I have an m4a file that I can play in MC12 (and a trial version of MC13), but neither program will let me import the file. I'm just trying to get the file to play in MC with replay gain....
Below are a bunch of details - I don't know which are relevant and which aren't. Sorry.
Before I noticed I shouldn't install itunes 8, I installed it. I also purchased a DRM free song, AAC (not lossless), which is in my itunes directory with an m4a extension.
I followed the instructions for using haali and ffdshow to play m4a using directshow. This works perfectly my purchased copy of MC12. In MC12, I have aac included in the file associations. So I can double click on the file and it plays in MC12, with haali and ffdshow icons showing on the right hand side of the toolbar. When I try to import the file, it just doesn't work. I see that there are issues with itunes 8, but I thought they mostly had to do with ipod control, not importing files.
I wasn't sure if there was a change to the file format that was corrected in MC13 but not MC12, so I installed a trial version of MC13. Same problem, although I also set up MC13 for directshow playback of m4a and haali and ffdshow do NOT show up on the toolbar, so it looks like that is not working for me in MC13 (I also can't show visualization or look at directshow setting during playback of the file in MC13).
I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me whether or not I should be able to import itunes 8 m4a files into MC (12 and/or 13). If not, will this be added? If so, any idea what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
Brett