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some of my purchased music on itunes will not play on Mixx

Asked by Montrasier Schuyler

this is the message I get when trying to play certain purchased files in Mixxx;
The file '/Users/montrasier/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Alice Deejay/Who Needs Guitars Anyway_/02 Better Off Alone.m4p' could not be loaded.

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jus (jus) said : 		#1

Mixxx can't play DRM encrypted m4p/AAC files purchased from iTunes . DRM (Digital rights management) limits the usage of digital content and devices.

Mixxx on MacOS can currently read mp4/AAC ( default iTunes format, not DRM protected ),Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF.
You could convert your m4p tracks to one of the supported formats to remove the drm.

Convert M4P to M4A with iTunes

In fact, you can convert M4P to M4A with iTunes. Create a playlist and add the M4P files you want to convert to M4A, and burn them to audio CD. After burning, you can insert the audio CD, it will appear in iTunes in a few minutes, in import CD settings, you can choose AAC as output format. Then rip the CD and iTunes will convert M4P to M4A. However, if you are try to convert all your M4P to M4A, burning and ripping may cost you much time to wait and dozens of CD discs.

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