How to play .m4a files?

I have lossless .m4a files in my iTunes library. Files can be synchronized to z10. However, music player does not see them. Tried running files from browser, got "Error: file have unsupported content".
In blackberry specs .m4a is listed as supported file format. What am I missing?

found this: "itunes uses that m4a format so other players can not use it." Is that right? Do not really want to rip my cds again but is there any other option?

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can some body tell me how to play avi files in solaris
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If I had any Real Audio files I could tell you.
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Why can't JavaFx media player play .m4a file on windows xp sp3? I got an exception that 'Decoder is not available' when I played m4a file on windows xp sp3(it didn't work on vista either), but it works fine on windows 7 , so I guess Javafx media player needs some system dependencies or resources when it plays media files, do you have any suggestions for this ?
Edited by: imtoocute on Aug 22, 2012 11:18 AM
Edited by: imtoocute on Aug 22, 2012 11:19 AM
Edited by: imtoocute on Aug 22, 2012 3:53 PM

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