ITunes Movie DVD's

I've downloaded movies from iTunes to watch over the holidays. I'm told when I burn them to DVD they cannot be played on an external DVD player. Is that true?

This is totally unacceptable. I can burn iTunes music to CD, I have a right to expect the same behavior from iTunes video.
iTunes TV content was just released in Canada last week. I immediately bought the full NHL classic games set, for which I had literally no other desire besides buring them to DVD. I have no interest in watching TV on my Mac or on my iPod, nor do I have any intention to buy an TV just to watch the occassional download. What I require, is to burn these files to DVD to watch at my convenience. I wasn't just disappointed to discover that I couldn't burn these files to DVD, I was furious.
Think about it. The content people are getting without paying for it actually suits their needs, while that which they are paying for does not. What is the incentive for a paying customer to use the iTunes store for videos? I know I sure as heck will not be buying another TV/Movie file from the iTunes store until I am able to burn them to DVD.

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ITunes movies DVD-able?

Does anybody know if I can burn a iTunes downloaded movie onto a DVD disk? And if so, what kind of disk does it take?

ArtemisJennings,
Welcome to Discussions.
Unfortunately, purchased movies cannot be burned on a DVD to use them in a DVD-player.
You can only burn them on Data CD/DVD for backup.
This is what the iTunes Store - Terms of Service say about that (chapter 9b):
"You shall be entitled to export, burn (if applicable) or copy Products solely for personal, noncommercial use. You shall not be entitled to burn Video Products."
M
17' iMac 800 MHz, 768 MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner Mac OS X (10.4.8) iTunes 7.0.2

HOW TO BURN ITUNE MOVIES TO DVD

i bought itune movies for my kids, i tried to burn them on dvd but they would not play in the car when we go for a road trip. Can anyone help me?

You cannot do this. You can make a backup copy to data dvd, but you CANNOT burn to a dsik that you can watch in a DVD player.
From the itunes store terms of service.
"You shall not be entitled to burn video iTunes Products"
http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#GIFTS
Sorry

Is is possible to convert the movies purchased on itunes to DVD?

Is is possible to convert the movies purchased on itunes to DVD? (In other words you would be burning the movie or tv shows to a blank DVD).

You can store just what you want on the external. Just set up folders for what you want. I have a music folder, movies and TV shows, and pictures folders. I also have mine partitioned for OSX and Windows. I have a few files I need if I am running on windows so I keep them on the windows side. I always keep a back up of my documents and a few other files it is a pain to download on the external.
You can also copy every folder and file on your machine to the external if it is big enough. This is a true copy not a back up file generated by a back up program. I like to do this if I get adventuresome and plan to do some major experimenting with my software. Saves having to reload everything if it crashes.
TTFN
Doc

Importing movie dvds into my iphone through itunes

i have many movie dvds i would like to import into my iphone through itunes, can someone help me out with how to do this?

its not illegal to make a backup of your dvd
if that were the case than you would not be able to buy software which specifically does this.
there are dozens of app that help you create an iphone or idevice friendly version of your movie.
dvdxxx is a good one
xilxxx dvd to iphone is another good.
plus you can download app that decrypt the movie to your hdd than ya can use handbrake
making compatible formats for your own playback on your devices is 100% legal.
the problem is, apple, wants to you to buy that movie again via their itunes movie store.
its rubbish if you think about it,. they offer itunes match, which will make your music u bought at a store, match it, put it online and if it was ripped at low bitrate upgrade it
but they dont offer this for movies
so in reality its a hypocrisy. they offer for music but not for movies.
its not against the law to rip your music, which is same as ripping movie to hdd.
so if ripping music to hdd and then using itunes match to make it available online, would that not be illegal too? since you had to rip the music from a cdrom to put it on your hdd?

Burning Itunes movie to a black DVD

Anyone know how to do this? I can only figure out how to make a data DVD for back up.

You can only back up your iTunes moves to DVD. You can't use iTunes to make a DVD of the movies to play on regular players.

Salient diffs, DVD Movie vs. iTunes Movie

I've got a 40" HDTV with a couple of HDMI inputs and a 5.1 surround sound system with an optical input. Great for watching DVD movies. But I'm more than a little confused by the tech specs for iTunes movies and AppleTV. Can someone who knows tell me in plain language how the viewer experience will differ between say, watching a DVD from Netflix and buying a movie from iTunes and streaming it to my HDTV/5.1 sound system? I imagine I'm not the only one who will be interested in an informed answer. Thanks.
MacBook, Dual 1.8 GHz G5, Video iPod Mac OS X (10.4.9)

OK, so I think we're both saying the same thing here, that the image height of the movie is less than 480 pixels, and thus less than DVD quality. And in the case of 2.35:1 movies, significantly less. I suppose that when you add compression artifacts on top of that, you're really taking about substantial degradation.
At the risk of splitting semantic hairs, I'm not sure I'd agree with substantial degradation.
Provided the compression tools are up to snuff, live-action 1.78:1 material works quite well in h.264 for iPod form when compared to MPEG-2 for DVD. Animation (be it CGI or 2D) is much tougher because compression algorithms have the most trouble with high-contrast edges (and that's all animation is, high-contrast edges). MPEG-2 for DVD has it easier with animation because DVDs can be interlaced, h.264, on the other hand, is progressive-only (and deinterlacing animation drops quality substantially)
Anyway, I believe Apple is being truthful when they advertise it as 'near-DVD quality.' (however dubious a notion that might be

Can iTunes change DVD's into a .mov format ?

