Full protected or purchased songs not playing

full protected or purchased songs not playing all the way through.

I have deleted them and re downloaded and they still do not work!!

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    I recently had to exchange my iPhone 4 after having a problem with my lock button. When I restored my purchased items from iCloud none of my purchased songs or movies would work. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem without having to redownload each item?

    Does the music appear to be on the iPhone, but won't play?
    My iPhone did this after an iCloud backup. If the music is shown but won't play then:
    On the iPhone go to settings> general > usage> then delete all of the music. After you've done this sync your iPhone to your iTunes and they should all go back onto the phone and work. ( make sure that all the music is in your iTunes library first)

  • Some purchased songs not playing after moving to new computer

    I migrated my music library to a new computer by moving the entire iTunes folder from the old computer to an external hard drive then to the new computer. When I synced my iPhone using the new computer, everything synced fine the first time except for an error saying three songs could not be converted properly. When I try to play the songs in iTunes, it tells me they are not authorized to play on the new computer then asks me to login to authorize (even though I already had logged in beforehand). Even after logging in again they won't play. The tracks won't play on the iPhone either.
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    While downloading click the small download activity widget near the search box and make sure Allow Simultaneous Downloads is unticked. This may improve the reliability of subsequent downloads.
    If the problem persists, or that facility is not yet available in your region, contact the iTunes Store support staff through the "Report a problem" links in your account history, or via Contact Support.
    See also:
    Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy
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    HT2519: Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
    tt2

  • Purchased Songs not Playing

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  • My recently purchased songs wont play, popup says unable to locate

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    Hello musiccc
    That means that iTunes cannot find the file to play. The article below will assist with finding the files on your computer. If they are not on your computer, then delete them in iTunes so you can download those purchases again.
    iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1408
    Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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    -Norm G.

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  • Protected AAC music/files not playing or appearing in iTunes purchases

    Any purchases which I made from itunes during 2007/08 which were protected AAC files will no longer play on my pc (nor download to my ipod).  I get multiple 'This computer is not authorised to play....Would you like to authorise it?' When I authorise it, it tells me that 'This computer is already authorised (2 out of 5)'.  But the track will not play and again asks for authorisation. The tracks that will not play are all 'Fairplay version 2'. I thought about deleting them and downloading them again as I understand that Apple no longer encripts files, but they do not appear in my previous purchases in my itunes account (no purchases before 2011 appear?) - so I assume that I cannot download them again. So i have the tracks in my library, the 'info' says that they are registered to my itunes account, but it seems that because they are encripted I cannot play them.  Help please!!

    I am having what seems to be the same problem as Julie described. After purchasing an album on itunes, I created a CD-R disk that will play on the computer but not on any of several players I tried. The CD shows (Get info) each tune to be an MP-4. In ITunes...the tracks are shown as AAC protected...I don't know the difference.
    It appears Julie solved the problem by your suggestion to go to iTunes preferences...I tried that Pref>Advanced>Burning>and selected Audio CD and burned a second disk....actually I didn't change anything because my preferences were already set that way.
    I would never buy anything else from iTunes that I cannot play on my home system. this has been a frustrating matter and I guess what I am asking is there a pausible solution?
    To your questions:
    Play on home CD player: message: No audio...although the Cd plays on the computer ok.
    Media used: Memorex CD-R
    Brand of players: Sony DVD player 1.5 years old & Cyberhome 1 year
    Operating System 10.3.9
    iTunes 5.xx
    Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
    thanks,
    ron

  • 4 albums purchased from iTunes yesterday have songs not playing all the way through. They play for a period of time and skip to the next song. Everytime they are played. Can anyone help?

    Some songs I purchased last night are not playing all the way through. Several songs from the 4 albums I purchased play for a period of time then just skip to the next song. The songs that do this, do it everytime they are played at the exact same spot. The songs that are affected skip to the next on iTunes on my PC which is updated to the most current iTunes and my 160gb iPod classic. Everytime they are played at the exact same spot. However on my other device, iPhone 4s all songs play just fine. I have almost 7,000 songs on my iPod and this has never happened before and I have played it awhile since downloading those albums yesterday. This is only happening with the albums purchased yesterday. Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong?

    I'm having the same issue with a few songs I just downloaded. It skips randomly in the middle of the song.

