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Hey guys , up untill now I have been able to play my iTunes bought songs. Today I bought an album and thrown it on my old iPod which stays connected to my 360.

But now it will only play the songs iv bought from stores , what's up guys ? This is killing me , my music is always played from the xbox.

Welcome to the wonderful world of DRM. Where if a company doesn't want you to play your legally bought and owned music on a particular device you won't be able to. Great isn't it?

Springcleric writes...

Today I bought an album

that was your first mistake

So you are telling for some odd reason I am only now no allowed to play music I tried to do the right thing buy buying ? Do they want me start using limewire?

Thats why Piracy will continue on.

Forget about the cheap ass bastards – When legitimate customers get screwed like that, thats when you think- i could have downloaded it for free and put it on anything i want.

I am having huge issues with HDCP at the moment. I think thats a similar thingy.

Springcleric writes...

But now it will only play the songs iv bought from stores , what's up guys ? This is killing me , my music is always played from the xbox.

Does it play music you have imported from CD's?

All I have is DVDs but il try that when I get home from boxing . Finger crossed

sorry i should have been clearer. Does the 360 play songs on the ipod that have been put into your itunes library from CDs?

Just stream your music from your PC, shouldn't be any DRM issues there.

For the cd question yes it does

As for the pc thing I do have that option but then I need my pc to be running whenever the xbox is on.

May be my only option

Download the "Optional Media Update"

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/games/offers/0fffff06-0000-4000-8000-0000fffe07df

how to you find that update through the 360, I can never get it.

if all else fails restore your ipod. That can fix a lot of problems that occur

macnev writes...

how to you find that update through the 360, I can never get it.

Marketplace... Also I gave you the link!

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Haha that was good for a laugh , il try restoring see if that fixes it .

If not il have to buy some CDs .

Oh yeah I already had the optional media download , but when this all hapened refownloaded , no help .

I'd really prefer to not have to turn on my crappy old laptop everytime I wanto play a lil xbox

thanks guys il tell u how restoring goes.

No luck with restoring

itunes has no DRM anymore...

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halman writes...

well when you love music as much as i do, you want alot of all different types oy music and alot of music x $1.69 equals a quazillion dollars imo.

If you cant afford $1.69 per track you should miss out IMO, as that is nothing for somethign you will probably listen too many many times.

I never bought anything from iTunes until they took out the DRM anyway, but I have had no issues at all with the xbox playing any of the tunes I have, only ones it wont do is the ones my GF stupidly bought through telstra's music service that are DRM'd to hell and back.

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This is great entertainment! Watching u guys fight .

Umm yeah I just realise all my music is iTunes plus so shouldent it work? WHAT THE HELL?

I've never been able to play any songs purchased from itunes drm free or not. Playing songs ripped to itunes from a cd are fine though.

halman writes...

well when you love music as much as i do, you want alot of all different types oy music and alot of music x $1.69 equals a quazillion dollars imo. Perhaps $1.69 isn't that much for you. So when i wanna buy some songs on iTunes i'll hit you up with the bill :)

i understand your point, but its theft none the less. If you cant afford to buy all that music then its tough luck. Its like buying games from a store, you dont steal some because you cant afford all the ones you want. The only time i download music through other means, is when i cant find it through itunes or Amazon.

From my experience the 360 will play any music off the ipod that wasn't purchased from the itunes store. But it should play them now considering all new tracks are DRM free. I would try sending an email to Microsoft, to see if they have any help

Springcleric writes...

Umm yeah I just realise all my music is iTunes plus so shouldent it work? WHAT THE HELL?

it might need an update or something to the 360. I would try but the 360 doesn't play off the touch.

I'm using a USB looking iPod shuffle.

Just emailed Microsoft but I'm doubting il get a answer othr than "apple sucks, buy from us "

Springcleric writes...

Umm yeah I just realise all my music is iTunes plus so shouldent it work? WHAT THE HELL?

forgot to mention when I posted earlier, I always convert my music to MP3 from the apple AAC format and that may be the cause of the issues and why I haven't seen a problem. There is also an option iPod update from memory too, as well as the optional update for divx support.

Keeping them all in one format makes sure I can play them anywhere.

Sorry I cant be of more help has been over a year since I got it all up and running and had forgotten bits and pieces.

razielx7 writes...

Welcome to the wonderful world of DRM.

iTunes song purchases (iTunes Plus) doesn't have DRM any more they will play on any of your home computers without restriction however the purchasee details are still recorded in the purchased song so if it gets pirated they know where it came from. Only iTunes videos still have DRM.

You can convert your iTunes songs purchsed before DRM was removed to the new DRM free format through iTunes.

This is from the iTunes help.

'All songs offered by the iTunes Store now come without DRM protection. These DRM-free songs, called iTunes Plus, have no usage restrictions and feature high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding.
If you already have iTunes Store purchases that are now available as iTunes Plus downloads, you may upgrade your existing purchases. To do so, visit the iTunes Store and follow the onscreen instructions.'

Xbox emailed me , info involved absolute useless with a majority of links given are broken.