TuneClone M4P Converter Software

TuneClone Review from How-to Geek

Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/reviews/tuneclone/
Date: 09/8/09

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Ease of Use

After installation on the main interface click on the button to "Open the media player software".

Once iTunes opens up you will get a message about inserting a blank disc. This is talking about the virtual drive of TuneClone.

You will need to go into Burn Settings and set the drive to the Virtual burner form TuneClone and select your preferred settings and click on Burn.

While the files are encoded into TuneClone there will be a small progress screen on the corner of the screen.

With the Trail version you are only allowed three minutes per track but it gives you enough options to decide if you want to purchase a full license.

The converted files are put into My Music and the TuneClone folder.

Performance

We tested this on a Dell desktop with an Intel Core2 Duo processor and 3GB of RAM and conversions were very smooth. There will be a bit of a spike in the CPU during conversion but memory usage is low. Conversion times will vary depending on the amount of music you are converting but overall one album takes a couple minutes.

Conclusion

I loaded up five albums that I bought from iTunes a few years ago, converted them to MP3 and stuck them on a Creative Zen and they played with no problems. There seemed to be no loss in audio quality and the meta data. The application is easy to use and does a great job removing DRM and converting songs to be played on different portable audio players. One thing that I would like to see is direct support for audio devices built into the user interface allowing you to plug in say a Zune or Zen and transfer the files directly from the app. As it is now though, it does a good job and will save you a lot of hassle if you have a large amount of DRM protected music.

It works with XP, Vista, and we were able to run it fine on Windows 7. You can use the trial version for as long as you want but the restriction is only 3 minutes of the song will be converted. To remove that restriction you will need to purchase a full license for $34.95.

For more TuneClone tutorials, please go to http://www.tuneclone.com/guide.php.