How do I programmatically convert mp3 to an itunes-playable aac/m4a file?

Question

I\'ve been looking for a way to convert an mp3 to aac programmatically or via the command line with no luck. Ideally, I\'d have a snippet of code that I could call from my

Answer 1

I realize I'm late to this party, but I'm questioning the premise of this question. Why do you even want to convert an MP3 to an "itunes playable" format? iTunes already handles MP3s natively.

It seems like you are doing an unnecessary conversion, and since you are converting from one lossy format to another, you are losing some quality in the process.