Can MPC Home Cinema play .m4v files?

[Minas6907]

I've googled this quite a bit, as well as searched on these forums, but havent been able to find anything on this. But can MPC Home Cinema play .m4v files? I downloaded some episodes of Top Gear from iTunes, to play them I have to use quick time. I play all my media in MPC Home Cinema, but it wont read these .m4v files. Does anyone know of a remedy for this? Anyways, I'm just being picky, I would like to stick to one media player for all my files. Any help is appreciated :-).

[Dark Shikari]

"m4v" is just renamed mp4.

Most likely what you mean is iTunes DRM (Digital Restrictions Management)-infected files. Nothing but iTunes can play these encrypted files.

[Minas6907]

Haha, yes that is what I mean. Really? Hmm, I always thought the drm was to protect against copying the media, that really prevents another media player from playing it?

[Dark Shikari]

Haha, yes that is what I mean. Really? Hmm, I always thought the drm was to protect against copying the media, that really prevents another media player from playing it?If you could play it, you could copy it.

(Yes, there are various programs around for un-DRMing iTunes media. I'm not sure how well any of them work.)