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iTunes is an online media store of Apple Company, as you might know most of iTunes Movie Music has DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection which attempts to control use of digital media by preventing access. iTunes DRM movies are .m4v formats (m4v movie format is a standard file format for videos for iPod, iPhone, iPad developed by Apple), iTunes music is in M4A, AAC format.
So if you want to play iTunes music movie on HTC smart phones with freedom, a third party DRM removal software is necessary to strip DRM license from movie music, convert iTunes movie to HTC MP4, convert iTunes music to MP3.
M4V Converter is the ideal choice to transfer iTunes movie & music to HTC smart phone, as it can:
1. Remove DRM Protection from iTunes M4V, WMV, AAC, M4A, M4P
2.Convert iTunes DRM protected M4v to Mp4 and Convert M4A M4P AAC Music to HTC Droid Incredible Compatible formats MP4 AVI MP3 with best quality.
How to convert iTunes Music Movie on HTC with DRM Media Converter?
Here a tutorial shows you how to convert iTunes music video on Hero, Droid Eris,HTC Touch HD, Touch Pro2, T-mobile G1, Touch 3G,Magic, Dream, etc, make HTC phone a powerful integrated media player.
Step 1. Launch iTunes Music Movie files
Free download m4v converter, run it. And click" Add" button to import Protected M4V, WMV, AAC, M4A, M4P movie music files.

Step 2. Set output formats for HTC 3GP, MP4, WMV, MP3
Since HTC Touch phones play movie video of MP4, 3GP, click 'settings' to go to the output reference settings board showing like the picture bellow:
Click "Format Preset" to choose output format for your movie video, (generally MP4 is preferable with better picture quality), then the Bit Rate, Resolution, Aspect Ratio, and Frame Rate as well for output file quality and size. (You also click "default" to get the default Settings).
Tips: If you load audio files, click "Audio files to" to convert your AAC, M4A, M4P music files to mp3 formats.
Step 3. Convert and Transfer iTunes music movies to HTC
After setting formats, click 'start' button lower-right on the main window to start the conversion. Connect your HTC phone with PC through the USB cable, (external memory card works the same if you have), then you transfer iTunes media to HTC without limitation.
Now everything is finished, just enjoy your music and movies on HTC Droid, HTC Hero. And share the wonderful music and movie with your friends and family.

Apple is now promoting its AAC music pricing at 3 leyers across the board by encouraging consumer to upgrade to iTunes Plus for DRM-free, although Apple listed various advantage of music in AAC over MP3, people keep looking for "AAC to MP3 converter" to convert AAC to MP3/WMA, why?

Why Convert Protected AAC to MP3 / WMA?

(1). iTunes AAC music has two types --- DRM protected AAC (with .m4p file name); Non-DRM AAC (with .m4a file name).
(2). For Non-DRM AAC (M4A) music, most of the popular digital devices can't play them, for example, if you have iriver and want enjoy iTunes M4A music on it, sorry, no luck!
(3). For DRM protected AAC (M4P) songs, only Apple's ipod, iPhone are authorized to play them, of course, with limited number of iPod players and computers to which to transfer.
(4). MP3 and WMA are the most popular audio formats for most of the digital players including PSP, PS3, Zune, Xbox 360, creative Zen, Archos, Iriver, Blackberry, Samsung, Sonywalkman, HTC, Sansa, Cowon etc.

Converting protected AAC to MP3/WMA needs a all-round application that can remove DRM and convert AAC to MP3 both.

Why Choose DRM Music Converter to convert Protected AAC to MP3 / WMA?

DRM Music Converter can:
(1). Remove DRM from online stores like iTunes, Zune Marketplace, Napster, Rhapsody etc.
(2). Support input audio formats: protected AAC (M4P), protected WMA, M4A, MP3, AC3, OGG, APE, WAV, MKA.
video formats: M4V (protected MP4), protected WMV, protected ASF.
(3). Support output audio formats: WMA, M4A, MP3, AC3, OGG, APE, WAV, MKA.

Then you can:
(1). Convert AAC to MP3, WMA, M4A, AC3, OGG, APE, WAV, MKA;
Convert AAC (M4A) music to MP3, WMA, AC3, OGG, APE, WAV, MKA;
Convert protected WMA to MP3, M4A, WMA, AC3, OGG, APE, WAV, MKA;
Convert protected M4V / WMV / ASF video to MP3, M4A, WMA, AC3, OGG, APE, WAV, MKA.
(2). Transfer iTunes music on non-Apple AAC-compatible digital players; Play protected WMA at will.
(3). Play and share music in whatever format on whatever player you l

How to Convert Protected AAC to MP3 / WMA?

