Best Tips to Convert iTunes DRM M4V Episodes to AVI

iTunes is known as one of the best media services for buying and downloading movies, TV shows, you can get various kinds of videos like movies and TV shows. However, they are all in the same M4V proprietary format. In addition, some of them are combined with the most notorious FairPlay DRM mechanism. This makes it impossible to play on other devices except iTunes DRM videos. So what can you do if you want to enjoy iTunes videos on Android or Windows or Linux computers or portable devices? Generally you need to convert to another universal format.  Take AVI for example, I will show you how to convert iTunes movies to AVI here.

Part 1. What It Is Best to Convert iTunes M4V Videos to AVI

When talking about converting iTunes videos, some users may ask why converting to AVI format instead of other formats? Actually different formats have different advantages. But for editing or backup, AVI is probably the best format. Developed in 1992 by Microsoft, AVI is the most commonly used video format so far. It is supported and used widely across multiple platforms including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android mobiles, cameras and so on. Besides, AVI has best video playback quality and performance. By converting iTunes HD 1080P M4V video to HD AVI, you won’t perceive any visual difference by eyes. You can then transfer the converted AVI files to other devices such as external hard drive for backup or import them to video editors like iMovie for editing. The most important thing is that it is not difficult to convert iTunes M4V to AVI at all if you get the right tool. Here we meanDRmare M4V Converter, a smart DRM removal tool to convert any iTunes M4V video to the new AVI files in 3 steps only.

Part 2. Detailed Steps to Convert DRM iTunes M4V Files to AVI

DRmare M4V to AVI Movie Converter offers free trial versions for both Windows and Mac systems. To find out how it performs, you can download and install the proper version on your PC and follow the guide here to convert iTunes videos to AVI format in seconds. Please navigate to find and lunch the DRmare M4V Converter on your computer first.

Step 1Add iTunes DRM M4V videosYou can click ‘+’ button to open the file importing window, then you will see a list of the iTunes videos which are downloaded on your computer and you can select the videos you like and click ‘Add’ button to import them in batch. Additionally, you can drag and drop to import M4V videos straightforwardly.

Step 2Change the output format as HD AVIGo to the lower left screen of the DRmare M4V to AVI Converter, you will see the format selection droplist, please click it, you will see a popup panel and you can go to the ‘HD Video’ tab and select ‘HD AVI’. You might click the small gear icon above the format to do some customization on your AVI videos too etc.

Step 3Convert iTunes M4V movies to AVIOnce you have everything set, you can go to the bottom right to click the conversion button, the DRmare software will start to batch strip DRM from your iTunes videos and convert them to the AVI movies automatically.

Part 3. Summarize

By only 3 steps, you will have all the DRM free AVI videos without DRM copyright protection.  You can transfer them to any devices such as computers, mobile devices to enjoy. Most players are compatible with AVI. However, if you don’t have a compatible player on your device, you can also download the free VLC player or KMPlayer. The AVI is known to have great quality, you will get best visual performance. However, AVI also has a shortcoming that its size is too big, which makes it not perfect for streaming online. If you want to use the output format for streaming, you can convert to another format WMV which is created by Microsoft too.