Adding ITunes Music to Slideshow with PE-4

[threeringcircus]

I have put together a slideshow with pans, zooms, etc. but cannot seem to add music. :o I click on "Add Media" and have tried to access my ITunes music (all my own CD's, none purchased through iTunes) and can't get it to work. Do I need to export or import music files or something? Please help! I am able to get the Sample Music to work, but somehow Beethoven doesn't go with pics from a trip to Mexico!!! :D I'm sure I am just making this too hard. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also, I am hearing that there are easier/better programs for doing slideshows with music, etc. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!

[Barb O]

When I look at the files on a music (audio) CD that I purchased, they are .cda file type. I don't think that the Elements slideshow can use these files directly: what I did for a slideshow was to convert a .cma file. I think that converting to either WAV or MP3 will work.

I don't have itunes on this PC so I can't be specific, but I think that itunes can rip at .cda file from a music cd to an mp3 file on your hard drive. Windows Media Player is another alternative. Then you can use the mp3 file in your PSE slideshow.

[Jeff N]

I'm running itunes 7.0.2 and you can convert a song to
MP3 from the advanced pulldown. Simply select the song
you would like to convert and go advanced then convert to mp3. It will make a copy of the song in mp3 format and put it in the same folder as the itunes mp4. It does not overwrite the original. I have found that some music is protected and will not convert. This happened with music I loaded in from CD and music I purchased from itunes. No real ryhme or reason to it.

[threeringcircus]

Thanks so much to both of you! I was able to convert the I-Tunes songs to MP3 and they easily dropped into the slideshow. It worked like a charm. Thanks for taking the time to help me, I really appreciate it! :)