DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO SIMPLE EDITING, LIKE CLIPPING, FADEOUTS OR MERGES ON(PROTECTED AAC) FILES PURCHASED FROM THE ITUNES MUSIC STORE? SOMETIMES WHEN BURNING CDS FOR MY CAR I WANT TO USE PART OF A SONG OR BLEND TWO OR MORE SONGS TOGETHER.

I CAN DO ALL THIS IN IMOVIE BUT THE EXPORTED MOVIE FILES ARE HUGE. I CAN ALSO DO SOME CLIPPING AND MERGING IN QUICKTIME PRO WHICH PRODUCES FILES OF ACCEPTABLE SIZE. HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH THEY WILL PLAY IN ITUNES, I GET ERROR MESSAGES IF I TRY TO BURN A CD FROM THE ITUNES INTERFACE.

THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE. CHUCK