Convert iTunes movies to DVD

If I buy a book, I can read it and then give it away to anyone I please. If I buy a CD, DVD, or Blueray, I can watch it in any home I wish and am not limited to just the electronic equipment in my home. After I listen to or watch of any of the above items, I can give it away to anyone I please when I am done with it. My children are now 13 and 18 and no longer watch the Disney movies they watched as children. I can now pass these movies on to younger family members who will continue to enjoy them. This is the expectation of most buyers.

I purchased HD quality TV series and movies from iTunes with the assumption that I would be able to use the products I purchased in a similar manner (burning to DVD as I have burned my music to CDs to play in my car that had no audio plug). I now know that is not possible and will not be purchasing videos from iTunes any longer. I have tried the option of plugging my laptop into my TV so that I can watch my purchases on my big screen TV, but the sound quality is CRAP! I cannot afford to purchase new equipment (such as an Apple TV for $99 or a new laptop with an HDMI plug) in order to achieve the quality that I have already paid for.

KDunnaway wrote:

I now know that is not possible and will not be purchasing videos from iTunes any longer.

You think it is only iTunes movie purchases you cannot burn to DVD?

Most likely there are no (legal) sources that allow you to burn movies to DVD.

I've got Toast 11, and it won't recognize the .m4v files. I tried changing the files to both .mp4 and .mp2 files, but Toast 11 still refused to make a movie DVD of the files. I've tried working in iMovie and iDVD as well. Maybe I'm not smart enough for the workaround, in fact, that's a good possibility. I just think it shouldn't be this hard to get content I paid for.

Duffining wrote:

Maybe I'm not smart enough for the workaround, in fact, that's a good possibility. I just think it shouldn't be this hard to get content I paid for.

There isn't a legal work around to burn the content to DVD.

Duffining wrote:

I've got Toast 11, and it won't recognize the .m4v files. I tried changing the files to both .mp4 and .mp2 files, but Toast 11 still refused to make a movie DVD of the files.

Correct. They are DRM protected so you need to use iTunes to do anything with them.

I just think it shouldn't be this hard to get content I paid for.

You already have the content you paid for.

If I buy a book, I can read it and then give it away to anyone I please. If I buy a CD, DVD, or Blueray, I can watch it in any home I wish and am not limited to just the electronic equipment in my home. After I listen to or watch of any of the above items, I can give it away to anyone I please when I am done with it. My children are now 13 and 18 and no longer watch the Disney movies they watched as children. I can now pass these movies on to younger family members who will continue to enjoy them. This is the expectation of most buyers.

You are correct. And for that reason most people prefer to buy movies on DVD. They are easily shared, foolproof, and super easy to use. I love Apple TV and iTunes for music and TV shows, but I would never purchase a movie that was not on an optical disc.

When I head out-of-town I can grab a couple of DVDs to watch on my new MacBook Pro during the flight. Easy and uncomplicated.

DVDs offer another advantage. You can watch your movie without depending upon a complicated and delicate infrastructure. Also, movies are frequently censored for political correctness (Star Wars is a recent example). Despite public pressure for a release, the Disney movie “Song of the South” remains banned. Even cartoons like Johnny Quest are now censored. Only people who purchased physical copies years ago have them as they were originally produced.

When you possess a physical copy of the movie the PC patrol can't mess with it.

Yup Apple will not allow you burn DRM protected (iTunes downloaded) copied into DVD. Cause if so, everyone can watch the DVD without buying.

To share the movie among family member, you can try icloud family share service. If want to burn into DVD for later watching, you'd better to remove the DRM firstly then burn with iDVD or so. It's not hard to google for the drm removal: Remove DRM from Purchased iTunes Videos for Burning to DVD

Even tho this conversation is 4 years old, no one has suggested making a data DVD to play on other Macs. You can authorize up to 5 computers which should be able to play the data DVD. An explanation is here: iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between computers - Apple Support

Culloden wrote:

Even tho this conversation is 4 years old, no one has suggested making a data DVD to play on other Macs.

Because no one is looking to make a data DVD to pay on other Macs.

They want to make a regular DVD to play in a standard DVD player.