How to Convert iTunes .M4V Videos to .WMV with Ease

M4V is a widely-used video format on Mac platform. It is used to encode movies, TV series, music videos, etc. in iTunes. As Apple rushes to be popular, many people may happily enjoy videos downloaded from iTunes Store. But what if you want to share DRM .M4V videos with friends whose Windows PCs have no iTunes? Or you want to enjoy flexible playback on Windows Media Video that doesn't support M4V? The best answer is to convert M4V to WMV videos. Here we will illustrate you the solution from two parts.

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1. What is the Difference between .M4V and .WMV

WMV, Windows Media Video, is a video compression format developed by Microsoft; and M4V file format developed by Apple is generally used on iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc. The main difference between them is that M4V videos are protected by copy protection while WMV is not. It means M4V can't be read properly on non-Apple video player, but WMV is friendly to most of video players.

2. How to Convert DRM-protected .M4V to .WMV video

Converting videos from M4V to WMV, you can continue enjoying your purchased or rented videos from iTunes Store on other non-Apple portable devices, such as Android phones or tablets. And M4V converter software can make the conversion quite easy.

Here I'm glad that I have the honor to introduce you a great video converter - M4V Converter Genius. It supports to convert iTunes M4V files to WMV as well as other common videos formats, such as AVI, DV, MP4, MOV, VOB, etc. Below is the detailed tutorial on converting iTunes M4V video to WMV.

Two versions (Windows and Mac) are available to convert DRM M4V to WMV video on Mac and Windows.

• Download and install M4V Converter Genius on your PC with iTunes M4V videos.
• Load .M4V files to M4V Converter Genius
  
  After running this program, click Add button on the top to load wanted M4V videos, or you can immediately drag videos from iTunes to the main interface.
  
  
• Select WMV as the output format
  
  After loading videos, they will be listed on the main interface. You can set some customized settings, such as trim, rename, adjust the volume, delete, etc. Now go to "Video" category to select WMV as converted format.
  
  
• Specify an output folder for converted .M4V videos
  
  Either the default folder "C:\Documents\Adoreshare" or others is ok. If you have more than one M4V video to convert, you can optionally turn on the Merge switch.
  
  
• Start converting
  
  Click Convert button to start the conversion from DRM M4V to WMV. Then you can see the progress bar, during which you can cancel the conversion if there is something wrong.
  
  

Just four steps! M4V Converter Genius provides you impressive experience in converting iTunes M4V files to WMV in Windows and Mac OS X

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