Movie playback

I've just downloaded the Dark Knight off the itunes store and yet when I try to play it on the itouch it says "This movie could not be played." When I try to play it on itunes it's just a grey soundless screen and when I try to convert it, the only option I get is to the MP3 format which it doesn't allow me to do because the files are protected. How can I get this movie to work on my itouch?

Waited two hours, pressed play for the 20th time and it just started working

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