iDVD asks repeatedly to authorize computer to play audio from iTunes

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iDVD asks repeatedly to authorize computer to play audio from iTunes

Everytime I try to add an audio file from my iTunes library to my iDVD menu, it asks me to authorize the computer. So I authorize the computer but it never adds the audio. So I drag the audio clip again to where I want it to play, and it asks me to authorize again. And again and again. Any ideas what I can do?

Thanks for any help!!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Nov 2, 2007 2:36 PM

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Answer 1

Klaus1

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Nov 2, 2007 3:56 PM in response to bweston01

Can I assume that the audio file in question has been downloaded to iTunes rather than copied from a CD?

What you see is one of the more irritating side-effects of DRM copyright protected tracks.

The workaround is to burn that track to a CD, then import the track from the CD back into iTunes and save it as an AIFF file.

That Audio track should import into iDVD without trouble.

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bweston01 Author

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Nov 2, 2007 6:55 PM in response to Klaus1

Yes, we downloaded all our files from iTunes....the problem is it never puts the file in the menu for me. It just keeps asking me to authorize, which I do, but then it doesn't follow up on it's end of the deal. So does everyone who wants to put music into their iDVD menus have to load them onto a CD first? Or is it my software's unique issue?

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Answer 3

Klaus1

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Nov 3, 2007 2:56 AM in response to bweston01

That 'authorisation problem' seems to have affected a number of people.

Take a look in the iTunes Forum, where there are a zillion thread on the subject (use the search function also). Not having had the problem, I never paid attention to the solution, but there is one!

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