How to Play iTunes Videos with Windows Media Player

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on September 01, 2021

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Some errors have occurred if you want to play iTunes videos on Windows Media Player. When the user tries to open the downloaded iTunes video on Windows Media Player, you may receive a error message "Windows can’t open this file". How did it happen? Windows Media Player, WMP is the most commonly used media player for Windows users. WMP is mainly used to play digital media files, organize digital media collections, burn CDs of your favorite music, copy music from CDs, and synchronize digital media files to portable devices. It supports many video and audio formats, including WMV, MP4, AVI, ASF, etc., but M4V is outside the list.

Why can't you play iTunes video with Windows Media Player?

The iTunes TV shows, movies and music videos you bought or rented from the iTunes Store are all DRM protected and encoded as M4V files. Apple’s FairPlay DRM protection prevents media content from being played on devices not authorized by Apple, such as Android tablets, Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player, etc. This is why you can open M4V videos on Apple iTunes/Apple QuickTime Player but you cannot play iTunes videos in Windows Media Player. In order to make it playable on Windows Media Player, the best way is to remove DRM from iTunes M4V video and convert the video file to WMP compatible formats such as WMV, AVI, MP4, etc. After conversion, you can play iTunes videos and movies freely.

How to convert iTunes videos to Windows Media Player

UkeySoft M4V Converter is your savior to free DRM from iTunes videos. It applies to iTunes movies, music videos, TV shows, etc. UkeySoft M4V Converter fully helps you convert DRM-ed iTune video to Windows Media Player friendly formats, such as WMV, AVI, MPEG, etc., and then use Windows Media Player to play the converted M4V video on your computer for free. Remember, this tool supports batch conversion and the conversion speed is up to 30X. If you are worried about the quality of the converted video, I have to tell you that your worry is superfluous, it converts iTunes video losslessly and keeps all AC3 Dolby 5.1 audio, AD, audio tracks, subtitles and closed captions in the output video file.

From now on, your iTunes videos can no longer be recognized only by Apple devices (such as iPhone, iTunes, Apple TV, etc.), you can break the 24-hour rental limit and transfer iTunes videos to any device for playback and keep them forever.

Key Features of UkeySoft M4V Converter

• Remove DRM from iTunes videos.
• Convert iTunes music videos, movies, TV shows from DRM-ed M4V to MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MPG, etc.
• 30X faster conversion speed.
• Keep all subtitles and 5.1 audio track.
• Keep lossless video quality.
• Break the 24-hour limit of iTunes rental.
• Keep downloaded iTunes videos forever.
• Make iTunes videos playable on Samsung Galaxy Series, Android TV, Amazon Kindle Fire, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Google Nexus, Windows Phone 8, etc.
• Compatible with Windows 10/8/7X; Mac OS 10.12；iTunes iTunes 12.10.1.4.

Tutorial: How to Convert iTunes Videos to Windows Media Player

Step 1. Open UkeySoft M4V Converter
First of all, download the iTunes videos to your iTunes library. Then open UkeySoft M4V Converter on your Mac or Windows computer after installation and iTunes app would also be launched automatically. UkeySoft provides the free trial version and allows you to convert each iTunes videos for 5 minutes for free.

Step 2. Add iTunes Videos
As you can see, UkeySoft M4V Converter can automatically load the content in the iTunes library. To add iTunes video, you just need to click "Add Files" and then select iTunes videos you want to convert to MP4, WAV, etc. The software supports batch conversion, you can select multiple video files at once.

Then Click on "Add" on the bottom right to proceed.

Step 3. Choose Output Audio Tracks and Subtitles
The default output format for your iTunes video is MP4. Click on the gear icon and you can select to preserve your desired audio tracks and subtitles.

Step 4. Convert iTunes Videos to MP4
Click on Convert button to start removing DRM from iTunes M4V videos.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate your DRM-free iTunes videos or you can click on History button to find the converted iTunes video files.

Step 5. Transfer Converted iTunes Videos to Windows Media Player

Once done, you can directly transfer and play the converted DRM-free M4P video files on Windows Media Player for enjoying: Launch Windos Media Player, drag the converted M4V videos to the player and play them.

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

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