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lok

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my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« on: June 08, 2015, 03:31:00 am »
I just  downloaded MC 20 for my new mac mini (OS 10.10) but found that:
1. it can't play ape files. it says 'nothing to play' when I double clicked the ape file
2.when I played mp4 video files the sound seemed OK but the screen kept on shaking

Have I missed out anything during the installation? 
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2015, 06:30:48 am »
Make sure you're using the latest build of MC from the top of this board.
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2015, 08:40:58 pm »
Yes, it was downloaded from the top thread link. I installed it and put it into the "application" folder. I clicked it open and clicked :file - open media file and opened my external hard disc (2T). When I  clicked on wav or flac files the music came out, but when I double clicked or 'open' ape files, CDImage.ape (say size 200MB), a small window came out that says 'nothing to play' 
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2015, 08:43:51 pm »
Is there a .cue file with the .ape file? What happens if you try to open it?
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2015, 09:36:23 pm »
I opened every file under the title song. The jpg and txt files showed the album picture and text. The cue file showed a box with word Exec in it and when I opened it, it says the same :nothing to play
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2015, 09:40:28 pm »
Try opening the .cue in MC itself by going to the File menu then Open Media File... and see what happens.

By default all MC builds support Monkey's Audio files - after all the creator is JRiver's CTO. :P
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2015, 06:42:26 am »
This is what I do every time I play a song.
I go to File and choose open media file and double click the file with the biggest file size say 200MB.
It plays well with flac and wave files only.
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Re: my mac mini cannot play ape files with MC20
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2015, 07:48:33 am »
If we can play quick time player (for mp4 files) in MC window, how do we know what if we are using, quicktime player, itune or MC? I could have been using itune all the time and not actually using MC, that could be the reason I could not play ape files!
Did I miss something important?
 
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