Will iTunes Plus files work in FCP?

Does anyone know if new iTunes Plus files will work in Final Cut Pro now that digital rights management (DRM) has been removed? Usually when I use AAC files in FCPX the files are mute.

Compressed audio files should be converted to AIFF 48k.

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Confusion on iTunes Plus Files and Computer Authorization

I wonder if someone could help me alleviate some confusion surrounding iTunes plus files and computer authorizations. I personally also have iTunes match on my account.
Reading online it appears that all iTunes Plus files do not not have DRM. I have this setup on my main iMac in my house. Now, I am copying music to my wife's laptop via home sharing. She is not using iTunes match because she has her own iTunes account. The home sharing is using her iTunes account. What is confusing me is that her laptop asking me to authorize the computer for playback of the audio files under my iTunes account. Why is this occuring if there is no DRM on the files?
I understand that I need to authorize machines for my iTunes match account, but these all should theoretically be DRM files that I am dragging and dropping via home sharing to her machine. Can anyone clarify what is going on in this situation?

Go to Store -> View Account. Log in to your account and click Purchase History. Then click Report a Problem. Then choose your upgrade purchase and explain your situation.

Support for itunes plus file transfer / playback

The lastest Nokia Media Transfer application for the mac allows the transfer of itunes plus (.m4a extension) files, these are purchased itunes tracks without DRM. From what I understand apple have modified the tag data on these files which prevents them from being played on a Nokia phone, the Mac transfer application will process these files to modify this data and allow the tracks to be played.
My question is, will windows users get a similar application, to avoid the use of third party / manual operations, to allow these files to be transferred directly from itunes to my Nokia in the same manner as the mac application?
Its usually the mac being the un-supported OS but appears to be windows in this case !

yeah, Apple have their own way of working with aac/mp4 tags. They add extra bits that other players, unless programmed to read, won't understand, and at worst they won't play the file at all. There is another standard, the Nero standard, and they are similar but the Nero version is more universally recognised. There isn't an ID3v1/ID3v2 for MP4 files, yet. Although, like I said, since 90% of the world uses the Apple method of tagging, that is close enough to being a standard.
It's not that Nokia don't want you using iTunes, or like you said, they would force Mac users to use a Nokia music program. I think it is just that the whole "PC Suite" philosophy is geared around the Windows Media Player way of doing and tagging things. And since WMP doesn't recognise m4a files, neither does the Nokias. To get around this, instead of fixing their mp4 codecs to recognise Apple formatting, they made a transfer program that swaps the tags to a Nokia-understandable format. Which is just silly.
I've tried the Suite Music Manager, I have. Honest opinion - use Windows Media player instead. BUT I don't want to use that either, I have a huge collection ripped/catalogued in iTunes, and I shouldn't have to go about fiddling with tags and swapping software/workflows just so my phone can play it. I don't need to with MP3 so why should I need to with AAC/MP4? It would only take a few lines of code in the phone's AAC codec for it to read these tags, surely thats easier than making transfer programs and Music Managers?
The arguement "Nokia want you buying from the Nokia store rather than iTMS" doesn't hold water either, because I'm never buying from either, as long as I can still buy CDs from the shop.
Like I said, this whole thing may be fixed with the new N95-8 etc. If its not, and Nokia have no intention of fixing it, then my next phone will be an iPhone. I don't WANT an iPhone, but this whole thing is a deal-breaker for me.
Currently using E71, looking at options

ITunes Plus files are skipped

I've updated most of my iTunes purchases to iTunes plus and I saw the same long processing time that others saw. Mine all finished OK though. However some of them now will not play in iTunes and are just skipped over.
Strangely they will play in Quicktime and also in Get info->preview.
I also found that if I skipped the first second of the file (using iTunes->Get info->options) then the file played. Weird! Support let me download again and the latest copies were exactly the same. In the end they gave me a credit.
Anyone else having these problems? I had about 7 files out of maybe 30 or 40 gop bad. They were a variety of artists.
JohnK

My guess is that in the rush to get all the millions of tracks re-encoded, the record companies delivered some bad ones. Probably not surprising given the massive number of tracks involved. Even prior to the big iTunes Plus conversion, a bad track (or several) would appear from time to time. I would hope that at least the majority of tracks with problems will be replaced over the next several weeks. I'd suggest waiting a few weeks before you attempt to re-purchase these particular tracks, should you wish to, to allow time for them to, we hope, be replaced with good copies.

