iTunes 10 not playing music

ditto-kudos Badmannie

Keep scrolling until you see Badmannie's fix for this problem. It works like a charm! I hate apple, and I'm totally suffering Zune withdrawals. Badmannie, you should change your ID to UDaMannie! I hate itunes. I want to stomp on my ipuke and I'm going back to my Zune! It may not take pictures, but my EVO 3D does and it is way better than any apple POS! NEVER AGAIN!! I have had nothing but headaches with this!!! I have never had such a worse case of buyers remorse in my life!

I was going nuts with this same problem. In my case, I had a bunch of iTunes plugins that were no longer compatible that integrated with the player itself (and thus QTX). Once I got rid of these, all problems with iTunes and QTX cleared up.

I then went on a rampage and rid my system of all non-compatible software and third-party apps and plugins that I had accumulated over the years (and which had simply carried over with each previous OS X upgrade). Haven't had any problems since. I also made a note of which developers had planned on upgrades to become Lion compatible so I can keep track of them.

First suggestion to all - ELIMINATE all your out-of-date or non-compatible third-party apps and plugins!😝

Can someone please help? I dont undestand what to do once I'm in the Select Audio Playback and Recording section. I have four options:

1) ATI DP Output (says not plugged in)

2) SPDIF Out - Creative SB X-Fi (READY)

3) Digital Audio (HDMI) Creative SB X- Fi - DEFAULT DEVICE

4) Internal AUX Jack - Creative SB X - Fi ( READY)

Help???

I have the same problem. I purchased a song from iTunes and it took forever to load and then when I click on it, it advances 1 second on the bar and moves on to the next song, as if I had already played it. I tried Badmannie's solution but I'm not sure how to get to the preferences... Anything else I can do?

thank you badmannie!! i just did what you said, fiddled around, closed and opened itunes and voila!! it worked!!! THANK YOU!

Does anyone know if this will fix the problem on the ipad2? If you get itunes to work on your computer will this also fix the same issue on the ipad2?

I was having the same issue. Couldn't work it out... but then I realised I connected another audio device (Creative Wireless speakers) via bluetooth just before this issue happened... and that seems to have been the issue.

The bluetooth speakers were switched off, however iTunes seemed to keep trying to use this device... and nothing was playing. No movies, tv shows, or music. Just a blank black screen.

I disconnected the bluetooth device (stop using this audio device) and everything is working fine now. Hope that helps some of you. I was concerned for a little while... it's Sunday morning and the kids need some TV time... I'm glad it was so simple. Good luck.

I have the same exact problem, I have tried everything. A year ago, it was still playing just a little bit (75% not playing, 25% playing). But after couple of months I didn't open iTunes, now it just refuses to play anything! This happened after I updated iTunes. **** you, Apple...this is so annoying!

I have the same problem!!!! iTunes will not play anything....no movies or muisc

I have updated everything which i wonder if that wasn't the thing at caused this problem in the first place?

things I have tried

uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes and still

i have open iTunes EXE. file and unchecked the compatibility box.

reinstalled audio driver.

installed quick time

so please someone help me................. APPLE hint hint

Badmannie

you rock thanks. i have been working on that two days.......

Fixed it, Badmannie. Thanks, man!

if you havent found a "CURE", try this.

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/fix-media-is-write-protected-in-wi ndows-7/

make sure you type

"attribute volume clear readonly

it works for me everytime this happends.

good luck.

My iTunes music nor iTunes store would play music, although my music would play in Quicktime Version 10.1. I couldn't find the same tabs that was referenced in prior post. While I was having the exact issues as every one else, it seems my solution is different.

I recently got Apple TV, where you can stream your iTunes onto your TV. However, when you want to revert back to playing music on your computer, you must have the output selected correctly.

I did so by using the "Remote" Apple TV app and selecting which song I wanted to play and directed it to play on my computer. Now all my songs are playing without the use of the remote. I'll just have to remember that the next time I play music through the TV, I'll need to change the output to revert back to my computer when I'm done.

Badmannie Thank you so much for this answer. I had spent hours trying to figure it out but came across your answer and solved it in a second by following your instructions.