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File types mp4a downloaded from iTunes Music Store Do Not Play on VLC .7.0. Any idea how I can get past this prevention ? I am sure the file is coded in such a way as to disallow reproduction due to copyright, but anyway I can at least get the file to play on VLC ?

Apparently those files are encrypted so can only be played through iTunes.
There is an app called QTFairUse which can decrypt them but I heard it produces headerless raw aac files so VLC will have problems playing them.

New code was checked into the CVS today (http://developers.videolan.org/cgi-bin/ ... t=VideoLAN) that automatically cracks the iTunes DRM. You can read more about it at The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34712.html).

Now all we need is for someone to compile the new code so that I can use it .

No, you can access the nightly builds at
http://vthr.via.ecp.fr/~videolan/build/

(Debian woody and Win32 versions only)

yeah but cvs is a bit broken these days, don't expect too much from these builds (latest one does not have a gui for example)

the latest CVS build works fine for me (and plays the DRM'd itunes files just fine) if you specify the skins interface in the command line like so:

vlc.exe -I skins

and drag and drop the file onto it

what's the status of this code today? is it working for people? exactly what functionality does it provide?

i'm wondering also if this code works is in the mac build of vlc.

The code works for a lot of people.
The status of the code for OSX is unknown.

(AVI)

i'm wondering also if this code works is in the mac build of vlc.

If you have an iPod, you can get the user key from your iPod under MacOS X by executing this from Terminal.app:

IPOD=/Volumes/$IPODNAME /path/to/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC /path/to/file.m4p

This functionality is only available in CVS, so you will have to compile VLC yourself or wait for 0.7.1.

wow ok thanks for the info. i'll give it a whirl...