ITunes Plus File Sizes

Hi, This might be a silly question but I have about 7,000 songs in my iTunes library. Most of them are from my own CDs. I have ripped them into iTunes using the regular AAC 128kbps and was wondering about reripping them using iTunes Plus at the higher bit rate of 256kbps. Trouble is the file sizes are much bigger so I wouldn't be able to get them all on my iPod (80GB) like I do now.
In other words If I reimport them I basically need more than twice the space they take up now. Is that a safe assumption? Would be very grateful for any input.
Cheers,
Shadowrider

shadowrider wrote:
In other words If I reimport them I basically need more than twice the space they take up now. Is that a safe assumption? Would be very grateful for any input.
Cheers,
Shadowrider
Shadowrider, Yes. 128 kb/s encoding uses about 1 MB of space per minute of music. 256 kb/s encoding uses about 2 MB of space per minute.

Will iTunes Plus stream ALAC quality to my iPad?

Hi! I'm thinking of subscribing to iTunes Plus. I import my CD's to iTunes in ALAC (Apple Lossless) quality.
So I want to know if iTunes Plus will be able to stream the lossless codec? Or will it be downgraded to 256kbps AAC?
Any thoughts?

I fixed the problem myself. By wiping all the iPad content and doing a fresh resync, this got all my music back including the songs which were not syncing before.
Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase all Content and Settings
Upon reconnecting to iTunes, I was prompted with the option to restore from the last backup. I selected my latest iPad backup, and then let the restore complete. Resync'd apps and music as well. Bingo!

Will itunes plus eventually have all songs?

Is itunes plus eventually going to have all the songs that where available on the regular itunes? Or will it just be the popular ones. Because most stuff I buy isn't really popular on the charts and stuff and it would be disappointing if that was all they are upgrading. Will they eventually have all the songs on itunes plus?

Jeff means exactly that; it's completely up to the record labels whether they will ever allow Apple to sell the label's tracks without copy protection which, along with increased quality, is what iTunes Plus is all about. For more information, see the iTunes Plus Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

Itunes plus wont work with giftcard

I bought a $100 gift card for the apple store a few months ago. Every time, starting yesterday, I want to buy a song, it tells me that I cannot make an Itunes plus purchase with this gift card and I am not authorized to do so. I am authorized, this is the only authorized computer and it is my computer on my account. I have about $80 left on the card. I have bought Itunes plus content on this card before, so why the change all of a sudden? Also, the songs Itunes claims to be "Itunes Plus," do not have that little plus song next to them that I have become accustomed to seeing. I've looked at my account settings and saw that the preference was set to show me Itunes plus content, I changed this setting, and nothing changed. If someone could help me with this, that would be great. I can buy Itunes plus, but it is charged to my credit card, not my gift card
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Hi there tshaw95,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
-Griff W.

New files dont play in iTunes , older files work fine!!! ????

Hi. I just finished a new project in Logic Pro 7.1 and bounced it as usual.
The wave file wont play on iTunes. I cheked previous bounced files and they play just fine. Also if i drag and drop this file in iTunes , nothing happens whereas files from past project open correctly.
Then , i Downloaded a sample library today---all wave hits and loops. In my sample library folder these samples have the iTunes icon , but again they wont play in iTunes if i double click ono them or if i drag and drop them. Once again other files in my library from the past open just fine.
Did i accidentally hit something or change a setting which makes iTunes not play my new files or samples ??
Please help.
thanks
Faisal Baig

AH HA! I fixed it. Now I don't know the root cause of the problem is but here is the fix:
Select track(s) that are valid but are not playing.
Goto: Advanced
Click: Convert ID3 Tags...
Check: ID3 Tag Version
Select: v1.1
Click: OK
The IDv3 Tags will get re-written by iTunes to an older version that doesnt support album art thus purges the album art from the file itself but iTunes writes the bitmap to the folder and saves the album art info in your library database. Then you can go back and do the same process again and reconvert it to v2.4.
This has worked so far with all of the files I was having problems with.

