Best Tutorial to Stream iTunes M4V Videos to NVIDIA Shield TV

“I am very impressed with the NVIDIA Shield Android TV for its capability of playing games and videos, I am thinking about buying one for my bedroom. One think I am concerned very much is that can I play iTunes videos with it and how as I buy iTunes movies every a regular time. ” Asked by Annie Jackson.

NVIDIA Shield TV is new, but after its first release on May 28th, 2015, it has been loved by a wide range of people. Though it is sold at a relatively high price ($199.99 for standard version, $299.99 for Pro version) compared to other top streaming boxes like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, etc., it still be a good choice for most people. Here in this article, I will present how to play iTunes videos on NVIDIA Shield TV.

Part 1. Learn More about NVIDIA Shield Smart TV

As the first Android TV based device with high-end media playback capabilities such as 4K and HDR video playback, NVIDIA Shield TV is designed to bring ultimate user experience. It originally has the 5.1 Lollipop android system. Now the second generation NVIDIA Shield TV second generation has been updated to Android 7.0 Nougat and replaced with a most powerful Tegra X1 processor at a smaller size. It not only supports a lot of online streaming videos apps  like Amazon Video, Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, HBO, UltraFlix,Google Play Movies, but also supports to play local files including high definition audio with 192 kHz, 23.976 Hz and HEVC and VP9 Video codec, 4K video via USB, HDMI or SD support. Besides, it is built in with the Google Voice Search and gaming apps etc., which makes it easiest ever to get what you want and entertain yourself.

Part 2. Stream iTunes Movies to NVIDIA Shield Android TV Easily

However, if you try to transfer iTunes videos to NVIDIA TV to play, you will find that none of them can be played. That is because Google platform is not compatible with Apple iTunes ecosystem, which are all protected with the FairPlay DRM policy. Within this protection, iTunes movies and TV episodes can only play via iTunes or Apple devices. Other non-Apple devices including Android and Windows mobile phones, tablets won’t recognize iTunes movies and TV shows at all.

Don’t worry though. Here we are talking about the way to remove the iTunes DRM. In fact, there are dozens of iTunes DRM unlocking software in the market specially developed to pull the source iTunes videos from the DRM and export them to new DRM-free copies. Here I will highly recommend one of the best iTunes DRM removal software called DRmare iTunes M4V Converter for Windows/Mac. You download the free trial version as below to have a try.

Part 3. Remove DRM from iTunes M4V Videos Losslessly for NVIDIA Shield TV

DRmare M4V Converter supports to extract the iTunes videos quickly. To help you get the iTunes movies playable on your NVIDIA Shield TV, you can refer to the detailed steps as below to convert your iTunes purchases and rentals to DRM-free episodes.

Step 1Load iTunes Movies/TV Shows

After you install and launch ‘DRmare iTunes M4V to NVIDIA Shield Converter’, you will find the test to drag and import iTunes videos, please simply drag your iTunes videos and drop them on the software main screen. If you don’t want to drag&drop, you can also click the ‘+’ icon to load videos from iTunes.

Step 2Choose Output Format

NVIDIA Shield TV supports to ultra high definition videos with different formats, so here I’d recommend you to choose ‘MP4(Lossless)’ which can keep original quality, so that you can get the best image quality when playing on your NVIDIA Shield TV. You can also do some settings on the subtitle, audio track etc.

Step 3Convert iTunes M4V for Shield TV

Finally, you can click the ‘Conversion’ button at the lower right to start the converting process. DRmare iTunes M4V to NVIDIA Shield Converter will be able to remove the DRM encryption info from your videos and then export them to new videos smoothly.

When it is done, you can locate the DRM free video files and transfer them to your NVIDIA Shield TV via USB cable, then you will be able to play them like other common videos.Another way to do that is to download and install the Plex on your computer, then your computer will become a Plex Media Server and you can stream videos from the Plex to your NVIDIA Shield TV too.