Just by Googling around, I see that m4p is in fact an Apple format. It is in fact a protected format that's propietary to iTunes. (It's the format that iTunes downloads its paid music in--I've got the same format on the albums I downloaded from iTunes myself.)
So if you want to bitch about Microsoft not being able to play it, bitch at Apple first. It's their format, not Microsoft's.
(And are you really surprised that Microsoft isn't going to be playing music in the format of their biggest rival?)
If you want to convert it to something that Windows Media Player can talk to, the solution is easy. Burn the tracks to a CD out of iTunes, then re-rip them into Windows Media Player.
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Date: 2005-10-14 05:58 pm (UTC)So if you want to bitch about Microsoft not being able to play it, bitch at Apple first. It's their format, not Microsoft's.
(And are you really surprised that Microsoft isn't going to be playing music in the format of their biggest rival?)
If you want to convert it to something that Windows Media Player can talk to, the solution is easy. Burn the tracks to a CD out of iTunes, then re-rip them into Windows Media Player.