How to Convert iTunes DRM Protected M4V to MP4

How to Convert iTunes DRM Protected M4V to MP4

All iTunes movies/TV shows/music videos come with Apple FairPlay DRM protection, when you downloaded videos to iTunes library, you will find the kind of the iTunes videos is DRM-ed M4V format, which can?t be played, edited or converted the iTunes M4V videos on non-Apple devices. Besides, if you have purchased or rented movies, TV shows or music videos on iTunes store, you can only keep it for 30 days, once you begin watching the rental, the period of validity is shorten to 48 hours or less. Therefore, in order to keep the iTunes movie rentals forever, or playing iTunes purchased or rented movies on any devices offline, you should remove DRM from iTunes M4V movies.

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A Popular M4V to MP4 Converter ? UkeySoft M4V Converter

Since the Apple?s FairPlay DRM copy protection, only some authorized Apple devices can play the rentals. Don?t worry, you can use an M4V to MP4 converter or iTunes DRM removal to remove DRM from iTunes movies.

UkeySoft M4V Converter is one of the best when it comes to convert iTunes purchased or rented M4V videos to MP4, so that you can play the videos on various non-Apple devices, such as Android smartphones & tablets, MP4 players, TV, PS4, Xbox One, Creative Zen, Chromecast and any other MP4 compatible devices. The UkeySoft M4V converter also can help you remove DRM from iTunes purchased or rented movies during conversion, soon you will get non-DRM MP4 video files, in this way, you can keep iTunes rented movies for longer time as you need.

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UkeySoft M4V Converter Features

The good thing is that when it comes to features, these UkeySoft M4V Converter gives you more freedom to enjoy the purchased or rented movies/TV shows/music videos by breaking the limitation of 24 or 48 hours watching period. Granted, you might need to use all those features, but it is still nice to have some of them that can make your experience all the easier. As for now, we want to talk about some of the important features that you are going to get with this M4V converter.

Remove DRM from iTunes Movies and TV shows

One of the highlight features that you are going to get with this software is the iTunes DRM removal. I know it might sound something trivial and ordinary, but iTunes has one of the worst DRMs and removing it can be a tediously long process. With UkeySoft M4V Converter, you can easily remove DRM from iTunes movies, TV shows, Music videos and iTunes rentals and save them as the DRM-free MP4 video files.

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Lossless Convert iTunes M4V Videos to MP4

Although there are countless converters available in the market, the one thing that they all suffer from is the fact that when it comes to conversion, there is a drastic loss in quality. Worried about the quality of the converted video? With UkeySoft M4V Converter, you can easily to convert iTunes M4V video to MP4, and the output resolution is same as original SD, 720P or 1080P HD video. Everything will be converted and will look top of the line without any issues whatsoever.

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Retain Original Data

One of the biggest issues that most people face with common converters is that whenever they convert a video from one format to another or remove the DRM, they end up losing the original data of the video. I am talking about subtitles, audio tracks, closed captioning, and other such information. Thankfully, this issue does not plague UkeySoft as it actually retains all audio track & subtitles including AC3 Dolby 5.1, closed captioning, audio descriptions.

Save iTunes Rental Movies Forever

If you have rented a couple of movies on iTunes and you wish to save them, the good news is that with this M4V to MP4 converter, you can extend iTunes movie Rentals beyond 24 Hours & keep iTunes rentals forever. In another word, it?s the best way to download iTunes purchased or rented M4V movies, TV shows for offline playing with/without Apple devices.

Enjoy iTunes Purchased or Rented Videos Anywhere

The videos that you convert through the UkeySoft converter can be played anywhere, on whatever device you want to play them on, such as Samsung Galaxy S10/S9/S8, Huawei Mate 20/P30, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone X and more devices. This is another great feature that you can get by using this software. So, UkeySoft provides the best solution to enjoy iTunes movies & TV shows on any devices offline.

How to Remove DRM and Convert iTunes M4V Movies to MP4

Now that we are done with the features, the next step involves looking at how the software works. The great news is that the process of using this software is fairly simple and straightforward. This means that you will not run into any complications. Still, it is best if we look at the details. So, let?s not waste time and have a look at how to convert iTunes M4V video to MP4 on Windows or Mac computer.

Note: Before using UkeySoft M4V Converter to convert the iTunes M4V video, you need to download the M4V movies to iTunes library firstly.

Step 1: Launch UkeySoft M4V Converter on PC or MacDownload, install and launch UkeySoft M4V Converter on PC or Mac. If you are using iTunes 12.7 or later, the program can work separately without running iTunes. If you are using an old version of iTunes, iTunes will be automatically launched as well and you may need to close it at first if running.

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Step 2: Add iTunes M4V MoviesClick ?Add Files? button, all your purchased or rental iTunes M4V videos, including Movies, TV shows and music videos will be listed as playlist in the left panel.

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Choose the ones you want to convert to MP4. You can use Command or Shift key to add multiple videos at a time. Click ?Add? button to add the selected ones to conversion list. Click ?Add All? button to add entire plyalist to converion list. You can also click ?Add Files? button multiple times to add M4V videos if they are listed in different playlists. There is a built-in search box for you to find out any M4V videos quickly.

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Step 3: Select Subtitles & Audio TracksBy default, M4V Converter Plus for Mac will preserve all multilingual subtitles, audio tracks (including Dolby 5.1), closed captioning and audio descriptions. If you want to remove some of the tracks, click the little settings button to uncheck the ones you don?t need.

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By default, output MP4 videos will be saved in the following path: /Users/(Your username)/Documents/UkeySoft M4V Converter/Converted. If necessary, you can click options button to change default output folder.

Step 4: Convert iTunes M4V Movies to MP4Finally, just click ?Convert? button to start removing the DRM protection and converting iTunes movies videos to MP4 with 30X faster converstion speed, the entire conversion progress will go incredibly fast. However, conversion speed also depends on your hardware configuration, if you are using latest Mac, conversion speed would be faster. For example, converting a 51-minute movie costs no more than 5 minutes with a 2017 Macbook Pro, but it costs about 40 minutes using a 2011 Macbook Pro.

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Click ?History? button and you can see all the converted files. Here you can open output folder, remove conversion record or remove converted output files.

Now you can copy or sync output MP4 videos to devices to enjoy on the go.

The UkeySoft M4V converter is available for Windows and Mac users, which compatible with Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32 and 64 bit) and Mac OS X (10.9/10.10/10.11/10.12 and above). Let?s show you the detail guide on how to convert iTunes M4V to MP4 on Mac, for Windows users, the step is similar to the Mac version.

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