File Extension M4P

File type: Protected AAC File

Notes about the M4P file extension:

Errors in your registry are one of the common causes for incorrect file associations on your windows system. It is highly recommended that you check your registry for file association errors (will also check for any other registry errors).

The M4P file type is primarily associated with 'Protected AAC File' by Apple Inc.. AAC is the audio layer from the follow-on format to MP3 (see .M4A extension). The .M4P extension is AAC purchased from Apple's Music Store (iTune) and is protected by a Digital Rights Management scheme.

Detailed information for file extension M4P:

Primary association: Protected AAC File
Company: Apple Inc.
Identifying characters Hex: 00 00 00 , ASCII:
Related links: Description Page, FILExt CODEC and Video Player FAQ
File Identifier - TrID
'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database



Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .M4P

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: iTunes.m4p, FileType: AAC Audio File (Protected), AppName: iTunes
EXEFile: iTunes.exe

ProgramID: QuickTime.m4p, FileType: AAC audio, AppName: QuickTime Player
EXEFile: QuickTimePlayer.exe

ProgramID: QuickTime.m4p, FileType: AAC audio, AppName: QuickTime Player Application
EXEFile: QuickTimePlayer.exe

ProgramID: RealPlayer.M4P.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.M4P.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Real\RealOne Player\RealPlay.exe %1

ProgramID: QuickTime.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QUICKT~1\QuickTimePlayer.exe %1

ProgramID: iTunes.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\iTunes\iTunes.exe /open %L

ProgramID: iTunes.m4p
EXEFile: D:\iTunes\iTunes.exe /open %L

ProgramID: ACDSee 7.0.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\7.0\ACDSee7.exe %1

ProgramID: Winamp.File
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Winamp\Winamp.exe %1

ProgramID: RealPlayer.M4P.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Media\Audio and Video\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe %1

ProgramID: QuickTime.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe

ProgramID: Rhapsody.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Rhapsody\rhapsody.exe

ProgramID: m4pfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe

ProgramID: RealPlayer.M4P.6
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe

ProgramID: ACDSee 8.0.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\8.0\ACDSee8.exe

ProgramID: ACDSee Pro.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\8.0.Pro\ACDSee8Pro.exe

ProgramID: iTunes.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QuickTime\iTunes.exe /open

ProgramID: m4pfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe

ProgramID: ACDSee 9.0.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\9.0\ACDSeeQV.exe

ProgramID: qvodplayer.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QvodPlayer\QvodPlayer.exe -localfile

ProgramID: ACDSee.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ACD Systems\ACDSee\5.0\ACDSee5.exe

ProgramID: m4pfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Combined Community Codec Pack\MPC\mplayerc.exe

ProgramID: MediaMonkey.M4PFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MediaMonkey\MediaMonkey.exe

ProgramID: mplayerc.mp4
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Recode Media\X Codec Pack v2\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe

ProgramID: mplayerc.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Ringz Studio\Storm Codec\mplayerc.exe

ProgramID: iTunes.m4p
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\iTunes.exe /open

ProgramID: MediaMonkey.M4PFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MEDIAM~1\MEDIAM~2.EXE


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