Itunes not playing

to all,
today, itunes wont play any of my music in the library. i have checked all the soundcard propertis, but when i click on a file to play it, the bar at the top saying how much has played and how much is left etc, doesn't move. i have had the problem in the past but has usually been solved with a restart, which i have done several times today to no avail. can anyone suggest anything?
thanks
Jack

I am having the same problem. Nothing will play, the little bar doesn't move. Nothing, not the songs purchased from itunes, not songs I've imported from cd, nada.
I tried upgrading the quicktime, that didn't help. This morning I was happily listening to my music on my previous version of Itunes, and then I had to stupidly download the newest version.
I have spent the last 4 hours trying to navigate the online support, at this point I really want to speak to a live person.
Does apple have live people anymore?

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