How to Convert and Burn M4V to DVD

If you use iTunes a lot to purchase and download videos, you may get bundles of M4V videos files in your computer. And you may want to burn M4V to DVD for so that you can watch your favorite movies on home DVD player and TV. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to convert iTunes M4V to DVD with ease.

As we know, videos purchased from iTunes are usually Apple DRM-protected files in M4V format. To burn protected M4V videos files to DVD disc, you will need to remove the DRM protection first before burning. If your videos are DRM-free ones got from other places, you can easily burn them with a DVD burning software. Considering there are different occasions, this article is divided into the following two parts. If you M4V files are non-protected ones, please skip to Part 2.

Part 1. Remove DRM from M4V

Part 2. Convert M4V videos to DVD

Part 1. Remove DRM from M4V

As mentioned above, to convert DRM-ed M4V video files to DVD, you will need to remove the DRM protection. To do this, just get Aimersoft DRM Media Converter and let it legally and fast crack iTunes M4V DRM.

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You can drag and drop to load the M4V files to the program and choose the preferred output video format and click on the "Start" button to strip DRM from iTunes M4V videos. Batch conversion is supported so that you can add and convert multiple files at once to save time.

Part 2. Convert M4V to DVD

After the DRM protection is removed, you can easily burn the M4V to DVD with Aimersoft DVD Creator. With it, you can create eye-catching DVD with custom DVD menus from M4V videos. Apart from M4V, it can also burn almost all regular videos to DVD, including MOV, MKV, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, etc. The equivalent Mac version is Aimersoft DVD Creator for Mac, which enables you to burn any popular video to DVD on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard and Lion included). Free download the program and check out the guide to view M4V files on DVD players and TV!

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The below guide uses DVD Creator Windows version screenshots.

1Import unprotected M4V videos

Click Load video button or simply drag and drop to import M4V videos. In the source window, you can organize DVD titles freely. As the picture shows, added video files can be previewed on the right.

2 Edit videos and select DVD menu (Optional)

The plug-in video editor lets you edit videos by cropping, trimming, adding watermark, adjusting video effects, etc. In addition, lots of free DVD menu templates are provided for you to create the most personalized DVDs. You are also able to customize DVD menu background image, frames, buttons, etc. and add background music.

2 Burn M4V to DVD

Now insert a writable blank DVD disc, and go to "Burn" tab to make settings. When everything is ready, click "Start" button to burn M4V to DVD. When the burning is done, the DVD disc will be ejected automatically. Then you can watch M4V movies on your home DVD player.

Here is the video tutorial on burning M4V videos to DVD.

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More about M4V and DRM

1. How to play M4V? To play a protected M4V file, the computer needs to be authorized using iTunes with the account that was used to purchase the video. To play unprotected M4V video without AC3 audio, you could use Apple iTunes, Apple QuickTime Player, VideoLan VLC Media Player, RealPlayer, etc. by changing the file extension from .m4v to .mp4.

2. DRM, short for Digital Rights Management, is a term for access control technologies that are used by copyright holders to limit the use of digital content and devices. It's mainly used by Sony, Amazon, Apple Inc., Microsoft, AOL and the BBC. However, The use of digital rights management is controversial. Proponents argue it is needed by copyright holders to prevent unauthorized duplication of their work, but what about the normal demands to play contents on users' multiple devices since they have purchase the content?