How to Remove DRM from iTunes AAC M4V M4P in Windows and Mac

[lazerer]

ITunes DRM files include AAC, M4V and M4P. If you don’t remove itunes DRM it’s impossible to play them on any Apple incompatible devices, like Zune, Creative Zen, PSP, mobile Phone, etc. This turns out really bad if you want to buy a new mp3 player which is not manufactured by Apple.
So, The way not to delete itunes DRM files, you could try some methods or programs that remove DRM off of the iTunes files. Please note that using programs might be illegal in the country where you are living, make sure you know what you are doing before downloading and using them.


1. Remove iTunes DRM protection using iTunes + CD-R

Follow these 5 steps:
• Create an iTunes playlist containing your purchased songs.
• Insert a blank CD-R or a CD-RW.
• Burn the playlist to disk.
• Re-import the songs after a successful burn.
• Deleting the original purchased tracks.


2. Remove iTunes DRM with DRM software in Windows

One of these program is Daninusoft Media Converter Pro which can remove iTunes DRM with its newest version (2.2.1.0). The reason I list it here is the newest version has modified its two major disadvantages compare with the former one: 1. Be compatible with Vista OS. 2. Supports all iTunes DRM files.

And with its original advantages:
1. Supports Windows Media DRM files (WMV, WMA).
2. High conversion speed.
3. Supports many other popular standard video and audio files.
4. Friendly-use interface.
It could be a good choice for DRM remove and Media conversion.




3. Remove iTunes DRM with Apple software in Leopard

The current iteration of iMovie released with the iLife ‘08 software bundle is iMovie 7.1. However, in order to remove DRM protection, you will need iMovie HD - previously bundled with iLife ‘06. Once downloaded and installed, start iMovie HD and ‘Create a New Project’ titled "DRM-free". Save the project to your Desktop.



In the iMovie window, select the ‘Media’ tab located between ‘Themes’ and ‘Editing’. You will notice that the top right portion of the interface now offers a media browser. Select the ‘Audio’ tab and locate the playlist which contains purchased music, or search by artist / title.



Select the DRM-laden song and drag the file from the media browser into the iMovie timeline where it says "Drag audio here to build your project."
In order to export the song, iMovie requires that a visual image be associated with the audio track - iMovie thinks that it is going to be exporting a movie. Simply drag a blank image (or any other image) to the track above the previously imported audio file. Once iMovie has processed the image, select the ‘Share…’ sub menu item from found inside ‘Share’ in iMovie’s menu bar.



Ensure that ‘Expert Settings’ is selected in the "Compress movie for:" drop-down menu. Selecting ‘Expert Settings’ mode will provide the options to export the file as an audio file. Select the ‘Share’ button.
In the Save as… dialogue, select "Sound to AIFF" in the Export drop-down menu, Choose an appropriate directory for iMovie to export to, title the file, and select ‘Save’. Depending on your machine configuration, iMovie will compress and export the movie project as an audio file in 15-40 seconds.


Locate the exported AIFF audio file and drag to your iTunes Library. Right-click on the file and select "Convert Selection to AAC". Once completed, ‘Get Info’ on the new file, edit meta data, add album art, and trash the originally purchased and AIFF audio files from your iTunes library.

[jv17]

this one is good thanks for sharing..

[terry007]

I always use TuneClone M4P to MP3 Converter. My friend introduced it to me. It is very professional, powerful yet easy to use. It can help to remove the DRM protection mechanism and convert both protected and unprotected music files with rather high quality and very fast speed by automatically generating a virtual CD burner.

[Dastror]

MelodyCan is an audio and music files M4P to MP3 converter. It converts any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B) and unprotected music (such as WMA, MP3, rax, MP4, WAV, RA, snd, AAC, OGG, AA, aif) to plain MP3, WAV, WMA formats. Then you can share these converted files on any computers or music devices. MelodyCan uses unique technology which gives a capability to convert any kind of protected and unprotected data to regular audio and video formats which can be played on dozens of compatible devices. With MelodyCan you can easily convert protected audio and music files to plain MP3, WAV, WMA formats.

