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iTunes DRM-free content question

IronWing

IronWing

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Hi,

I'm Captain Obvious for today. I have iTunes and I bought some music from the iTunes store. I noticed that the files will play in Windows Media Player. If I copy this music to a thumb drive will it play on other computers that don't have iTunes? I'm not interested in stealing music; I am interested in carrying more music with me that the iPod will hold.
 
Yes, they are DRM free so as long as the computer you try to play them on has a program to play M4A files, you're fine.
 
Yes anything that will play DRM free AAC will play it.

You don't need itunes but I'm not sure if windows media play will play it natively. I am pretty sure it will though. If it can't you should be able to download some kind codec (not itunes) to play it though I am 99% sure that shouldn't be necessary.
 
Well, they always used fingerprinting in the past, but it was in addition to the DRM.
 
I had limited success. On my work computer where I wanted to play the music, Win Media Player lacked the correct codex. Quicktime plays the songs but I have to open each song manually instead of being able to play a folder's worth w/o intervention. Unfortunately I'm not an admin on my work computer so I can't load the codex for Win Media Player.
 
Originally posted by: ironwing
I had limited success. On my work computer where I wanted to play the music, Win Media Player lacked the correct codex. Quicktime plays the songs but I have to open each song manually instead of being able to play a folder's worth w/o intervention. Unfortunately I'm not an admin on my work computer so I can't load the codex for Win Media Player.
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I think there's a portable version of VLC, try loading that on your flash drive and see if you can launch it on your work computer (assuming you won't get yelled at).
 
Originally posted by: Skeeedunt
I think there's a portable version of VLC, try loading that on your flash drive and see if you can launch it on your work computer (assuming you won't get yelled at).
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Thanks. VLC works great. Nice player.
 
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