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Try this -<br />
<a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc" rel="ugc">www.videolan.org/vlc</a>
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Try this -
www.videolan.org/vlc [http://www.videolan.org/vlc]

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QuickTime should be able to play the .m4v file, I think you have problems with the installed codecs and if you download VLC player as ashraf882 suggests and try for it and if you end up an error again, it will be definitely a codec issue.<br />
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Apart from codec issue, Merete is right that DRM stuff will simply prevent you doing this.<br />
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Maybe you should change the ripper solution to DVD Fab Platinium and/or AVS Video Converter.<br />
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Best regards.
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QuickTime should be able to play the .m4v file, I think you have problems with the installed codecs and if you download VLC player as ashraf882 suggests and try for it and if you end up an error again, it will be definitely a codec issue.

Apart from codec issue, Merete is right that DRM stuff will simply prevent you doing this.

Maybe you should change the ripper solution to DVD Fab Platinium and/or AVS Video Converter.

Best regards.

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thank you for the help. &nbsp;:-) 
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Glad I could help thanks :)
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I used Handbrake on my Windows 7 pc to rip a DVD into a .m4v file. &nbsp;By default Handbrake will only rip into this file format. &nbsp;Now, &nbsp;this file will not play in either Quicktime or iTunes on this Windows pc. &nbsp;Both Quicktime and ITunes are the latest versions. &nbsp; When I try to play the .m4v file in Quicktime, I get the error message saying Quicktime doesn't recognize this file format. &nbsp;Any idea why it won't play? 
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I used Handbrake on my Windows 7 pc to rip a DVD into a .m4v file.  By default Handbrake will only rip into this file format.  Now,  this file will not play in either Quicktime or iTunes on this Windows pc.  Both Quicktime and ITunes are the latest versions.   When I try to play the .m4v file in Quicktime, I get the error message saying Quicktime doesn't recognize this file format.  Any idea why it won't play? 

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