Ripped Music from iTunes

I have some music I've ripped using iTunes... but it never plays with any other player! Are there any programs that could allow me to listen to the songs without requiring any special codecs?

 

It's normal that you can't play that music with others players itunes put DRM
in they're music.

DRM= Digital right management.

 

iTunes doesnt use DRM unless you purchase the music through them. If you Ripped the music from your own CD's, iTunes defaults them to the M4P format. Winamp plays this, and other media players do as well..

However, many people (myself included) prefer mp3 files as they are smaller and more widely playable, and dont seem less quality to me. You can convert your M4P files to mp3 if you would like. to do so:

In I-tunes, select edit, then preferences. Select the import tab. Select import using, then from the drop down menu choose mp3 encoder. Then using the advance tab, choose convert. It will now convert all selected files to mp3. (This will not work with music you purchased through iTunes)

you'll have to delete the m4p versions afterwards, however.

 

More good info in this thread here:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=75591

 

All of em are MP3s... still doesnt work...

--edit--

Okay guys... this is really weird... They are all mp3s... BUT

They don't work in Windows Media!

They work in winamp or in itunes...

 

What Bit Rate are the mp3's encoded in?
I remember reading somewhere that pocket PC's have difficulty playing mp3's with a high bitrate. I would however be surprised if windows media player couldnt play a high bit rate mp3.

 

256kbps... plays with media player classic though... must be something wrong with codecs... i dunno

 

You are sure they are not .m4a (file extension for Apple's AAC codec) as opposed to .mp3?

.m4p are DRM protected AAC files like the ones purchased from the iTunes store.

 

Try going to microsoft and updating windows media player, I think that version 9.something is the latest version.

 

hehe... found out what was wrong... I had mute on Windows Media Player for some reason.... lol feel like such an idiot!

 

Lmfao!