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Title: Odd MC12 + Vista 64-bit + iTunes DRM content problem
Post by: ccfoodog on May 04, 2007, 02:02:20 am

I've been running MC12.0.207 on Vista Ultimate 64-bit for a while now and things have been peachy.  I use MC to play Apple DRM content and FLAC encoded rips.  I have iTunes installed to download iTunes DRM content.

Recently iTunes popped up that there was an update so I let it upgrade.  I assume this was in response to that security bug lately.  I also have had a couple of dead computers so I decided to 'de-authorize all' iTunes and then re-authorize my actual machines.

All this worked fine from iTune perspective, but DRM content would no longer playback on MC.  I figure maybe I needed to re-install MC.  So I downloaded and installed 12.0.222 and MC was happy again.  Later, I quit MC and re-start it and... no iTunes DRM playback!  Hmm.  So I re-install MC again and... works!

So, MC will play back the iTunes DRM content right after the install, but if I quit and re-start the program, it won't work.  I've tried this several times and it always the same.  I've also tried rebooting, but just quiting is enough to make it stop working.

I did the same upgrade on my other machines which are both XP 32-bit and neither has the problem.  You can quit, restart and everything plays fine.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-john


Configuration:

Vista Vista Ultimate 64-bit
  Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2GHz)
  4GB RAM
  All Windows Updates applied as of 5/3
  Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT, running dual head
    Driver 7.15.11.65 (2/10/2007)
MC 12.0.222
  Enc_FLAC-2.1.1
  In_FLAC-2.1.3
iTunes 7.1.1.5
QuickTime 7.1.6
TrendMicro AntiVirus/Antispyware 2007 (up to date 5/3)

Title: Re: Odd MC12 + Vista 64-bit + iTunes DRM content problem
Post by: JimH on May 04, 2007, 06:27:39 am

I don't know, but try disabling the itunes programs that run in the background.  Try uninstalling itunes.

The security fix was for QuickTime only, I believe.  There's a link to the QT download in this thread:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=40368.0

You have to be careful when  you download or you'll get itunes, too.

Title: Re: Odd MC12 + Vista 64-bit + iTunes DRM content problem
Post by: ccfoodog on May 09, 2007, 10:17:14 am

Thanks, I tried re-installing QT (I was already at 7.1.6) with no effect.  I want iTunes, so uninstalling it isn't optimal for me.  I tried updating to 12.0.226 w/no effect.

I killed off all iTunes things with task manager and no effect -- works after install but if you quit and restart it won't play Apple DRM content.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

-john

Title: Re: Odd MC12 + Vista 64-bit + iTunes DRM content problem
Post by: ccfoodog on July 13, 2007, 04:39:33 am

After the last post, things went downhill.  I tried un-installing and re-installing both iTunes and MC.  After one of those, DRM stuff wouldn't play anymore at all via MC.  I updated MC a couple of times and also iTunes/QT once or so.  No effect.

Today I just took the iTunes 7.3.1.3 update and presto, DRM started working in MC again.  Of course, there have also been a few MS Windows updates, but I'd suspect iTunes is more likely.

I pushed my luck and installed MC 12.0.279 and things are still working.

-john

Title: Re: Odd MC12 + Vista 64-bit + iTunes DRM content problem
Post by: JimH on July 13, 2007, 07:06:48 am

MC uses QT to play the DRM content from Apple, but I think iTunes has to initialize the PC first.