So can iTunes change the format of a DVD into the format it needs to be put onto the video iPod cause this kid at my school says you can...But I put a DVD in and tried to import it and everything and nothing happened so am I doing something wrong or can iTunes convert DVD's to the iPod format?
Thanks

Yea I figured you couldnt but maybe so I asked...So just google it for what I already have 2 converters but one has a watermake that says "Trial Version" and the other one only converts 5min of the DVD and that Videora has to install online and keeps saying "Server Timed Out" and then I have to restart the installation process for it. So what should I google?

Can't add artwork to itunes movies

Hi,
I am using Video Converter Ultimate to load my dvd collection in iTunes movies. The converter output is .m4v file. When I add artwork to the "Artwork" tab of the Get Info box It will add but then I get a spinning colored ball and I must force quit iTunes. When I reopen the move in iTunes the movie will not play. The move is there but when playing the movie it is black (no video will play). Any suggestions?
Thank you
VPH

The Movies are M2V formated, and have AC3 Audio (Have an AC3 Plugin' and Have Apples MPEG 2 component). So please can anyone help me get Artwork to my Movie in iTunes?
Sorry to say, it is not possible in this case. The ability to add/contain graphic "artwork" in iTunes is a property of the file container here. M4V and MP4 containers, for instance, can contain one such independent graphic. On the other hand, an MOV (assume you saved your M2V/AC3 data as an MOV) file cannot. On the other hand, your MOV file can have a "poster frame." If you are not a "purist," you can get around this problem by simply adding/drag 'n dropping your graphic to an appropriate point in your MOV file (I would recommend the end of the file), setting it as your "poster frame," and saving the file. In iTunes, this "poster frame" will now show up in your "artwork" display locations. (PS -- this is on a separate track as you attempted to do. In QT Pro, pre-position playhead to end of file and add JPEG track last so its layer is above main movie layer.)

HT204291 Showing checked screen when mirroring hd itunes movies from macbook to tv?

Showing checked screen when mirroring hd itunes movies from macbook to tv?

it's dvd's DRM encryption kicking in
it's by design if you use remote desktop from another computer to the computer
the same thing would happen
people say that the free player vlc don't have the issue
if that is the case then vlc are breaking the law as stripping a dvd's movie stream of encryption is not really legal

IMac 2008 OS10.9.1 external dvd won't play movie DVD's

iMac 2008 OS10.9.1 external dvd won't play movie DVD's. Other DVD/CD's are recognized.
My internal DVD/CD p-layer/burner stopped working 3 years ago like many other iMacs did.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is all red because I am ******!

I have discovered, no thanks to Samsung techs, what the problem is, and it might be revealing for others, as well. It seems that DVD Player, which is the app Apple provides in OS x for (naturally) playing videos, doesn't work with external drives if the computer has an internal drive – even when, as in my case, the internal drive is dead.
I have learned, however, of the existence of a couple of alternative, free applications that run video and audio disks with external optical drives, and one of them, at least (VLC), seems to be widely acclaimed. Does anyone know whether bypassing DVD Player could be a bad idea? There were some gripes from one or two reviewers about awkwardness with playing audio DVDs with iTunes, but I'm not sure what they meant when they said that you have to click on individual items in a selection. Would that mean, for example, having to click on each movement of a Mozart trio? That I couldn't play an entire album's contents of another kind of music without clicking on each song?
Getting the internal optical drive replaced would be prohibitive, even if the parts could be obtained, so I guess I'm stuck trying to deal with the external drive I have and finding the best replacement for DVD Player that I can find. The interesting thing is that the drive works beautifully with a MacBook Air I tried it with, so I guess that is because the Air doesn't have an internal drive?
Wouldn't you think that Samsung techs would know all this? The one I spoke to told me to make sure that my system preference for CDs and DVDs was set to open automatically with DVD Player and sent me all kinds of FAQs, plus a way to get an RMA number for a return. Not a word about difficulties with Macs having an existing internal drive. And all after spending a very long time talking with me about what was going on, what the error message was, and so on. I guess the message hasn't gotten to them.
I hope this information will be helpful to someone.

Watching iTunes Movies

I'm embarrassed to ask this, but...
I was browsing through the movies on iTunes and found one I wanted to buy. However, before I purchased it, I realized I don't know how I would actually watch the movie.
Can burn DVD's from iTunes movies? Or will I be limited to watching them on a computer or an iPod. Or, would I have to hook my computer up to my TV?
Sorry, if this is a dumb question, but I don't know where else to ask it.

