iTunes movie file format

[AcesHigh87]

I've never really bothered to buy movies on iTunes but have been having trouble finding Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" which I noticed the store has. My question though, is will I only be able to watch it in iTunes?

I normally use Quicktime to watch movies or I put them on a flash drive and play on my PS3 but I don't know what file format you get from an iTunes movie. Does it come as a ".mov"or something that will only play in iTunes?

 

[GGJstudios]

You can convert any file type to just about any other file type.

 

[AcesHigh87]

You can convert any file type to just about any other file type.

I know but sometimes file types like I suspect this uses cannot be converted with free software. Not really worth buying the film off iiTunes if I need to buy a converter as well.

Also, could someone more this to the iTunes section? I somehow missed it when I was looking for where to post.

 

[JediMeister]

iTunes movie purchases have .m4v file extensions and use a protected AAC video codec. To my understanding this is only playable in iTunes, QuickTime, or an Apple device like an iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, iPad. I cannot speak to converting the file to another format, or whether that is even possible as I have not tried.