Question:  m4a vs. m4p, & movie trailers not showing up

In the past, when I downloaded tunes from the iTunes Store, they would be in .m4a format. Now, all my new downloads are in the .m4p format. What is the difference between the 2 formats. What can I do with them....burn audio cd's?
Next, I d/l'd the new Friday The 13th movie trailer, and it shows up on iTunes, but I can't get it to my iPod, and I d/l'd the correct file for iPod. I must have a setting configured wrong. What should I look for?
Thanks!!
-Bryan

bryanr72 wrote:
In the past, when I downloaded tunes from the iTunes Store, they would be in .m4a format. Now, all my new downloads are in the .m4p format. What is the difference between the 2 formats. What can I do with them....burn audio cd's?
The iTunes Store sells both formats, but there is not a choice: each song is only available in one or the other. The .m4p tracks are "protected" files that will only play in iTunes or be burned to audio CD.
To avoid the problem, buy your music at one of the 100% non-DRM online stores, such as the amazon.com MP3 Download store. MP3 format is comatible with iTunes/iPod and virtually every other player.

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