Certain songs inaccessible in shared library

I'll try to keep this as concise as possible.
I have all of my music in my iTunes library on my iMac. All of it is accessible and all the files play correctly.
I have the library shared and access the library from my Macbook Pro. Everything works as expected and I'm able to play my files on the Macbook Pro over my network...except a few files.
I've narrowed the problem down to some .m4a files that were purchased and downloaded from Beatport. They simply will not play from the shared library in iTunes. However:
If I browse directly to the files using the finder over the network, they can be played in Quicktime.
If I browse directly to the files and add them to my local library on the Macbook Pro, they play fine in iTunes.
The only way these files DON'T work is being played via the shared library. Otherwise, they work fine.
Thanks in advance for any ideas / suggestions.

I'm having the same problem (similar), but no resolution.
All of the files that are older files won't play, mostly ripped from CDs. My last ipod classic played them just fine. I bought a new one last month and its not playing them.
These files play perfectly on:
itunes
iphone 3G
iphone 4
I've even isolated it down to one song (for a sample) and put ONLY that song on the iphone 3G, ipod classic, and iphone 4, and the only problem is on the ipod classic.
I have removed all songs from the classica, reset it, reformatted the hard drive, reinstalled softwared, just about everything i can think of. I'm happy to send the file to anyone who wants to trouble shoot with just a single song.
This is really really frustrating, because i got the calssic so i can carry the old songs that I don't have room for on my iphone.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Jeremy

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