I'm sure it's been asked before... iTunes movie purchases to DVD?

jonnysods

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• Nov 5, 2010

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Hey everyone, does anyone have a method for getting their videos that they get through iTunes onto a DVD? I told my wife today that if I bought Toy Story 3 on our ATV that I could easily burn it to a DVD so she could play it in the car.

Wrong!

I tried:

MPEG Streamclip
Final Cut Pro
iMovie
Toast
Renaming the extension .m4v to .mov
FFMpeg
And a whole bunch of whacky programs online. Can't strip that DRM!

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm scared to tell my wife tomorrow!!!

 

r.j.s

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• Nov 5, 2010

• #2

No, it is not possible.

 

jonnysods

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Noteburner M4V Converter. Seems to work okay. Well, I haven't tested a burnt converted video. I will post results shortly!

 

sushi

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• Nov 5, 2010

• #4

If you can't figure a way to burn a DVD (which Apple won't let you) you can always do it the old fashioned way.

You can play it one of the following in your car:

• iPhone
• iPod touch
• iPad
• MBA/MB/MBP

 

jonnysods

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Mission successful:

http://www.noteburner.com/mac-m4v-converter.html

It was $39 for the software, but now I can do this to some of the other TV shows and movies I have purchased on the ATV.

Phew!