{"id":2052,"date":"2011-12-27T23:45:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T07:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2014-07-03T23:15:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T07:15:28","slug":"remove-drm-from-m4v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/remove-drm-from-m4v.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove DRM from Protected M4V Video Files\uff1f","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video files purchased from iTunes are  usually in M4V format which can be played on Apple players such as iPad,  iPhone, iPod Touch etc. But due to Apple DRM protection, M4V videos can not be transferred  to non-Apple devices for playback. If you want to play DRM-protected M4V videos  on media players like Archos, Zen, Zune, PSP etc. or have the desire to share  with your friends, you need to remove DRM from M4V. To put it in another word,  you have to convert DRM protected M4V with a M4V Converter that is with M4V DRM  removal ability. <\/p>\n<p>To remove M4V DRM, the reliable third-party  M4V Converter software which supports to remove DRM from M4V is required. <strong>Leawo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/pro\/video-converter.html\">Video  Converter<\/a><\/strong> is what you are looking for to convert DRM protected  M4V. With excellent M4V DRM removal function, this program smartly helps you  get rid of M4V DRM protection and convert M4V videos to any other video and  audio formats like MOV, MP4, WMV, AVI, VOB, and more. In the following, the  simple guide will lead you to remove M4V DRM with just a few steps. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/downloads\/video-converter.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/guides\/windownload.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Full Guide<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/drm-removal\/m4v-video-converter-import.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/drm-removal\/m4v-video-converter-import-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step1\"><strong>Add DRM-protected M4V  Videos to the Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After you have run this DRM removal software  on your computer, click on the Add Video icon on the top of the software to  import videos. You will see the loaded videos presenting on the processing  list. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/profile-win\/mp4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/profile-win\/mp4-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step2\"><strong>Choose Video Formats for  Conversion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this step, you can choose a video format  for conversion. If you only want to remove M4V DRM, choose M4V as the output  format.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/drm-removal\/itunes-authorize.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/drm-removal\/itunes-authorize-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step3\"><strong>Authorize your computer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As your DRM protected M4V files are downloaded from iTunes, you need to authorize your computer to be able to remove DRM protection and convert M4V to other video files. Click convert button on the bottom right and the program would automatically lead you to the authorizing page. Input your ID and password to autorize your computer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear mb30 clearfix\"> <a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"\/images\/article\/drm-removal\/convert-m4v-to-mp4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright ml img lazyload\" data-src=\"\/images\/article\/drm-removal\/convert-m4v-to-mp4-ts.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"step4\"><strong>Convert DRM Protected M4V<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Click on the Convert button to start to  remove DRM from M4V. 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The M4V file format is a video file format  developed by Apple and is very close to MP4 format. The differences are the  optional Apple&#8217;s DRM copyright protection, and the treatment of AC3 (Dolby  Digital) audio which is not standardized for the MP4 container.Apple uses M4V  files to encode TV episodes, movies, and music videos in the iTunes Store. The  copyright of M4V files may be protected by using Apple&#8217;s FairPlay DRM copyright  protection. <\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video files purchased from iTunes are usually in M4V format which can be played on Apple players such as iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch etc. But due to Apple DRM protection, M4V videos can not be transferred to non-Apple devices for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/remove-drm-from-m4v.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-audio-tips","tag-video-converter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":2848,"excerpt_185":"Video files purchased from iTunes are usually in M4V format which can be played on Apple players such as iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch etc. But due to Apple DRM protection,...","formatted_date":"27\/12\/2011","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24268,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/24268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}