Quicktime movie rental playback

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Quicktime movie rental playback

Apple changed format of video for download so they will not play in iTunes but do play fine in quicktime.
With the iTunes movie rental quicktime is displaying message "Authorization needed" with no way to do that. Does anyone know if it is possible to overcome this.

Powerbook G4 867, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 30, 2008 6:46 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 30, 2008 6:54 PM in response to Matchka

iTunes and QuickTime work together. In fact, your iTunes won't function correctly without the proper version of Quicktime, so I'm not sure what you're referring to.

The movie should play within iTunes. What happens when you attempt to play it in iTunes?

Regarding the authorization issue...is the computer authorized? (iTunes, Advanced, Authorize Audible Account.)

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corkerq

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Mar 30, 2008 7:08 PM in response to Matchka

I also have been having problems...I rented a movie....did not play it for a couple of weeks, and when I did it would not play in real speed....seemed to be chopped, like it was going fast forward. Audio is fine, but could not get the movie to run at regular speed.

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Matchka Author

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Mar 30, 2008 9:26 PM in response to Diane Wordsmith

iTunes does not play tv shows or movies purchased from iTunes store. They are very choppy at best and usually freeze. By opening the file in quicktime they will play.
It probably has something to do with the newer formats requiring larger video ram and faster video cards Unless I buy a new computer.
So they do play by starting them in quicktime without iTunes. he question revolves around quicktime requiring authorization for the rental movies, not purchased only rentals.
Yes the computer is authorized.

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