Re: Vista WMP does AND doesn't show m4a files

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Potentially. It's hard for me to say since I don't know what you installed to your system over time. There's a number of ways to get into that state. =)

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"mikker-pass-4201" <thatslive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B1519462-C6F7-4A56-9D6D-44DA84084569@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for your answer.

Could it be that iTunes brought the m4a support into Ultimate??

This is the only software which is not installed on the other (Home Premium)
computer.



"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


Ultimate would. There's no built-in M4A support in the player by default on
any version of Windows Vista.

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"mikker-pass-4201" <thatslive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks,
>
> I just wonder why Ultima doesn't need this add-on,
> but Home Premium needs it...!??
>
>
> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:33:00 -0700, mikker-pass-4201
>> <thatslive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >I don't understand this:
>> >On one PC I have installed Vista Ultimate and there is no problem >> >with
>> >m4a
>> >files.
>> >On the other PC I have installed Vista Home Premium and there
>> >MediaPlayer
>> >doesn't show these m4a files. How can I fix this? (Both are
>> >up-to-dated.)
>>
>>
>> The free Orban plugin should enable playback of M4A and AAC files :
>> This page http://www.orban.com/plugin/ and
>> http://www.orban.com/plugin/Read_Me.html have details
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> Cheers - Neil
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>


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