I won't buy many movies on iTunes for that reason. You can only watch them on your iPod. I do like having some movies on my iPod. Another thing that the movies on iTunes don't have that the movies on a DVD have are the special features. So if I had my drothers I would like to get the package and the special features, but like I said it is neat to have a couple movies on your iPod.
I just purched the Cars movie. And am having problems with it. It appears that my iPod is trying to convert a Wide Screen Movie to Full Screen. So any writing is getting cut off and the movie is probably just being centered. I am unaware if I need to make this movie widescreen, I would prefer it full screen if I did not have these problems. I will contact iTunes support to figure this out...unless someone else has an answer.

IPhone restarting when watching Rented iTunes movies!

As the title of the thread says, my iPhone restarts whenever I try and watch Rented iTunes movies on it.
And it is just rented movies that cause the issue, if I rip a DVD and convert to iPhone friendly it plays all the way through quite happily. But with the rented ones, they play for about 7 mins before the iphone restarts.
Has anyone else had this problem?

have you taken any troubleshooting steps? (reset, restore, resync....etc).
mine was restarting itself randomly in ANY application. even after a restore (as a new phone), it did it as i was redoing all my settings. long story short, my phone was ultimately replaced by apple.

Increase volume of rented iTunes movies?

I have difficulty with the volume level being too low on rented iTunes movies. I have tried the following setups with my first generation iPad:
1) Apple HDMI adapter -> HDMI cable to Mitsubishi EW230U-ST projector; Creative T-40 speakers plugged into mini-stereo jack of projector; volume turned to max on all devices. This produces speaker volume that is not adequate for a large room.
2) Same as #1, but instead run the Creative speakers directly from the headphone jack of the iPad. Volume similarly inadequate.
3) Same as #1 or #2, but insert FiiO E5 Headphone Amplifier into mini-stereo chain going to Creative T-40 speakers. This produces adequate volume, though to my ears, the quality is diminished somewhat. I'm not fond on this approach, because the FiiO uses a built-in battery which might fail without warning during the showing of a movie.
What would be ideal would be a way to increase the volume going out the headphone jack of the iPad. I understand that this is deliberately limited to protect the hearing of those using headphones. Alternatively, increasing the volume going over HDMI would likely help - unless the projector's mini-stereo jack is similarly being limited for headphone reasons (less likely, since projectors are usually hooked to external speakers).
So ... is there any way to make the iPad output louder sound with rented movies? Jail-breaking solutions are probably not appropriate, as I don't want to risk my ATT unlimited data plan.
I should say that if I just play a DVD instead of using the iPad, the sound level from the DVD player's stereo jack is strong enough for the Creative T-40 speakers to rock the room.
If I could solve this problem, I would rent a lot more iTunes movies, as it is the easiest way to get a movie.

I followed your procedure and did some testing. By setting the volume slider to +100%, the movie was louder on my Mac.
I then transferred the movie to my iPad and took my equipment to the facility where I play movies. I didn't have a pristine rental copy to test against, so I used my own DVD copy of the movie. This is what I found:
A) The best and strongest sound was when the the T40 speakers were directly connected to the DVD player's RCA sound jacks and the video was coming thru the hdmi to the projector.
B) The worst (quietest) sound was when the speakers took their input from the mini-stereo jack of the projector, with the video and sound coming from the dvd player thru hdmi.
C) I compared this with the +100% sound-increased movie rental running on my iPad, with hdmi connection to the projector and sound coming from the mini-stereo jack of the projector to the T40 speakers. This was definitely much louder than "B" above. So I can safely say that the sound boost performed on the rental movie on my Mac did copy over to the iPad.
D) Unfortunately, even "C" above is not loud enough for this room. But if I added the FiiO amp to "C", then there was plenty of sound - though not as pleasant (or simple) as "A" above.
I wonder if there is some way to get more than the +100% sound boost in iTunes?
I think it is unfortunate that renting a digital movie is fraught with such difficulty. It should be possible to adjust the sound as needed - and preferably on the iPad! Otherwise, we are just going to keep renting DVDs.

Getting my movie dvd's onto my IPad.

I have a large movie DVD collection, and would like to view my favorites on my iPad. These are MY movies, and I want to take some with me in my travels on my iPad. Are there any ways to get the movies onto iTunes, and then to my iPad?
Help is appreciated.
Dan

I agree with you in principal, but commercial DVD's are encrypted in a way to prevent this kind of duplication - and a judge has recently ruled that you can not legally remove this kind of copyright protection, even if you only are doing it for personal viewing. Apple, the owner of this board, has forbidden the discussion of how break this law.
Handbrake is a free program that allows conversion of movie types of all forms ... And I will say that they offer an explanation of how one might be able to deal with any other "complications" you are facing.

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