MM doesn't play .m4a

guest · Post by **guest** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:13 am

i have mediamonkey 3.0.3.1140 and whenever it gets to a .m4a track it just skips over it, putting the track in a faded color thing and wont play it even when i click it again.

not sure what to do. any ideas?

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:31 am

You need to have quicktimeor quicktime alternative installed in order to play m4a tracks.

guest · Post by **guest** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:56 am

quicktime 7 is installed + registered.
still wont play. restarted and everything.

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:28 am

guest wrote:quicktime 7 is installed + registered.
still wont play. restarted and everything.

Are you sure that the files are accessible?

guest · Post by **guest** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:58 am

all music is in the same directory, not on network files.
and it just affects .m4a files. perhaps if i convert them
to another format. it'll be a pain, but might fix it.
a change in plug-in, whether in or out or dsp does
nothing.

guest · Post by **guest** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:09 pm

nevermind the .m4a plugin was never installed.
found it here:

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8197

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:20 pm

guest wrote:nevermind the .m4a plugin was never installed.
found it here:

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8197

That thread really only applied to MM2, while MediaMonkey version 3 has native m4a playback support. Are you sure you're using MM3?

Benn · Post by **Benn** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:26 pm

Are you sure nohitter? My MM3 just downloaded a m4a podcast and it says I need quicktime to play them.. but thank the lord for quicktime alternatives

Post by **Lowlander** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:37 pm

Native support means that you don't need to install a plugin with MediaMonkey, you will need either Quicktime or Quicktime Alternative though.

Benn · Post by **Benn** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:23 pm

Ahh I see, thanks.

haemphyst · Post by **haemphyst** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:33 am

I know this is an old thread, but I have been over and over all of the threads I can find, and NONE of them are allowing me to play MY ENTIRE LIBRARY, encoded in lossless M4A...

I have installed and uninstalled a dozen times at least, MM3, QTalt, QT, any and nearly all CoDecs I could find on the internet... nothing. I have re-installed using various and sundry orders, as well... Any order, all options, and I still cannot get any of the files to play... I have an older install/version on my laptop, and it works, I cannot make it work on my newly re-formatted desktop, though... REALLY getting frustrated, here!

Help, please?

newwolfe · Post by **newwolfe** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:58 pm

I am having the problem with my m4a files....i keep reinstalling quicktime and nothing...and the weird thing is all these songs were fine before until i loaded MM3??? so frustrating? did anyone find a solution> thanks

guest about to delete mm3 · Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:29 am

add another user to the count of those who have quicktime installed and no m4a files will play.

andreao1127 · Post by **andreao1127** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:39 am

I was having the same problem! I found this, downloaded the player from the last page of the beta forum, and now all of my M4A's work. I hope it works for you!

Re: M4A Files
by nohitter151 on Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:36 pm

Lastest quicktime isn't compatible with MM unless you update to the beta version of MM 3.12.1282 -- its available in the "beta-testing" section of this forum.
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guest about to delete mm3 · Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:10 am

quicktime may be necessary but it doesn't solve the problem on its own.

Got m4a files to play after downloading and running the aac/m4a codec trial exe from here: http://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/input-output/

But... the third track I played skipped out near the end - there is no skipping in the file played in iTunes
! I'm letting it play as I type this - just got more skipping during the 7th track.

Going to try file conversion from m4a to mp3, maybe the skipping just a defect in playback.