How to Remove DRM from iTunes?
Written by Teresa on October 13th, 2008
Anyone who have brought DRM protected movies and music from iTunes 0r Windows media center must wants to enjoy unprotected media files with digital players or on other mobile devices like PSP, Zune, MP3 Player, Xbox 360, so that’s why you need to remove DRM from iTunes filles.
ITunes DRM files include AAC, M4V and M4P.
Here are some method to remove DRM from iTunes files.
For Mac OS user, please click here to get iTunes DRM Removal for Mac.
Free way to Remove DRM protection from iTunes iTunes + CD-R
Follow these steps:
- Create an iTunes playlist with your songs purchased on iTunes.
- Insert a blank CD-R or a CD-RW to your CD, DVD driver.
- Burn the total playlist to disk.
- Re-import the songs from CD after the successful burning process.
- And you have got the none-protected iTunes music files.
Software to remove DRM from iTunes (Recommend)
Step1:
Download DRM removal software and install it, click “Add” button to import DRM protected movie or music from your iTunes, you can also directly drag-drop them into the main processing window.
Step 2:
The default settings make it perfectly compatible with your PC without any needed of reconfiguration. However, you can also customize the parameters for your output files.
Click the drop-down list to select the format you want, and you can also click the box ”Audio only” to only extract audio.
When all these steps have done, click “Start”, This tool will remove DRm protection for iTunes and you get what you want.
Note: If you convert iTunes DRM protected file, please pay attention to the notice below
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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.
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