QuickTime Not Playing Purchased Movies

I've noticed that movies I purchased in iTunes, aren't playing in QuickTime. Is there a way to fix this?

Default player for the .m4v file extension is iTunes.
Right click (Control click) on the file and use the Open with: menu to chose a different application like QuickTime Player.
Use the Get Info window to change the default open with app.

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Thanks in advance for responding. About half of the movies I download Quicktime will only play less than a minute of even though they are 15 minutes long. Any suggestions?

The usual cause of this symptom is that someone has merged a number of mpeg files incorrectly and QT is not recognizing the timeccode of the out-of-standard file. This freeware may be able to correct the time code and save as a standard mpeg so QT will play it all the way through:
http://www.squared5.com/
VLC is a little less picky about standards and chooses to ignore the incorrect timecode of the mpeg.

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I have a situation where Quicktime isn't displaying anything on a particular .mov file on the internet. The quicktime control pops up, and starts playing, but there is no image or sound. I'm using a PowerPC mac with Quicktime 7.1.2 and OS 10.4.7 on an eMac. I'm able to view other quicktime files. The same mov file works fine on another Mac in our house, which has identical software (Quicktime and OS) except that it's a newer intel Mac. Any suggestions?
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The same mov file works fine on another Mac in our house, which has identical software (Quicktime and OS) except that it's a newer intel Mac. Any suggestions?
Open the "QuickTime" and "Internet Plug-Ins" folder in the main Library of both computers and compare contents to see if the working platform contains additional required components or lacks any that may be causing a conflict.

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I'm having the same problem on my new iMac. First it tells me it's not authorized to play the songs, then when I enter my password, it tells me it's already authorized, but still won't play them. I tried deleting a song and going to the store to redownload it and got charged for it! I've got hundreds of songs, so that's not going to be an option.
In addition, I have quite a few songs from a very old Apple ID, one I forgot I even had, I have no idea what the password was and no way to have the system send me a new password because I no longer have access to that email account.
The Mac I just "retired" could play all the songs in my catalog just fine. This new one won't play the majority of them.
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On the camera and after the transfer from camera to computer the files ended in .tod, as they always have. I had originally exported them into H.264, but the video quality was fairly shotty compared to what I typically get when exporting to .mov, and I really need the better quality. My biggest question is really why QuickTime will not play the converted .mov files now when it used to. What's the deal with it?
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If it makes a difference, I setup, updated, and added my Apple ID to the ATV from a different location with internet, but moved it after I thought it had been set up. Thanks in advance for any tips, I am clueless!!

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You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iOS: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4215
-Griff W.

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Am I able to play purchased movies through the cloud as opposed to using all the space on my ipad?

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Apple TV will not play rented movies. Says it is being played on another device, which it is not. Downloaded movie via iTunes on my iMac.
I've tried restoring the TV, updating my iTunes - nothing is working. It is definitely not playing on my computer.

Sign in to your iTunes account settings on the computer (click on the AppleID top right if you're actually signed in).
In your purchase list find the purchase and use the 'Report a problem' link to tell the store.
Assume you've not moved the rental to another device where it resides but is not being played.

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I purchased a movie at the iTunes store on my Mac air laptop. Then I connected the Mac to my home projector and cannot play it due to a warning about protection.... YET I HAVE PURCHASED THE MOVIE TO WATCH ON MY HOME PROJECTOR THEATRE SYSTEM
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My MBP plays DVD and says no also, so that is not it. Sounds broken to me. Call Applecare and I do hope you paid for the 3 year Applecare. Did it EVER play DVDs?

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can apple tv be used to play purchased movies from a ipad without broadband via airplay

The only times I've tried - on holiday/vacation with no broadband - this has failed because Airplay of protected content requires a brief authorisation connection to Apple's servers.
Conversely an ipad hooked up to a TV using the HDMI adapter works without internet for media stored on it as does a Mac computer running iTunes eg MacMini with HDMI out.
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"Could not play rented movie.... because it is authorized to play on another Computer or device"
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No one have any idea what I can do??
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I downloaded a few rentals about 27 days ago.... they're set to expire tomorrow and wanted to watch them... but for some reason I have the above problem. It's the computer I used to download them from....
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