How to Play iTunes Music/Video on Windows Media Player

Many people are asking how to play iTunes music and movies in Windows Media Player. In this article, you will learn why iTunes files cannot be played in Windows Media Player and how to make iTunes media playable in Windows Media Player.

Part 1. Why can't you play iTunes music/video in Windows Media Player

1. iTunes purchased music (before 2009) and movies are usually protected by the DRM (Digital Rights Management), which attempts to control use of digital media by preventing access, copying or conversion by users to other formats or players.  (Files with DRM restrictions are generally obtained from Subscription Services and must be updated periodically to have the License revalidated. Upon expiring, the files will prompt to "please sync to continue your music subscription" when selected on the MP3 player.)

2. iTunes music, video, movie are in unique formats that can't be recognized by Windows Media Player.  As you might know, iTunes music is in AAC (DRM'ed .m4p and non-DRM .m4a) format, video and movie are in DRM-protected .m4v or .mov formats, while WMP plays .wma, .mp3 audio and .wmv, .avi ,.mp4 video.

Part 2. How to play iTunes music and video in Windows Media Player

Since iTunes music and movies are protected and the file formats are not supported by Windows Media Player, in order to play iTunes files in Windows Media Player, you will need to remove DRM protection from iTunes media files and convert iTunes to Windows Media Player compatible files with an all-in-one DRM removal and video converter. To make the work simple, you can get Aimersoft DRM Media Converter and let it finish the task for you.

Free download iTunes to Windows Media Player converter:

1Add iTunes music and movies

the main interface of the DRM converter is as below. Click the "Add" button to import DRM'ed iTunes media files. Or you can just drag-and-drop them to the main window directly.

2Choose output format

For video files, choose WMV as the output video format and for audio files, select MP3 as the output format. Then at the bottom label named "Output path", choose a destination folder to save the converted files.

3Start to convert iTunes music/video to Windows Media Player

When finish the effect presetting, back to the main window and click "Start" button lower-right positioned to convert iTunes video movie to Windows Media Player. Time of conversion varies according to the file size, generally a 15 Mb album costs 2-3 mins. After the conversion, you can just drag the files to Windows Media Player for playback.

Free download iTunes to Windows Media Player converter:

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