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If these applications work together, I was wondering what format and resolution to render, for animated files to be used in FCP.
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Will a CS4 file work in CS3?

I have a school assignment and I only have CS4 at home, where as in school CS3 is available. If I save the file as CS3, will it work perfectly fine at school?

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Will iTunes 4.9 work with IM 4.01?

Looks like I have to go to iTunes 4.9 to see the tune tracks. If I do this, will I be able to insert purchased tunes directly into IM 4.01.... without the CD burning work arounds?
Thanks,
Don

Hi Don,
no.-
that has to do how your Mac is handling the DRM=Digital Rights Management.. a direct import from iT into iM would make it possible to "strip" off the DRM after exporting the iM project and generate a digital "clone" of your purchased music....
a) as a backup, I do use a harddrive for my purchased music (aac) but I also do a audi-cd
b) for quick'n dirty imports, I do use a socalled cd-rw, which behaves like a normal cd-r, but is re-writetable, I can use it for just burning a single track... no waste of media, can be recycled.... ;-))

Why won't mpeg files work in FCP 7?

I was given mpeg movie files (codecs: MPEG-2 Video, MPEG Layer 3) to edit in FCP 7. I tried opening them up in FCP but it woldn't play. So I decided to convert the files in MPEG STREAMCLIP to Apple ProRes 422. Now when I import it into Final cut, I can hear the audio but the screen is still black.
What am I doing wrong?
Any adivce is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Read my MPEG Streamclip tutorial: http://www.secondchairvideo.com/?p=694
MPEG files can't be used in FCP because they use a "Long GOP" structure - You can only edit on frame 1, 15, 30 etc. frame 2-14 etc cannot exist without frame 1. Now you know the basics, use the resources here and elsewhere on the internet to find out more.
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Converting files to Itunes Plus

Can I convert my old songs to Itunes plus files... I am trying to find out how to do it but the info is ambiguous.. and I dont see a way to do it.. I am trying to use some of my Itunes in a Djay app and it will not load some of my old tunes.

Read this article, and you will see the link that tells you how to upgrade your old purchases to iTunes Plus. (This is actually a replacement, not a conversion.)

How to upgrade protected AAC files to iTunes Plus (DRM-free)?

Hi everyone. I have been purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store ever since it opened here in the US. Along the way I have purchased both protected AAC files (the original 128 kbps files), iTunes Plus files, and I've upgraded some of the protected to iTunes Plus files for $0.30 over the last few years. I now have approximately 900 "protected AAC files" left that I wanted to upgrade to iTunes Plus and see the only way to do that now is via iTunes Match.
My dilema is this... I have approximately 900+ files that I want to upgrade and don't feel like manually deleting every track, finding it in the iTunes Music Store, and then redownloading (in the iTunes Plus format). Is there a way to do all 900+ at one time?
Thank you,
Keith

First you need to enable the iCloud Status, Bit Rate and Kind columns so you can see which tracks are "matched" and which are "uploaded." Any tracks that are "uploaded" will not be upgraded. To enable these columns switch to Song view then pull down View > View Options and select the appropriate check boxes then close the small window. Once this is done you can see the tracks that are protected and matched. These tracks can then be deleted from the iTunes library and the HDD (but make sure you have them backed up first, just in case) then downloaded from the cloud. They will then be DRM-free 256 Kbps AAC files.
As Jim points out you will not get a 100% match rate. The process simply isn't that good.

Will iTunes Plus files work in FCP?

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