Bought tunes, can't play them... ?

I bought 4 CD's, downloaded them, burned them. I can see them on the CD, they have the right meg size files. They won't play on the computer, or in a CD player.
I also dumped all 4 CD's on a single DVD as data, moved them to another computer ... the files are there, they have size, they play, but no sound.
I'm not familiar with how things work when purchasing from the store.
I am cutting a film. We want to try out the music from a certain artist on the film (meaning we need to the music files from computer to computer in the edit suite). We already have the contact numbers for the artist if the music works with image. But we can't seem to get the tunes from the iTunes store to the edit suite compluter.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Ben

Do the tunes in question (m4p) play in iTunes on the computer that you purchased through?
Have you updated QuickTime to v7.1.3?
What are you burning instruction settings in iTunes prefs>Advanced>Burning? m4p files will not play in regular CD players. m4p files have DRM and are protected. You will need to burn the m4p tunes as an Audio CD. Then they will play in a regular CD palyer or other computer. By converting to an audio file you strip out the DRM. You can then convert thoseaudio files back to an mp3 by changing your import settings in iTunes prefs>Advanced>Importing.
If you want to play iTunes purchases on another computer you will need to Authorize that computer.
MJ

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