“Excuse me. Can I ask how to convert Spotify Music to M4A files? I want to play my Spotify Music on some web player, like iTunes, Quicktime, Windows Media Player. But I heard that Spotify Music is DRM-protected . How to remove the restriction?”
When we are talking about Spotify, most of us will think it is one of the world’s largest streaming music service that allows music lovers to access to more than tons of music files. However just like other streaming services for example, Apple Music, Spotify adds DRM protection on the music, which brings much inconvenience. Here this article aims to teach you how to remove DRM from Spotify Music and convert them to DRM-free M4A format.
What is M4A Files
M4A is a file extension for an audio file encoded with advanced audio coding (AAC) which is a lossy compression. M4A was generally intended as the successor to MP3, the quality of M4A is better and file sizes smaller compared to MP3 files. M4A files sound better than MP3 files when encoded at the same bit rate due to some of the enhancements made to the format. What’s more, M4A files could be play in several media player, including iTunes, Quicktime, Windows Media Players, Roxio Popcorn, Toast or Creator.
Remove DRM and Convert Spotify Music to M4A
Spotify Music Converter is far much more than a simple tool, to remove DRM from Spotify Music completely and convert Spotify Music to M4A with high audio quality. Besides, it could convert Spotify Music to MP3/WAV/FLAC for enjoying freely. The conversion is simple with fast speed. When the conversion is finishes, you could keep the converted music as local files for listening without Spotify, stream it to any device without limits. Moreover, you could take more use of the converted music, such as, burn the music to CD; transfer the music to SD card/USB drive; set the music as phone ringtone.
How to Rip Spotify Music to M4A Files
Step 1. Import Spotify Music to Spotify Music Converter
First of all, download, install and run Spotify Music Converter on the computer. Click “Add Files” button to import Spotify Music to the program.
If you are using Spotify app, you can drag songs, playlists or albums to the interface directly. If you are using Spotify web player, click “Add Files” button and copy & paste songs or playlist link to the bottom area.
Step 2. Setting Output Format
Click the “Options” button to choose output format. In Advanced setting, you can choose M4A as output format(MP3/WAV/FLAC are available), or change output quality(up to 320kbps) and sample rate. In the output settings, you could change the output folder as you prefer.
Step 3. Start Ripping Spotify Music to M4A
When finish all the settings, simply click the “Convert” button to start the conversion.
Done, now you could locate the converted M4A files on the computer.
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