Nowadays the most popular 3 TV set-top boxes are Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV and all of them are at the same price $99. That makes it hard to decide which one to buy. But if you cares about the performance like response speed etc. , you should consider to get Amazon Fire TV. In addition, Amazon Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick supports voice search, playing games and so on. The only drawback is that it don’t support iTunes movies. This may cause some iTunes video fans frustrated. But don’t worry, here I will show you a great alternative solution to cast iTunes videos on Amazon Fire TV.
Part 1. Walkaround Solutions to Play iTunes Films on Fire TV
The first solution to play iTunes movies and TV shows on Fire TV is using AirPlay apps. Nowadays many third-party developers have created multiple AirPlay apps to turn some devices into an AirPlay receiver. Reflector is such an app which can be installed into Amazon Fire TV. With such an app running, you can easily stream iTunes videos from your iOS devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod by using the AirPlay feature. But this is not perfect, there maybe a minor inconvenience to keep the Reflector running on the Amazon Fire TV and you can’t backup the videos to watch any time.
Another ideal solution to do that is to get rid of the FairPlay DRM protection from the iTunes videos. You can use an iTunes DRM unlocking tool likeDRmare iTunes to Amazon Fire TV Converter. It supports all kinds of iTunes purchased/rental DRM videos. With it, you can convert all iTunes videos, including movies, TV shows, music videos with zero quality loss and 30X faster speed. It is a one-time off solution. After converting, you don’t need to worry about the DRM restrictions and the converted iTunes video episodes will be playable on Amazon Fire Play and any other devices at anytime. In addition, you can backup them everywhere just like other common videos.
Part 2. Steps to Convert iTunes Films to Play on Amazon Fire TV
To find out how it actually works, I’d highly recommend you to download the 100% free trial version firstly. According to the operating system on your computer, you an choose either Windows or Mac version. Then you can simply follow these 3 steps to convert your iTunes videos to Fire TV.
DRmare iTunes to Amazon Fire TV Converter
- Support all kinds of iTunes movies including rentals and purchases
- Remove iTunes FairPlay DRM limitations while preserving the original quality
- Convert iTunes M4V to multiple videos supported by Amazon Fire TV
- Fully support 1080P/720P HD iTunes movies, TV shows, Extras
- Step 1Import iTunes M4V Movies
- You can launch the software from your computer after installing, then you can simply drag and drop the videos which you desired to the DRmare iTunes to Amazon Fire TV Converter. Please make sure the videos are authorized to play well on your computer so that to prevent any trouble during the converting process.
- Step 2Customize Output Video Settings for Fire TV
- Amazon Fire TV supports several formats with the codec like H.263, H.264(mp4), MPEG4-SP, VC1 etc. I’d suggest you to choose MP4(LossLess) which is supported perfectly by Amazon Fire TV. Besides choosing the output format, you can do other settings to customize the subtitle, audio track etc.
- Step 3Convert iTunes Video Clips to Amazon Fire TV
- After doing the settings, you can click the ‘Convert’ button at the lower right to start to apply the changes and remove the DRM protection. Please wait a few minutes for it to complete quickly. You can go to the converted folder to locate the videos you have converted when it is done.
Part 3. Simple Tips to Stream iTunes Movies to Amazon Fire TV
Now you have already got the DRM free iTunes videos. In theory, you can transfer then to any devices to play any time.
To play in Amazon Fire TV, you can either upload the videos to Amazon Cloud Drive or transfer them to kindle Fire first. In the first way, after uploading to Amazon Cloud Drive, you will see the videos fromyour Amazon Fire TV immediately and you can choose the video you want to play directly. For the second way, it takes more steps, but still be very easy. Please go to settings on your Amazon Fire TV to enable the cast displaying first. Then you can go to the Kindle Fire and turn on the Miracast option, it will start to search the Fire TV and cast videos from Kindle Fire to Fire TV.
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