Q: purchased aac files mixed with m4p files
Hi, I haven't been able to find an answer to this question that I have. On 12-01-2012 I had purchased the soundtrack Full Metal Jacket now when I click get info and the file tab kind is listed as purchased aac audio file and all tracks are listed like this however when I go into the folder where the files are stored tracks 2-8 are listed as MPEG-4 audio file (protected) (.m4p) while tracks 1 and 9 through to 15 are listed as ,m4. never encountered this before was apple still using the DRM at that time or is it something else? I've never had an album purchase from Itunes that is like this in terms of different files on a single album
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Posted on Apr 19, 2015 12:22 AM
JBurns7837 wrote:
Hi, I haven't been able to find an answer to this question that I have. On 12-01-2012 I had purchased the soundtrack Full Metal Jacket now when I click get info and the file tab kind is listed as purchased aac audio file and all tracks are listed like this however when I go into the folder where the files are stored tracks 2-8 are listed as MPEG-4 audio file (protected) (.m4p) while tracks 1 and 9 through to 15 are listed as ,m4. never encountered this before was apple still using the DRM at that time or is it something else? I've never had an album purchase from Itunes that is like this in terms of different files on a single album
JBurns,
If it was a new purchase, you should be getting only non-DRM (M4A) files:
All iTunes Store music and music videos for sale now are in iTunes Plus format.
I am not certain that the policy was in place in 2012. However, if you received "protected" files, I suggest that you contact iTunes Customer Service and get it corrected:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
Please let us know how it goes.
Posted on Apr 19, 2015 6:04 AM