1. Free download Aimersoft Music Converter and run it, then add your protected files:



2. Settings for converting AAC to MP3:



3. When go through the first 2 steps, hit 'start' button lower-righted on the main window, converting AAC to MP3 will be soon done, then you can freely enjoy or share iTunes AAC music on your digital palyers!

You may have some music on Windows Media Player, and you want to add them into iTunes library for your new iPod or iPhone. Or you may want to move your iTunes bought music to Windows Media Player for portable devices such as Zen, Zune, Phone, Sansa, Archos, MP3/MP4 Player, etc. It’s easy to do that. And this guide will show the steps to do the job.

Part1. Transfer Windows Media Player music to iTunes

Step1. Open iTunes and select the File -- Add Folder to Library menu.

Step2. Browse to your Windows Media Player music folder. iTunes will ask you where your songs are located, which by default will be in your My Music folder on Windows XP, or in your Music folder on Vista.

Step3. Convert Windows Media Player songs to AAC format (.m4a). If you have files in WMA format, you will be prompted to convert those WMA files to AAC. This is a necessary step if you want those tracks available to play on your iPod or iPhone. If you have a large music library in WMA format, converting WMA to AAC may take a long time. Plan to do this at a time when you can leave your computer on and walk away to do something else for awhile. You can also import your WMA files as MP3 instead, which also allows them to work with your iPod, but makes them more portable if you buy something else in the future.

iTunes doesn't modify your original music files from Windows Media Player. It leaves those songs in their original location and makes copies in your iTunes music folder.


Part2. Transfer iTunes music to Windows Media Player

Because iTunes music has DRM protection, you can't easily import the music into Windows Media Player by drag and drop. There are two ways to transfer protected music from iTunes to Windows Media Player.

Method1. You can use iTunes to burn the music to a blank CD at first, then use Windows Media Player to rip the music CD, the DRM protection will be remove during the ripping process, then you can rip the CD into WMP library. This way is good for tranferring a few music. For large mount of music, it would take a really long time to transfer music.

Method2. If you don't have blank CD disk or you have many iTunes music need to transferred to windows media player. You can use DRM Media Converter. It can legally convert the protected iTunes music to non-protected MP3 music, then you can easily drag and drop the MP3 music into Windows Media Player.

Step1. Download and install the DRM Media Converter , the file size is about 7 MB. I have scaned it with Norton Virus protector and AVG spayware protector, it's safe without any warning.

Step2. Run the DRM Media Converter, Click Add to import iTunes music, which by default will be in My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music .Or you can run iTunes, click Edit -- Advanced Tab, there you will see where your iTunes media folder location.

Step3. Set the output audio format as "MP3 - MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)"

Step4. Click Start to run the conversion, it will take a little bit time to finish the job, then click Browse to located your converted mp3 files, drag them into Windows Media Player, done.

Many people get videos that download from the internet or received from friends. However, those videos are playable on PC but not iPhone/iPod. Why? iPhone/iPod supports following video and audio formats:
H.264, MPEG-4 in .mp4, .mov, .m4v formats, and MP3, protected AAC, AAC, Audible, Apple lossless in .aac, .mp3, .m4a files.

If you have a video that is not one of video formats above, then you can't watch it on your iPhone/iPod.

So, how to watch any videos on your iPhone/iPod? Normally, people try to get a video converter for iPhone/iPod and convert videos to iPhone/iPod supported video formats then synchronizing videos to iPhone/iPod with iTunes.

But it will be great if there is iPhone/iPod transfer that can transfer any videos to iPhone/iPod and make these playable on iPhone/iPod. No doubt, Wondershare iPhone Transfer can convert video and transfer video and music between iPhone/iPod without iTunes. Let's talk little more about it.

Wondershare iPhone Transfer features a simple and straightforward interface. It's a really useful tool for both iPhone and iPod users. You can transfer music to PC and transfer any video to iPhone/iPod without iTunes, as easy as drag files between two folders.


It allowes you to create/delete playlists on iPhone/iPod directly. User aslo can backup all ablums as a zipped file on PC for later restore.

The latest Wondershare iPhone Transfer supports iPod Nano 5G, iPod Touch3G and iPhone OS 3.1

It's also possible to download the Wondershare iPhone Transfer trial version, to try your first 100 files transfer for totally FREE.