winterbells1
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Q: itunes 12.4 won't play .m4a

I read online that itunes would "read, write and convert between MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC and Apple Lossless (.m4a)" so why won't it play? What audio files types will itunes 12.4 support and play? How do I convert

Windows 8

Posted on Jun 2, 2016 3:10 PM

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Q: itunes 12.4 won't play .m4a

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  • by Jay-Ray,

    Jay-Ray Jay-Ray Jun 2, 2016 3:14 PM in response to winterbells1
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    Jun 2, 2016 3:14 PM in response to winterbells1

    It's the same supported formats.  What is the error you get when you try to play the .m4a file?

  • by JoMangee,

    JoMangee JoMangee Sep 6, 2016 1:59 PM in response to Jay-Ray
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    Sep 6, 2016 1:59 PM in response to Jay-Ray

    I have iTunes 12.4 on WIndow 10 and the song shows as Unknown bitrate and Duration not available.  It plays in Groove Music and VLC ok - Codec in VLC shows as MPEG AAC Audio (mpg4a), but length seems a bit werird - shows as 6minutes when it's about 3m.  It gets stuck if you seek forward.

     

    I think iTunes must be expecting the bitrate and length stuff - when you try to play it it skips over the file.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Sep 6, 2016 6:33 PM in response to JoMangee
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    Sep 6, 2016 6:33 PM in response to JoMangee

    iTunes can be picky if the details don't make sense. It rarely gives error messages about content it doesn't want to handle.

     

    tt2