MelodyCan frees you from the hassles of copy protection without defeating the DRM copy-protection technology used by your audio files. This means it will function with all copy-protection measures, and it's completely legal.




Description:
* Melodycan is a powerful easy-using audio Converter. It supports decoding audio formats like WAV, AIFF, M4A, OGG, AAC etc and encoding them to MP3 or WMA. It can also extract audio from video file formats such as AVI, WMV, MPEG, MP4, YouTube etc.

* Features:

1. Easier to use - The software has variable settings and properties that can be handled easily. It well serves both the beginners with the default settings and the experienced with the variable settings.

2. It supports batch conversion - The more files you convert the faster it works than other audio converters

3. The user can choose output path - You are able to edit the output path or use the same one as the input path.

4. It offers excellent output conversion quality and you will get any supported output formats with super image and great sound quality

5. Support Windows Vista

[turnsranks]

Cool,I use another one, Tunebite.Works great for both audio and video files.

[lazerer]

Originally Posted by jv17

this one is good thanks for sharing..

You are welcome, bro

[Dastror]

Melodycan converts any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B) and unprotected music

(such as WMA, MP3, rax, MP4, WAV, RA, snd, AAC, AA, aif) to plain MP3, WAV, WMA formats.



Useful Melodycan feature list:

♪ Crack drm from WMV files legally and convert to unprotected WMV, MP4, AVI, MPEG, MOV etc,
♪ Convert iTunes M4p music to MP3, iTunes movie M4v to WMV, MPEG4, MP3

♪ Convert M4A to MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG4,
♪ Convert M4V to MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG4,
♪ Convert AAC to MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG4,
♪ Convert WMA to MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG4,
♪ Convert M4B to MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG4,
♪ Convert AA to MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG4,
♪ Convert M4P to MP3, M4P to WMA

♪ Download YouTube videos, Save YouTube videos, Convert YouTube video to AVI, MP4,

MP3, iPOd, Zune, PSP

♪ Convert RAX to MP3, Rhapsody files to MP3, Napster to MP3
♪ Convert DivX to MP4, MOV to MP4
♪ Convert RM video
♪ iPod video converter


♪ Rip audio CD to MP3 files, AAC files, WAV files
♪ Encode audio CD
♪ Convert audio CD
♪ Convert music from CD

♪ Grab CD tracks
♪ Grab CD music

System Requirements:

Windows® XP x32, Windows® 2003 x32 or Windows® Vista x32
1 GHz processor or faster
256 MB RAM or more
Windows Media® Player 9 or higher installed, which can be downloaded for free from Microsoft®

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[lazerer]

Thanks for share.

[windbell]

The Daniusoft Music Converter seems good.
But, does it support Rhapsody music?
I got a bunch of wma files from it, but can't play them with my iPod.

[peach]

Yeah, it totally supports Rhapsody, and here is guide on how to put Rhapsody music on ipod

[terry007]

Different ways of removing DRM protection from iTunes music on Windows and Mac OS X. You can choose any of them to unlock the DRMed iTunes music songs for various MP3/MP4 players and mobile phones rather than limiting them to iPod and iPhone. Go and have your iTunes liberated!

How to strip DRM off iTunes music on Windows and Mac Convert DRM protected iTunes M4P music to MP3

[Dastror]

Remove DRM protection from Windows Media, iTunes music and video files.

♫ Remove DRM protection from Windows Media, iTunes music and video files.
♫ Remove DRM from protected music files and various Video files.
♫ Remove DRM from from iTunes, Napster, Yahoo Music, Zune, MSNMusic, MusicLoad, Rhapsody files.
♫ Remove DRM andconvert DRM Audio and Video Files with up to 50x speed.
♫ Convert DRM files to unprotected MP3, MPEG4, CD, iPod and other MP3 player file formats at high speed and CD quality.

[peach]

And here is another detailed guide on - how to play windows media player music on ipod

[windbell]

Nice Post, Thanks for the tip

[Dastror]

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