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MiWall81

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Jul 17, 2011
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I have purchased movies, ripped them and then placed them onto an external hard drive for my kids, however the quality was compromised through the ripping etc. I then decided to buy the movies on iTunes and then transfer them to an external hard drive, but can't watch them because they have been blocked due to DRM. Is there any possible way to remove the DRM or anything that can convert these iTunes movies to .mp4 or .avi? Handbreak is useless, wonderhsare is useless, aimersoft is useless, iskysoft is useless.... Is there anything out there? I've purchased these stupid movies twice to solve this problem. This is absolutely ridiculous...
 
Which preset did you use in hand brake? Have any details on why the encode was compromised? Distorted picture, format problems, pixelating, etc?
 
Most of the music and video available via iTunes are protected by Apple's FairPlay DRM.
You won't be able to load the music on other phones, stream it to your tablet or access it on any other media player unless you strip the DRM off the purchased item.
Speaking of the FairPlay DRM removal software, Requiem used to be one of the best programs that can decrypt the DRM-protected files within minutes. But it has been out of development since 2012 with its owner officially announced that Requiem 4.1 would be the last official release.
So you might need the Requiem alternative that can free iTunes music, TV shows or movies from DRM protection.
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You're out of date in two areas. Music purchased through the iTunes store had it's DRM removed in 2009 and iTunes Match never had it. Secondly, the OP has probably resolved their issue given it was posted three years ago.
 
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