  • Help!!! - Protected AAC files do not play on any of my iPods

    Since ten days ago both my iPods (Video 60GB and Photo 40GB) are not capable anymore to play iTMS purchased music. The music plays fine on iTunes (Windows, last version), is correctly copied on both the iPods (both updated to the last version of iPod software) but when I try to play any of the Protected AAC file kind the iPods just shows the Cover and skips to the next songs.
    The bad thing is that is happening on any Protected AAC file i try to play on any of the iPods and we are talking about 527 songs, for a total more than 500 euros. THAT'S BAD!!!
    I've tryed everything, re-flashed the iPods with the last iPod Updater (any hint on where to find the 2005 version?), reinstalled iTunes on both the PCs I've at home, deauthorized and re-authorized the iTMS account, deleted all the music from the iPod and loaded back again, no light at all...
    I've contacted the iTMS support, they have deauthorized all my PCs, I've authorized them back but nothing. After four email they passed me to the Tech iPod support.
    I've called them, on the Video I've also the AppleCare, we tryed everything, also formatting the iPod via the Operating System, but no luck.
    At the end they have said that is a problem with the FairPlay authorization and brought me back to the iTMS support.
    I wrote them again, explaining all the situation and giving them the SR number and this is what I got as an answer:
    "have escalated the issue you reported, and you will receive an email message once we have a resolution. Thank you for your patience as we work to make your experience with the iTunes Music Store more enjoyable."
    No timeline, no explanation at all.
    Obviusly all the other functionalities of the iPods are working fine and all the Protected AAC files plays fine on iTunes, but nothing on the iPods.
    I've also tryed to buy a couple on new songs from iTunes but also these do not play on any of the iPods.
    From the tech support side, seems I'm the only one to have this problem in the world. From my point of view this could be a FairPlay keys problem but the result is that I cannot play any of the music I've bought.
    Does anybody had this kind of problem or some hints to save the day?
    One bottle of italian wine (Brunello di Montalcino, very fine red wine) to who finds a solution.
    Have an happy life.
    MB from Italy

    Nobody replyed to my message but I think that knowing the solution can be helpful for someone in the future.
    I've made some extensive testing.
    To me the problem has appeared when I've update both the iPod to the last iPod software version, 1.1.1 for the Video and 1.2.1 for the Photo.
    At that time I was using the iTunes for Windows version 6.0.4
    Thanks to the hint of a user on the iLounge forum (www.ilounge.com), the problem was related to the versions combination between iTunes for Windows and the iPod Software.
    Today I've tried all the version of iTunes form the 6.0.0 to the 6.0.4 (thanks to File Hippo) and the only one that works is the 6.0.0
    The problem seems solved on both the iPods, obviously I've notified Apple of the temporary solution and I really hope that someone will take care of this one.

  • Help trying to get purchased songs to play on computer without itunes?

    My fiance is creating a photo slideshow for our wedding on her laptop, which does not have itunes. We downlaoded a few songs to play in the background from itunes (on our desktop computer) and tried putting them on a flashdrive and then putting them into the slideshow program. We need to convert them to mp3 files so that they will play on the slideshow program but the purchased songs are protected files. Does anyone know how to turn them into regular old mp3s?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks in advance!!

    You don't "enable" iTunes Plus, per se. For new purchases, Just look for tracks that have the "+" next to the price in the iTunes Store. Those will be Plus tracks and not copy protected. For older tracks that you already purchased, go to the iTunes Plus link at the upper-right of the iTunes Store pages. When you click that link, you'll be taken to a page that will have an "Upgrade My Library" header. If any tracks are eligible to be upgraded, there will be a button that says "upgrade" (or something to that effect; I don't remember the exact phrasing).
    Alternatively, you can try one of the download stores that sell tracks in MP3 format (which is always unprotected) such as Amazon. Some record labels, in an attempt to force Apple's hand on some policies, are licensing other stores to sell unprotected tracks where they won't allow Apple to do so.
    Note, though, that just because they're not protected doesn't mean that you will have the license to give them away. As long as this slideshow will just be shown at your wedding, you should be OK, but you can't give the slideshow containing the songs away. Just a "heads-up".
    Congratulations and a wish for a happy life together. Cheers.
    Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

  • All purchased songs not authorized, error = -3253

    Hi,
    I just purchased a full album off iTunes and it can't seem to download. It just comes up with the error message = -3253. Anyone knows what this means?
    At the same time, all of my purchased songs from itunes can't play! It says that my computer is not authorized to play these songs. So, I authorize them, one by one. After all that, it still says my computer is not authorized to play the songs. I have re-authorized them twice already and I now have 3 times remaining!
    I hope someone can help me out. Thanks.

    Change the iPod's drive letter. That has helped several folks.
    Directions: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
    I know your symptom isn't in that article's list, but try it.
    I assume the songs will play in itunes, correct? If you get the evil authorization loop while just trying to play songs in iTunes, there are other things to try. If they just won't go to the ipod, the drive letter change should work.

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