Convert iTunes movies to DVD

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Convert iTunes movies to DVD

I have purchased several movies from iTunes. Since most of the times these movies are played on my APPLETV. However from time to time the children want to watch the movies in their room. I can not find any menu option that will allow me to burn purchased movies to a DVD.

Please explain how to do this?

Noppie

iMac G5 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.3), iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch and APPLETV

Posted on Jan 16, 2011 10:15 AM

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Answer 1

TCC Bob

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Jan 16, 2011 3:55 PM in response to miniman

iTunes will fail for this reason alone. As users massive video collections of purchased content overwhelm their HDD. They will cease to continue purchasing vs. pay for online storage or local backup. Apple must change it's model or fail.

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Azzajoke

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Jan 17, 2017 11:47 PM in response to Niel

I want to screen record some video of a movie that I bought on iTunes as I want to do an in-depth analysis of said movie for my youtube channel, but I cannot find anyway to record the screen whilst the movie is playing and I only want to cut the movie up so that I can upload it under fair use. Can anyone help me record or cut iTunes movies so I can have both audio and visuals? If you can only manage visuals it is fine. But if there is no other way can you please tell me a way to get the footage from somewhere else?

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Azzajoke

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Jan 17, 2017 11:49 PM in response to Chris CA

I want to screen record some video of a movie that I bought on iTunes as I want to do an in-depth analysis of said movie for my youtube channel, but I cannot find anyway to record the screen whilst the movie is playing and I only want to cut the movie up so that I can upload it under fair use. Can anyone help me record or cut iTunes movies so I can have both audio and visuals? If you can only manage visuals it is fine. But if there is no other way can you please tell me a way to get the footage from somewhere else?

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Niel

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Jan 16, 2011 10:20 AM in response to Noppie

No method is available for movies which contain DRM. If a movie doesn't, you need to use a dedicated video DVD creation application and not iTunes.

DVDs created in iTunes are for backup or transport only and aren't usable on standalone players.

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roaminggnome

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Jan 16, 2011 2:14 PM in response to Noppie

"You shall not be entitled to burn video Products"

itunes store terms of service

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miniman

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Jan 16, 2011 3:06 PM in response to roaminggnome

Yup, so they say.

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roaminggnome

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Jan 16, 2011 3:59 PM in response to TCC Bob

Yeah. Obviously Apple is on the brink of total failure.

Are you joking?

You can backup your movies to dvds as well.

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Answer 8

Jan 16, 2011 5:04 PM in response to TCC Bob

TCC Bob wrote:
iTunes will fail for this reason alone. As users massive video collections of purchased content overwhelm their HDD. They will cease to continue purchasing vs. pay for online storage or local backup. Apple must change it's model or fail.

When a 2 terabyte drive is less than $100 (just bought a second one yesterday), this is not the problem you seem to think.

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Feb 6, 2011 8:46 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

What about the claims of of some of these software companies being able to remove the DRM? I purchased the movie, I should be able to burn it to a DVD and watch it on any TV I choose. I buy music downloads from ITunes, and can burn them, why not movies??

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Feb 6, 2011 12:22 PM in response to Mark Betournay

Mark Betournay wrote:
What about the claims of of some of these software companies being able to remove the DRM?

If I recall, most of the U.S. based companies have been slapped down by the courts.

I purchased the movie, I should be able to burn it to a DVD and watch it on any TV I choose.

No, you didn't. You bought a license for certain types of use of the content. You did not buy a license to burn the movie to DVD. If you had purchased a DVD of the movie, the reverse would be true. You would not have purchased the right to rip the movie to digital format. Some DVDs, which generally cost more, come with an additional license to download the digital content.

I buy music downloads from ITunes, and can burn them, why not movies??

Two entirely different industries. Music went digital quite a while before video and the content providers were caught unawares. It's a pretty safe bet that, if they could, the music producers would prevent you from doing a lot of things.

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Answer 11

Feb 7, 2011 7:10 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Ten bucks is ten bucks. I will not make the same mistake twice! I paid for the "certain types of use", which SHOULD include being able to watch the movie on my big screen TV or anywhere else as far as that goes! iTunes, you screw me once, shame on you, screw me twice, shame on me!! Won't happen again.

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Feb 7, 2011 7:55 AM in response to Mark Betournay

As far as I know, no seller of digital movies allows what you want. And, just because you want it, doesn't mean that anyone is under any obligation to provide it to you.

I easily and legally watch all of my iTunes movie and television purchase on my big screen TV, along with YouTube and Netflix Streaming. However, as you're no longer going to purchase from Apple, I doubt you've any interest in an Apple TV.

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Feb 7, 2011 8:42 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Why pay $300.00 for an Apple TV, just to watch an iTunes movie, when I have a perfectly good HD TV already? What I will continue to do is, buy a DVD movie for $15.00 from Walmart and watch it when and where and on what I choose. To heck with iTunes. I will however continue to buy my music from iTunes and burn my CD's, until they screw that up too.

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varjak paw

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Feb 7, 2011 9:01 AM in response to Mark Betournay

What about the claims of of some of these software companies being able to remove the DRM?

Meg was correct; the companies that attempted to do this legally were sued by the content owners and lost, so they were forced to take the products off of the market.

As to burning movies purchased from the iTunes Store to video DVD, as has been said, it's not by Apple's choice. The content owners will not allow Apple to make that feature available to you. If you need your movies and shows available on a standard TV and cannot or don't want to connect your computer to the TV, by all means buy your content on DVD. The record companies, by the way, tried to incorporate copy protection on CDs, and they still would like to, but it failed so miserably that they've for now at least abandoned the idea. But it could come back, and if it does, Apple won't have any choice but to abide by the law in those cases as well.

BTW, the current Apple TV is $99 US.

Regards.

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Chris CA

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Feb 7, 2011 9:37 AM in response to Mark Betournay

Why pay $300.00 for an Apple TV, just to watch an iTunes movie, when I have a perfectly good HD TV already?

An AppleTV ($99, not $300) is a network device to send movies/music from your computer or the internet to a television.
It is not a television screen.

And you cannot make DVDs for the same reason you cannot purchase a book, slap a new cover on it with your name and sell it.
Copyright law.

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