Remove DRM and Burn iTunes Movies to DVD
Many people have questions about how to strip off DRM from iTunes, so they could play iTunes movies or music on TV and DVD players rather than being confined to apple TV, iPod, or iPhones. However, they turn out to get no complete solution. This article will show you free and easy ways of removing DRM:
Part 1. How to remove DRM from iTunes
Part 2. How to burn iTunes movies to DVD disc
Part 1: Remove iTunes DRM on Windows and Mac OS X
Use free FairGame to remove iTunes DRM
FairGame is a freeware to remove iTunes DRM protection. It can convert DRM protected music and videos you have bought on the iTunes Store to an unprotected format with all the original metadata, lyrics and artwork kept. Below is what you must do only once to get it work:
1. Select "Access for assistive devices" in the "Universal Access" system preference.
2. Select "Place clip in Movie Timeline" in the "Import" preference of iMovie HD so you could easily remove iTunes DRM.
Use costless method to remove DRM on Windows
This method seems to be only usable for iTunes music.
1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into the CD drive, and then burn a playlist to make an "Audio CD".
3. After the burning process finished, use iTunes or Windows Media Player to import the music tracks on the burnt CD disc as MP3 files.
Use Aimersoft Media Converter to remove DRM on Windows
This software can remove DRM of movies and songs from iTunes, Microsoft Media Center, Napster, Pandora, Spiral Frog and other DRM protected media center legally, then convert iTunes movie, video, and songs to common formats.
1. Import target files by clicking "Add" or directly drag-drop them into the main window. The default set makes it works well with your PC without any extra configuration.
2. Click "Settings" to choose output format of audio or video according to your digital player's need and set the video parameters or audio parameters if you have higher requirement for the output quality.
3. Click "Start" button.
Aimersoft Media Converter also provide some other options like setting the destination folder, time for you to check upgrade automatically, etc.
Use free EasyTunes to remove iTunes DRM on Mac
EasyTunes is a stand alone OS X freeware to remove DRM from iTunes music and videos. Here you may find the introduction, testimonials, and download address.
Part 2: Burn iTunes Movies to DVD
After the iTunes DRM protection is removed, you can use Video to DVD Burner to convert and burn the DRM-removed iTunes movies to DVD disc.
Step 1. Load DRM-removed iTunes video or movie
Run Video to DVD burner, click "Load Video" or select "Load Video" under the "File" drop-down menu to import iTunes videos. If you want to organize a slideshow of iTunes video, just drag and drop loaded videos to storyboard below.
Step 2. Add Slide, edit video effects
Right click mouth in the left area of the storyboard, select "Add Titleset" to add a slide, and you may load other iTunes videos to this slide just as the first step.
Select a video file in the storyboard, and click "Edit selected video file...". A window will pop up for you to adjust video effects, crop video size, trim the length, etc.
Step 3. Customize iTunes DVD menu
Click "Menu" to customize iTunes DVD menu. There are different styles of built-in templates, frames and buttons for your choice. You can even add text, background music and background image to customize the menu.
Step 4. Set transition effects, and preview
Click "Transition", which can help you display the transition effect in right window. Just drag and drop the one you like to the middle of two iTunes videos in the slideshow storyboard to apply the effect.
Then click "Preview" to preview your iTunes slideshow. This step is to help you decide if everything is what you have expected. If not, you can go back to any of the previous steps to make changes to your project.
Step 5. Start burning DVD
Click "Burn", then a window will pop up for you to set the disc label, output target, TV standardt, aspect ratio and DVD drive (if you have multiple DVD drives). Click "Start", then the program will automatically burn iTunes movies to DVD.
Tips: this guide also helps when you burn MPEG to DVD, MKV to DVD and MP4 to DVD.
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