in our database eligible for .m4a to .m4p file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software - convert m4a to m4p on Windows
MediaMonkey
A digital media player and library
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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Convert from m4a file | Yes, MediaMonkey supports m4a file conversion as a source file type. | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
to m4p file | Yes, MediaMonkey supports m4p file conversion as a target file type. | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned m4a to m4p. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
Helium Music Manager
A music library management program - renamed to Helium (version 12) and replaced in 2016
Aimersoft DRM Media Converter for Windows
A DRM remover and media converter
Additional links: Open m4a file, Open m4p file
M4A
Files with m4a extension are audio files stored in MPEG-4 (MP4) container and use AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), or Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio compression. M4A is very popular on Mac computers, because it is default audio format used by iTunes. M4A is also default audio format for Apple portable devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad).
M4P
An m4p file extension is associated with the proprietary version of AAC (advanced audio coding) for the MP4 file format with Digital Rights Management developed by Apple, for the use in music files downloaded from their iTunes Music Store.
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