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[Louis Hanrahan]

Hi, I am hoping someone can help me find the way to import my music files into MC30. I have tried many times either in automatic mode or single. Nothing ever happens, unfortunately. The files are definitely findable and are playable through Apple Music on my MacBook Air M1 now running Ventura. The only files that MC30 has found are .wav files from direct downloads of a friend's original recordings transferred through DropBox.

When I attempt to import I sometimes get a message saying the format is incompatible.

I used MC for quite a few years in the past starting at v22 until 25 or 26 because the upgrade did not find the music I had previously been able to access. I decided to give it another try with MC30, paid my $40CA and, unfortunately, still no further advanced.

Thanks!

[Awesome Donkey]

What kind of files are they? They're not m4p files or something like that, are they? If they are m4p files, they have Apple's FairPlay DRM in them, which unfortunately means only Apple's apps (iTunes/Apple Music/etc.) can play them.

[Louis Hanrahan]

Thanks for that, I didn't know that. Any Apple files including ALAC, I imagine, would probably not work then. Quite frustrating since not all my music came from Apple. I had especially wanted to have access to high quality music files I got through B&W etc..

Maybe I can convert some of these files back to original format.

Thanks, now at least I understand that the source of the problem is not MediaCenter but Apple.

[JimH]

ALAC files should be fine.  No "protection".

I don't think that Apple has sold encrypted files for several years.

[HaWi]

Also, you can use something like the Sidify Apple Music Converter (and there are others as well, I'm not saying this is the only or the best) to convert .m4a files to ALAC or FLAC so that they can be imported into MC.

[Stevo68]

I have downloaded JRiver to macos Ventura on my mac mini and everything seems fine but I cannot get any output on the volume. i can clearly see my Apple playlists and they are playing according to the U/I but no sound. I have tried Audio midi and allotted to correct channels but still no sound. Any ideas? I don't fancy Roon much, just too expensive.

[JimH]

From the wiki:

"try CoreAudio version (Mac OSX) first, and after you get that working well, you can explore other options."

[bob]

I have downloaded JRiver to macos Ventura on my mac mini and everything seems fine but I cannot get any output on the volume. i can clearly see my Apple playlists and they are playing according to the U/I but no sound. I have tried Audio midi and allotted to correct channels but still no sound. Any ideas? I don't fancy Roon much, just too expensive.

What device are you playing to?
Check the volume control on MC, the little button to the left of the volume slider.
Is it set to internal volume, system volume, muted??