How to Record Streaming Video from iTunes on Mac

By Sarah ConnorUpdated on August 08, 2018

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Summary:

Check this post to learn how to record/capture streaming iTunes videos with high quality on Mac, including the purchased or rented iTunes movie & TV shows.

“Can I record iTunes movies with DRM in another format on Mac? I need to change the format so I can transfer the movies to an Android tablet. Any way to make this true?”

What is iTunes M4V Video
M4V video format is developed by Apple and is very close to the MP4 format. M4V video files containers are produced by Apple for iTunes TV episodes, music videos, and feature length movies. The M4V files format is based on the MPEG-4 AVC video codec. The differences are the optional Apple’s DRM copyright protection, and the treatment of AC3 (Dolby Digital) audio which is not standardized for the MP4 container. M4V files are opened with the iTunes player by default while MP4 files are opened with most audio player by default like QuickTime player.

Why Need to Record iTunes Video without DRM-Protected
All the movies or TV shows from iTunes are protected by the DRM and in M4V protected format. Full-length purchased movie, TV shows on Apple iTunes store can be saved and played on 5 different devices at a time, while the rental M4V files can be viewed on a single device within limited time. Once canceling the iTunes movies subscription, the movie will disappear automatically from your iTunes library. That really frustrated when you want to watch the movie for more times. To watch iTunes video without limits, you can record iTunes videos with DRM-free format.

Record Streaming iTunes Video on Mac
iTunes Video Recorder for Mac, which can serve as a screen recorder to record iTunes streaming video into unprotected videos on Mac with high video and audio quality, including the purchased or rented iTunes movie & TV shows. The recorded files are DRM-free, without any time and playback limitation. After finishing the recording, you can own the iTunes video forever, stream it to any player for playing without limits(including Android device, iOS device, PSP, MP4 player, etc,.)Besides recording videos, this software is also a music recorder and screen captor. In addition to iTunes video, Youtube video, Apple Music, Spotify Music, Youtube Music, Amazon Music are supported to be recorded.

Free download the iTunes Video Recorder for Mac:

More Features of iTunes Video Recorder for Mac:
-Set recording area with full screen or customized screen size to record audio file.
-Save the recorded file in MP4, WMV, MOV, AVI, GIF, TS, etc,.
-Record online videos, record game playing processes, screencast webcam videos, record online activity.
-Take screenshot quickly when you want to save some important information.
-Advanced screen recording and snapshot editing functions.

How to Record Streaming iTunes Videos on Mac

Step 1 Run iTunes Video Recorder for Mac
To begin with, download, install and run the iTunes Video Recorder for Mac on Mac. You will see there are four main function in the software interface shows as follow. “Video Recorder”, “Audio Recorder”, “Snapshot”, and “More”.

Step 2Play iTunes Videos
Go to iTunes Store, and find your the iTunes video which you want to record and play it. Before recording the iTunes video, you should choose the full screen or customize the recording region.

To avoid getting noises on the recorded file, you can turn off the option of microphone audio, and record the audio from system sound.

Step 3 Record iTunes Video with High Quality

Click the “DISPLAY1” option and turn “ON” it beside DISPLAY1.

Before recording video from computer screen, please click on “∨” button in the display section to select the recording area first. Tips: The program provides you with different recording area options like Full screen, Custom, Fix region, Around the mouse, Follow the mouse, Lock window, etc,.

It’s easy to set recording area with full screen or customized screen size to record iTunes purchased/rented movies and TV shows with high quality, please custom the screen recording area.

Next, click the red “REC” at the bottom-right cornier to begin recording iTunes video. The output video format can be set as MP4, WMV, MOV, AVI, GIF, TS, etc,.

Step 4 Preview and Save Recorded Video
You can click “Pause” to pause the recording process, and click “End” button to end the whole recording process.

When the recording ends, the program allows you preview the recorded video before saving it. You can save the video if you are satisfied with the recorded video, you can delete it and start recording it again if you are not satisfied with it.

Free download the iTunes Video Recorder for Mac:

Related Article

• How to Record Any Video/Audio and Take Snapshot
• How to Convert Apple Music to MP3
• How to Convert Spotify Music to MP3
• How to Convert iTunes M4V Movies to MP4
• How to Remove DRM Protection from iTunes Movies on Mac
• Remove DRM from iTunes Rental Movie & Keep iTunes Rentals Forever

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