A way to Remove DRM from iTunes Video Purchases and Rentals [ITunes]

Wired’s How-To Wiki points to a section of software called NoteBurner M4V Converter Plus (direct download), if you want to can help you convert your iTunes video rentals and purchases to another DRM-free format. By default, NoteBurner simply creates an MP4, however it’s also capable of conforming the file to new specifications so you might play it back on a non-Apple device (like a Blackberry, PSP, and several options). Here’s how it works:

To make the magic happen, all you must do is launch NoteBurner with iTunes closed (you’ll be prompted to relaunch iTunes in the event you don’t). Once NoteBurner is open, you are able to launch iTunes and add a DRM-laden purchase by clicking the Add File icon within the top left corner of the applying. This may increasingly elevate a listing of films in iTunes and you’ll choose anything you prefer.
Next, select the output profile for the kind of video it is advisable create (unless you would like it to be just like the iTunes file, by which case you don’t should do anything).
Click the Convert icon up top.
Watch for the conversion to complete, within which you could not be ready to use iTunes.

This process works rather well and is very easy, but the disadvantage is that it’s going to cost your cash ($40 to $50, reckoning on the version ). If you would like a slower, crappier, but free-er alternative, that you could instead play the DRM movie in your computer and use QuickTime X (or other screencasting software) to record the screen and your Mac’s audio. This conversion will take the length of the movie, however’s something you’ll be able to set your computer to do if you’re away. If it records too much, you are able to always trim it off later.

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