A normal video converter can perform tasks like video conversion, cropping, resizing, trimming etc. But when it comes to a movie or a TV Show purchased and downloaded from iTunes, you can’t play it on other handheld devices. iTunes adds DRM protection to purchased videos and movies, TV Shows to disable playing on other devices.
It is worth mentioning here that such issues can be quite frustrating for people who might have multiple handheld devices and unable to play purchased videos, especially from iTunes. But one particular kind of application that we were yet to come across as a video converter along with DRM protection remover until we came across Adoreshare M4V Converter Genius.
Adoreshare M4V Converter Genius Review
What is Adoreshare M4V Converter Genius?
M4V Converter Genius is a popular video conversion and DRM remover program from Adoreshare. The program is specially built to directly access your purchases from the iTunes store.
How it works?
Downloading the program is fairly quick and hassle-free. Go to the official website download and install the program on your machine. Over on Windows, you’ll find support for XP, Vista, 7, 8 and even in Windows 8.1.
To start with, open the program and click on the “Add” tab placed on the top of the user interface. From there, choose the file from which you want to remove the DRM. You’ll be able to see all movies and TV shows and even Genius Playlist data from your iTunes Library automatically. If your collection is too large to find a particular video you can use the search box. Or you can drag and drop the files directly from iTunes.
After selecting the file now it is the time to choose the output format. Here the program excels in providing an easy way to select the desired format. Under the convert scroller, you’ll find Recent, Devices, Video, Webshare, HD and 3D and Audio formats list. Clicking on each category show the list of subcategory options. For example, when you click on Web Share, it shows the list of Web-optimized formats like F4V, Facebook, FLV, SWF, Vimeo, and YouTube.
The program is optimized to convert videos easily to popular devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Samsung, Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry, Motorola, MP3 Players, MP4 Players. If you want to strip music from downloaded videos, you can extract audio files from videos and output them in various audio formats like MP3, M4A, AAC, AC3, M4R, etc.
By default, all converted videos are saved in a folder named “Adoreshare” in the Documents folder. If you want the custom location of your choice by clicking the browse button. The program also supports the merge function, which converts multiple videos simultaneously.
After customizing all the settings click on the “Convert” tab at the right side bottom of the program. Depending upon the number of files and size the program takes some time to convert and removes DRM. After converting, prompt “converting finished” appears on the screen.
Features
- 1 click to remove DRM protection from purchased or rental iTunes Movie, TV Shows, Music Videos.
- Enjoy iTunes M4V videos anywhere on any devices without DRM limitation.
- Standard videos：3GP-2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DIVX, DV, DVD-Video, MP4, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VOB, WEBM, WMV, XVID, M4V (unprotected)
- HD & 3D: HD WMV, HD MOV, HD MKV, HD MP4, HD MPG, TRP, TS, AVCHD
- Online videos: F4V, FLV, SWF, Facebook videos, Vimeo videos, YouTube videos
- Extract audios from M4V videos and save in any audio formats: AAC, AC3, AIFF, FLAC, M4A, M4B, M4R, MKA, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA
- Supports to convert M4V videos in bulk and provides “Merge” button to save all converted videos in a video file.
- Simple 3 steps to convert: add M4V videos files > select format to convert > convert.
Verdict
Overall, Adoreshare M4V Converter Genius is an excellent application that makes video conversion and DRM removing process a breeze for both novices and advanced users. The program is available in both free and premium versions and works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Both 32-bit and 64-bit OS editions are supported.