I purchased a movie from I-tunes. Why won't it copy to my I pod? I receive a message "Smoke Signals was not copied to Ipod because it cannot be played on this ipod". All other movies purchased from I-tunes have been copied and no problem playing.

What can I do to view this movie I downloaded from I tunes on my Ipod classic? Thanks very mcuh for any information.

Are you aware of how movies must be encoded for the iPad if the specs are different than Apple TV's?
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