Universal converter

Some devices can only play special media formats. Use the Converter to make your media collection playable on all your external devices.

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Convert your media files:

  • Convert media files to a format compatible with a special playback device, e.g. an MP3 player.
  • Remove copy protection (e.g. DRM) from your music, videos and audio books.

Output formats supported by XStream Xtra

XStream Xtra supports converting to the following formats:

  • MP3
  • M4A/AAC
  • FLAC
  • WMA
  • WMV
  • MP4
  • AVI
  • and others

How can I find out which output formats are supported by my playback devices?

External devices use preferred formats for playing back media files (e.g. AAC/M4A used by the iPod).

To find out which output formats are supported by your playback devices, or which formats work with those devices best, check the manufacturer's information.

XStream Xtra offers Conversion Presets which work well for the most popular devices.

Symbols used in the Converter view

Table 1. General symbols used throughout XStream Xtra. See more symbols ...
Symbol Description Meaning
Green plus sign This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may add various elements, e.g. station, wishes, podcasts or files.
Red X This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete stations from your favorites, delete media files from the player or wishes from your wishlist.
Green arrow This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting.
White hand on a red hexagon This symbol denotes buttons, with which you can stop running processes. You can stop individual recording and conversion processes, or you can click Stop all to stop all recordings and processes currently running.
Pin This symbol labels the Pin button. Click the pin button to pin the current category to the Home view. In future, you can go to this category from the Home view with just a single click.
Gear wheel This symbol denotes files that are currently being finished.
Yellow LED display This symbol denotes views and features that are currently active and ready for activities like recordings and data transfer.
CD This symbol denotes albums.
Green LED display This symbol denotes views and features that are currently running with activities like recordings and data transfer.
File folder This symbol denotes folders.
Blue figurine This symbol denotes artists.
Text "Hit" This symbol denotes popular songs in the artist database.
Note This symbol denotes songs.
Tag This symbols labels commands for working with tags.
Euro This symbol denotes songs in your playlist that have been purchased from Amazon.
Filter This symbol labels the button for setting filter options. If any filter is active, the button is highlighted in color.
Table 2. Symbols used for Converter. See more symbols ...
Symbol Description Meaning
Red padlock This symbol denotes copy protected files.
Red exclamation point This symbol denotes files on which an error has occurred during playback or converting.
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