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Originally Posted by sheepgrey
Hi, I kind of disagree with that explanation. It seems that this is an error message of some electronic device. In this case it only means that the system does not know if you selected one or multiple tracks to play. Therefore it answers that it cannot play whatever you selected. So your selection contains at least one song which cannot be played, but it may also be possible that more than one song of your selection cannot be played.
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That's a very plausible explanation, but I don't think an electrical item would use a contraction like that. Companies tend to want to be as clear as possible, and as proffesional in their language as possible, and so I can't see a computer or i-pad using a contraction such as "can't". It would be more likely to say "Can not play one or more items in the playlist". Even then, as MMM said, it's not a full sentence, most programmes would still use full sentences to make clear
what programme it is that cannot play said items.