Why can't i play .wav files its ridiculous

is it because if its .wav it means it wasnt bought off the itunes store?? I'm sick of this sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unfortunately apple computers do not play windows media such as WMV or WAV. You must convert it or get an quicktime extension called "Perian" that will allow you to play windows type of medias and additional extension via quicktime. I'm not sure if it helps for iTunes but it might solve your problem.
http://www.perian.org/

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why can't i play .wmv file in quicktime even after i download codec from windows? can anyone help me wit this please!!!!!

Have you done the obvious things to try to fix it: quit Quicktime then start it back up again, log out then back in, reboot.
Edit: Just read one of your later posts. If VLC won't play it, this is unrelated to Quicktime and Flip4Mac. Are you sure these wmv files are okay?

Why can't I open .wav file?

I am trying to open a .wav file in iTunes. I am not sure why it won't open. Any suggestions?

It is possible the WAV is a compressed form which Macs might have problems reading. WAV is primarily used on PCs and while the regular form can be read by Macs you can also get a variety of compressed forms which seem to be pretty PC specific.
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Niel wrote:
A few AVIs just can't be played on the Mac.
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So true. I insall Perian, Flip4Mac (because they work so well with Quicktime) and always have MPEG Streamclip on hand and anything I can't play now, well I really don't worry about. Have never tried MPlayerX but looks like it may be worth a punt.

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The previous answer was very misleading. It implies that iTunes can't be made to play AVI files. That is not true. If QuickTime can be made to play AVI then so can iTunes and FrontRow. The following open source component is free, and a piece of cake to install (as shown in the hand-holding video on its site). See "perian.org".
Installing perian will immediately make QuickTime player and FrontRow be able to play AVI files. Stick your .avi files inside your "Movies" folder so you can navigate to them in FrontRow (without having to trick iTunes into importing them).
To import into iTunes, one more trick is needed since itunes doesn't recognize .avi files...they need to have a special sort of alias file created for each. Apple provides the free developer program MakeRefMovie which does that. (The program is all over the web if you don't really want to sign up for free developer status...google "download MakeRefMovie")
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http://flynnsarcade.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=36
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Hey there Bencat45,
It sounds like you have a video that is not playing at all on your iPad. I was thinking the next best thing to do would be to create an iPad version then sync that video to your iPad and try again. This article will help you with that:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1497
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You'd think in this day and age a company like Apple would mature and get over its snobbery about playing generic audio formats in iTunes.
So whats the story Apple, why are your latest products still incapable of playing such a generic audio format?

logOutOfThisAppleId wrote:
You'd think in this day and age a company like Apple would mature and get over its snobbery about playing generic audio formats in iTunes.
Why do you say I would think this?
I don't.
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what is a flv file and why can't I play it?

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not really I have seen it. The only buyable version left is IBM j9. All the rest basically are sold to handset manufacturers.
Its hectic out there. I still cant play audio on J9 to build a simple tourist guide!!!!
javajoom is for wtk21 - hello its 2007.
Oh well lets toss pda's out of the window along with Microsoft's OS and use smart phone OS - or should I toss J2me and start on C# to be on the safe side???
Has anyone an answer?

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