Why won't my iTunes movie rental play or download?

same problem here.

"play rental now"

lies. all lies. 😟

Perfect! That miniplayer fix worked like a charm

I had the same problem as original poster. The miniplayer trick didn't work. I tried restarting computer, restarting itunes, signing in and out of itunes, authorizing this computer.

I then deauthorized this computer and then tried to play the movie and when I got the warning to authorize this computer I then authorized this computer and tried to play the video again and low and behold ...it worked. After only hours of downloading and over an hour of trying to fix the problem, now I can watch this 2 hour movie.(Sarcasm)

New Apple slogan.....

"It just works....sometimes, maybe, if you try many work arounds and waste a lot of time googleing and reading dozens of problems on their forum!"

I had the exact same problem. When it happened to me, it was because the movie had stopped downloading. When I resumed the download, I was able to play the movie.

Same problem. Report sent.

Wont' play. Tried all above fixes. Don't work for me.

Was fully downloaded before play.

WHAT THE WHAT. THAT WORKED!!!

Using the Miniplayer worked!

same thing happened to me... miniplayer fix worked after a few tries! thanks!

Same problem nothing works... miniplayer only plays random music from my library when I click on it. SUPER LAME. Way to ruin movie night apple...thanks. 😠 Can't beleive they haven't posted a solution to this by now. WAY DISAPPOINTED them.

Had the same issue a few times. Bought movie, wouldn't play- just showed black screen 0.00, could flick through screen shots but wouldn't play. First time solved by buying SD instead of HD, Apple gladly refunded the unusable purchase.

This time fixed by the advice above- swapping from minibrowser to normal window trying play each time. After about 7 attempts it just started playing, but if I paused the movie I had to go through the same procedure.

I've had the same problem and have tried ever fixed listed on this board. Apple is very diasappointing and I will NEVER download a movie/ rental again. I've downloaded dozens of movies from Amazon and have never had a problem. Amazon is the way to go.

You gotta be more specific about the "WINDOWS" thing. Is it on itunes windows or internet explorer?O.o

yeah, it didn't work. didn't work at all.:P

I've downloaded a handful of movies in the past and never had a problem, but two nights ago I rented a movie and now it's no where to be found. I'm so ticked! I'm not having the same problem as y'all where you see your downloaded movie but it won't play... my problem is that it's literally no where. Gone. As if I didn't even rent it. But I did, and my account confirms that. Am I completely missing something here or is it an error on iTunes's part?

I rented the movie, began the download, it finished downloading after a minute or so and then asks me if I'd like to play it or wait until later...I chose to wait because I still had some things I needed to do before sitting down and relaxing with a movie. I come back later and no movie! This has never happened to me before.

So I just now plug in my iPod and low-and-behold there's the rented movie, but it's like it's in limbo or something because I still have no option to play it. It only gives me the option to transfer it over on to my iPod, which I'm assuming I could play it on there. Call me crazy but, I don't want to watch a rented movie on my tiny iPod. What is going on?? I really don't want to eat $2.99. I want my rented movie.

I came here with the same issue. I have successfully purchased movies and tv series from iTunes previously without a hitch. A internet search show this issue goes back to 2010, so like another poster mentioned, why waste my time trying to troubleshoot, when a rental from Amazon works just fine. I did try the min player workaround, but it don't work for me. I sent in a problem report via the iTunes Store, asking for a refund.

Slightly off topic, but I have had nothing but problems with iTunes since upgrading to ver 11, before that I loved iTunes, it worked flawlessly.

Having the same issue... very shocked that after years and countless issues that Apple has not fixed this. Clearly makes people want to stick to Amazon Prime, Netflix, etc. though that's not what I wish for Apple.