is it easy to convert video bought from itunes to MPEG?

[buzzinhornets]

i was thinking of buying a hard to find video from itunes... i guess it would be h264 or x264 or mp4 or whatever they use. in the past, when i ran into this format, it hasn't been the easiest to convert to VCD or DVD. anyone know if itunes videos have digital rights mgmt or are difficult to convert?

thanx

[canadateck]

Yes Difficult, They have DRM, Best way would be to Play the Video Out to a Recorder.

[Baldrick]

search! https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=301520&highlight=itunes

[Keitho]

What I've done is burn it to a CDRW as an audio CD, then rip that to MP3 with CDEX.

[Baldrick]

you can't burn the video to an audio cd...

[Keitho]

Boy, do I feel sheepish! And I thought I was an educated guy....

[buzzinhornets]

related to this... i just tried to buy tv shows from itunes... by i live in canada and my credit card is canadian, so it say change country to canada... when i do, there are no tv shows available... does this mean that i can't buy tv shows unless i'm a u.s. citizen with a u.s. credit card????

[guns1inger]

Pretty much.

[oldandinthe way]

Why would anyone want to view an itunes image anywhere other than an iPOD?

Put that low-res image on anything but a tiny screen and you can see it for what it is - CRAP.

Have to admit I never saw any use for those tiny quicktime images either.

[Ai Haibara]

Eh. My sister's bought some videos from iTunes (primarily for her iPod), and from what I've seen in passing, they actually do look decent when she watches them full-screen in iTunes (and she's using a monitor with a resolution somewhere well over 1024x768 (I just don't remember what resolution it is -_-).)

[jonas more]

Put that low-res image on anything but a tiny screen and you can see it for what it is - CRAP.

Just out of curiosity I downloaded the trial version of Replay Screencast and gave it a try with some iTunes video I bought a while back. I recorded one minute (the max in the trial version) of the pilot episode of Night Stalker and converted it to VCD with Nero.

I was expecting crappy results too but came away pretty impressed.

I HATE buying software (I had rather go through 3-4 freeware programs to get the same results as a 'one click' program I have to pay for) but this time I made an exception and bought the program.

I have recorded several DRM videos, converted them to VCD, SVCD or DVD with Nero and so far I've been satisfied with the results.