How to Play iTunes M4V Videos on Windows Media Player?

By Sarah ConnorUpdated on December 22, 2017

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Summary:

Windows Media Player doesn’t support M4V format playback at all. You’d better remove DRM protected and convert the M4V files to DRM-free MP4 so that you could play iTunes DRM-protected movies and TV shows on WMP.

“I want to play an .m4v movie on Windows Media Player on my Windows 8 computer. But when I open it in Windows Media Player, it shows nothing. How can I watch iTunes M4V movie on Windows Media Player without restrictions?”

Windows Media Player doesn’t support M4V format playback at all. The iTunes video / movie you purchased is encrypted by Apple’s Fair play DRM protection which prevents you from playing the media on non-Apple products. How can you play iTunes M4V videos on Windows Media Player 12/11/10?

Since Windows Media Player may not recognize M4V format, you’d better convert the M4V files to some commonly used video formats by Windows Media Player, like MP4. That is to say, to play iTunes DRM-protected movies and TV shows on WMP(Windows Media Player), you need to take DRM off iTunes M4V movies and TV shows first.

With the professional iTunes M4V Converter, you can get rid of the DRM protection from iTunes movies and TV shows, and convert DRM-ed M4V files to DRM-free MP4 without any quality loss. During the conversion, you can maintain the original video resolution, AC3 5.1 Dolby audio and subtitles. More importantly, you can also convert iTunes M4V videos to AVI, WMV, FLV, 3PG, MKV, AAVI and other video formats for playback on tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, and more.

Once the iTunes M4V video conversion is successful, you can easily import the DRM-free MP4 videos to Windows Media Player for playback. Referring to the following steps to start.

Tutorial: How to Convert iTunes M4V Videos for Playable on Windows Media Player

Step 1 Run iTunes M4V Converter

Download, install and run iTunes M4V Converter on your Mac or Windows. The interface is clean and user-friendly. iTunes will be launched automatically.

Step 2 Add iTunes Videos

Click Add Files button and you will see all videos in your iTunes Library, including Music Video, Movies and TV shows, etc. Check the videos you want to convert to MP4 and click Add. You can add multiple videos at the same time as you need.

It will keep all the tracks and subtitles on output MP4 movies, including Dolby AC3 5.1, AD, CC. You are able to uncheck the one you did not want by clicking the gear icon.

Step 3 Convert iTunes M4V Videos to MP4

When everything is ready, click Convert button to start removing DRM and convert iTunes M4V videos to unprotected MP4 format which is playable on Windows Media Player.

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• Take DRM Off from iTunes Videos – Convert M4V to MP4

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