How to Import iTunes M4V Movies to Edit on Final Cut Pro

Do you use Final Cut Pro? It is a very professional video editor for editing multiple formats of videos into a masterpiece. With the powerful features, you can edit the videos in the way you like though it may take some efforts to learn that. However, there is a shortcoming of it too that it doesn’t support iTunes DRM protected movies. If you also like to edit iTunes TV shows and movies on your computer, you can follow me here in this article, I will present the instruction on how to do that step by step.

Part 1. The Best Way to Edit iTunes M4V Videos with Final Cut Pro X?

As the encrypted digital content, iTunes doesn’t allow unauthorized distribution and copying for the movies and TV shows. Even for watching on Apple devices, you have to authorize the videos from iTunes first before playing. This DRM mechanism encrypts and limits the iTunes movies for playing on specific devices only. So theoretically it is impossible to edit iTunes movies within any video editor, even including Apple’s own Final Cut Pro X or iMovie. Therefore it causes restrictions for iTunes users who legally purchased iTunes movies and would like to cut them into new clips for enjoying on other devices. To many iTunes users, DRM could be a nightmare. Luckily, instead of being crippled by the iTunes FairPlay DRM protection permanently, we can try some third party iTunes DRM removal software to break the DRM encryption for good before importing the videos to FCP.

Part 2. Operating Steps to Convert DRM iTunes M4V TV Series to FCP for Editing

It is not so difficult to break the DRM protection if you have a proper iTunes DRM remover. Here I will suggest the all-in-one DRM M4V converter calledDRmare M4V to FCP Converter for Mac/Windows. It is redesigned with a clean user interface and the latest DRM decryption and encoding technology so that it can completely bypass DRM lock from iTunes movie rentals and purchases and convert the DRM-ed M4V iTunes videos to Final Cut Pro compatible formats. You can simply download the free trial version of this smart app and follow the step by step instruction as below to start removing DRM from your iTunes M4V videos and converting the movies to edit with Final Cut Pro.

Step 1Add iTunes M4V Movies, TV Shows

After launching DRmare M4V to FCP Converter, you can navigate to the lower left of the software main screen and then click ‘+’ to add the iTunes DRM M4V videos from your iTunes library. Or alternatively, you may just drag the M4V video files from iTunes folder and drop them to the DRmare main interface.

Step 2Set Output Format as Final Cut Pro

Next, you can select the output profile for Final Cut Pro by simply clicking the Format droplist at the bottom side and selecting Editing panel. If you want to do more settings on the output iTunes videos for your FCP, you can go to the ‘HD Video’ or ‘General Video’ tab to select a compatible format such as MOV or MP4 and change the video parameters like bit rate, frame rate, etc.

Step 3Convert iTunes M4V to Final Cut Pro X

Once everything is ready, you can click the ‘Convert’ button at the lower right side, the software will begin to batch convert your iTunes M4V movies or TV shows to Final Cut Pro at up to 30X faster speed. Please wait a while before it completes the conversion. Once it finishes, you can click the converted list button at the bottom menu bar to locate all the converted iTunes videos that get ready for importing to Final Cut Pro for editing.

Part 3. Load and Edit Converted iTunes Movies to Final Cut Pro X

Finally after removing DRM, you can start to import the iTunes M4V movies to your Final Cut Pro X for editing. It is not so difficult to do that. But if you are a new user, you can follow the several easy steps:

First, you can start Final Cut Pro X on your Mac, then click ‘File’ menu > Click ‘Import’ > Choose ‘Media’.

Second, you will see a pop up window, please navigate on your computer to locate the target files.

Finally, you can click ‘Import Selected’ menu, the files will be added to your project.

After that, I am sure that you can start to do some editing on the software as you want. Since it is a complicated software, if you still have any questions about it, you’d better search more tutorial online.