How to Convert and Import DRM-Protected M4V to Final Cut Pro for Editing

Final Cut Pro is a piece of very powerful video editing software developed by Apple Inc. If you want to edit protected .M4V videos in Final Cut Pro, you need to remove DRM protection and convert .M4V to Final Cut Pro supported video formats.

1. What Video Formats does Final Cut Pro Support?

The commonest video formats that can be recognized by Final Cut Pro consist of MOV, MP4, DV, and even unprotected M4V. You can edit any videos in these formats with this video editing tool.

2. How to Convert DRM M4V to Final Cut Pro Supported Video Formats?

As M4V videos purchased or rented from iTunes are DRM-protected, you can't transfer them to edit in Final Cut Pro without converting their formats or removing DRM protection. To achieve this, you will need the help of third-party M4V to Final Cut Pro video converter software. You can follow my recommendation to try M4V Converter Genius. It is a professional program to remove iTunes DRM protection and convert protected M4V to Final Cut Pro readable video formats, such as .MP4, .DV, .MOV, unprotected .M4V, etc. Windows and Mac versions are available for M4V Converter Genius, which means you can convert .M4V videos to Final Cut Pro formats both on Windows (including Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista) and on Mac (including Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7).

Now we take Windows version of M4V Converter Genius as an example to explain how to import DRM-protected M4V videos into Final Cut Pro (the tutorial below is suitable to Mac version as well).

• Download the free trial version of M4V Converter Genius for Windows and install it on your PC.
  
  

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• Load .M4V video files into M4V Converter Genius. This step can be finished in two ways: Click Add button and choose wanted M4V videos from those that are detected by the program automatically; or drag wanted video files from iTunes library.
  
  
• Select format. There are 6 categories available at the bottom of the software's main interface: Recent, Devices, Video, Web share, HD & 3D, Audio. You can select one format from MP4, DV, MOV, M4V (unprotected) to transfer DRM M4V to. These video formats are located in "Video" and "HD & 3D" categories.
  
  
• Specify output folder. There is a default output folder available. You can save converted videos in it, or specify another one that you like.
  
  
• When all steps above are finished, you can hit Convert button at right bottom to complete the whole procedure of importing M4V videos to edit in Final Cut Pro.
  
  

The tutorial on how to import DRM-protected M4V videos into Final Cut Pro has been finished by now.

Additional Tutorial on Uploading Videos to Final Cut Pro

After removing iTunes DRM and converting M4V videos to Final Cut Pro recognized video formats, you can launch Final Cut Pro and upload converted videos to it for editing.

• Launch Final Cut Pro on Mac.
• (If the converted videos are located in Windows computer, you need to move them to Mac at first) Click "File" option at top left corner, and then "Import" and "Media", and choose videos that you want to edit to upload.
  
  
• After importing videos into Final Cut Pro, you can edit them according your need, including standard ripple, roll, slip, slide, scrub, razor blade and time remapping edit.
  
  

We also have an article about transferring DRM M4V videos into iMovie, another important video editing tool developed by Apple. If you this kind of need, you can turn to "How to Convert and Import M4V to iMovie" for more information.

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