Listen to Apple Music Songs on VLC Media Player

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player. It can be simple and fast to play any media files on your Mac, Windows, Linnux, and mobile. VLC is able to successfully play both audio and video in .Divx, .flv, .mkv, .xvid, .avi, . mp3, etc.

However, when you want to play Apple Music on VLC, you will find it's difficult to add songs from Apple Music to VLC. If you do have such problem and with no idea about how to play Apple Music files with VLC, just read the following article.

As we all know, Apple Music is a music streaming service. After you subscribed the service, you can stream tracks to the Apple's iOS devices or other authorized platforms for listening offline. But the files you downloaded from Apple Music can't be added to other devices or program, like VLC, Windows Media Player, Google Music Player, etc. What was worse, when you stop the subscription, all your Apple Music tracks are not available any more.

As Apple Music songs are encoded in M4P format which can't be recognized by VLC directly. For the purpose of listening to Apple Music on VLC Media Player, finding a tool to convert Apple Music M4P files to the common audio formats supported by VLC should be the crux of the matter.

Convert Apple Music to Common Audio Supported by VLC Player Don't worry, Apple Music Converter comes to help you. This program shows its efficiency and feasibility in converting a variety of iTunes files, including Apple Music songs, iTunes purchased songs, iTunes M4A/M4B and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to unprotected MP3, AAC, FLAC and WAV with the original output quality kept. The program offers up to 10X faster conversion speed. Besides, it also supports batch conversion, and you can convert as many tracks as you want at the same time. Now the following instruction will show you the complete progress to convert Apple Music with Apple Music Converter.

Step 1Download Apple Music Converter Download and install Apple Music Converter by clicking Download button above, then launch it on your computer. This program is fully compatible with both Mac and Windows OS, here we will take Windows version as an example. Step 2Add Apple Music to Apple Music Converter Run Apple Music Converter, click + button to import the Apple Music songs to the program. It allows you to select one or more tracks from the pop-up iTunes library window at the same time, then hit OK. Step 3Set MP3 as Output Format In the top right of the interface, you can click the settings button to select the suitable output format such as MP3, AAC, WAV or FLAC for the VLC. Besides, you can also set the Output Quality and Output Folder, based on your needs. Step 4Start to Convert Apple Music When everything is ready, just close the Settings window and return to the main interface. Then click Convert button, the Apple Music conversion will start automatically. When all the conversion is done, you can find all the converted Apple Music files from the history folder. Step 5Add Apple Music Files to VLC Media Player Launch VLC Media Player on your computer, click Media section and select Open File or Open Folder to add the converted Apple Music you would like to play. Alternatively, you can also locate the Apple Music, and then drag these songs to the VLC player directly. Later you can listen to Apple Music files on VLC Media Player at will.