How to Play Protected WMV Files

What's a protected WMV file?

WMV, a video container format developed by Microsoft, can be naturally played in Windows Media Player that's also a product from Microsoft Company. However, in order to protect digital copyright, Microsoft cooperation sometimes adopts digital rights management (DRM) to pervert illegal distribution of copyrighted WMV files. So in most cases, these kinds of protected WMV files can't be played by a third-party player.

How to play protected WMV files?

Well, what should you do if you have DRM protected WMV files that you fail to play on your PC? Have a good way to play protected WMV files freely? My answer is absolutely yes. Your solution is to unprotect WMV files and convert them to your wanted format. In this way, you can view them on your PC or import them to any portable device for playback without any trouble.

It seems a little tough. Don't worry. You don't have to be a Pro as long as you have a professional tool to help you convert protected WMV files. DRM Media Converter is all-in-one app, which allows you to remove DRM from protected WMV files and convert them to a preferred video format at the same time.

This tutorial below shows you how to easily play DRM protected WMV files. First, you need to download and install it. After that, double-click the app icon to enter its main interface.

Step 1: First, you need to import DRM protected WMV files to this app. To do this, you have two choices. Click the "+ Add…" button or directly drag MWM files to this program. This app supports batch conversion, so you can import several DRM WMV files.

Step 2: Select an appropriate output format according to your need. If you exactly know what format you need, you can directly pick up it in the "Common Video" category of the output format list. Or you can select a preferred one according to your devices or applications.

Step 3: The final step is to click "Start" button to let this DRM Media Converter do the rest thing for you. When the conversion is over, you can get a DRM-free file in WMV or other format for use. For example, if you choose MOV as the output format in step 2, you'll find the converted MOV file can be played in QuickTime with good video quality.

With the help of this great app, it's no longer a troublesome thing for you to play protected WMV files.