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Nicholas T

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QuickTime Player Warning
« on: December 25, 2009, 11:04:32 pm »

Hi,

When I try to play a .m4p audio file from MC14 I purchased from iTunes years ago I get:

QuickTime Player Warning - Cannot determine the version of Apple QuickTime Player...Do you want to download and install the latest version of QuickTime player? .  

When I open the same file(s) in QuickTime it plays eventually although when it does I get a mouse pointer is busy icon.

Actually, I'm peeved off that I had to resort to installing QuickTime in the first place.  I hate the hungry clunky beast along with it's big brother iTunes.  If only all software was made by you guys!!! :D

Is there another way to get these files to play?

Thanks,
Nick

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Re: QuickTime Player Warning
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2009, 08:17:56 am »

m4p files use Apple's digital rights management, and thus can only be played in Quicktime or iTunes.
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Re: QuickTime Player Warning
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2009, 10:14:15 am »

You can "upgrade" those songs on iTunes to unprotected versions for a fee (I believe it is $0.30 per track).  They also give you a much higher quality version as part of the deal.  Still isn't much of a bargain, but at least you can remove that dreck from them now.
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