Watch iTunes movies on Roku

Generally speaking, iTunes movies are encrypted by FairPlay DRM technology, which are allowed to play on Apple-approved devices. If you want to watch iTunes movies on TV, maybe you should buy an Apple TV to achieve the goal. By the way , maybe you can use this smart tool, namely DRmare M4V Converter to help you enjoy iTunes movies on your Roku.

If you buy a movie and want to watch it on your TV you need to convert it to another format supported by your player or play it using itunes with your computer connected to your TV. Several programs will perform the conversion and there are several methods of displaying your PC on your TV. Look up the one you wish to use.

Movies Anywhere can connect to your iTunes account. So if whatever you have in iTunes is MoviesAnywhere compatible, then you can watch it that way. That being said, MoviesAnywhere can connect to Vudu, which is compatible on Roku. So iTunes > MoviesAnywhere > Vudu > Roku. Hope this helps!

It is my understanding that Movies Anywhere has negotiated the right to make available purchased or rented movies from most, but not all studios. That is the limiting factor. For example, my movies from Paramount, like The Godfather, that I purchased from Amazon does not show up in Movies Anywhere. However, most studios do allow their purchased content on Movies Anywhere.

VirginiaJeff wrote:

So, we don't own something we bought?

Correct. You never do, even on DVD. You have purchased a license to view it. I am presuming most studios require any third party to re-distribute movies in an encrypted format to prevent piracy. As you can tell from reading all these posts there are several different formats for this, plus another company that seems to aggregate these under its own distribution. If you are content to view it with Apple software then your copy is openly accessible to you. If you want to use a third party to expand on this usage then the third party will likely wish to charge a fee for its services which are additional to the payment to Apple.

No, you cannot play iTunes movies on a Roku.

They can be played from Apple devices and/or from itunes.

I did read it.

Any program that strips the DRM or otherwise allows you to work around it, is not legal. Sorry.

Use movies anywhere it will play many of the iTunes movies. Now.. not all but many

I second this workaround. It will play any titles from the following studios: Fox, Sony, WB, Universal, and Disney. Pretty much everything except Paramount and some of the other low budget studios.

So, we don't own something we bought? We have to continue to pay Apple for the privilege of seeing it?