How to Watch iTunes Movies on HDTV via WD TV Live Plus/Hub

Posted by Fatima Cook on May 4, 2015 14:34:01 PM.
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Q: Any suggestion on streaming iTunes movies to TV via WD TV Live Hub?

I want to watch movies from my iTunes on my HDTV via the WD TV Live Hub but it doesn't let me do this while keeps saying unsupported format. So did I miss something? What exactly do I have to do with the WD TV so that I can view my iTunes movies on my HDTV? I'm using Macbook Pro with OS X 10.10.3 and iTunes 12.1.2.

Brief Introduction of WD TV Live & iTunes Movies

WD TV Live (Plus, Hub) is a media streamer which enables you stream all your personal and Internet media files including the full HD 1080p videos to HDTV so that you can enjoy your digital content on the big screen of your HDTV. It supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS, RMVB, H.264 and MKV along with various online sites like YouTube, Flickr, Live365, myTV, Pandora, Mediafly, Flingo, AccuWeather, Facebook, etc.

Although WD TV Live supports virtually any media file format, it's clearly stated at its official website that premium content from iTunes Store, Amazon Unbox are not supported. That's simply because iTunes movies and TV episodes are encrypted with Apple's FairPlay and DRM-protected. The iTunes movies are only allowed to be played on selective authorized devices except WD TV Live or any other non-Apple-approved devices. So in order to play iTunes movies with WD TV Live Plus/Hub, you'll need to strip DRM lock from iTunes movie files first.

Get Started with TunesKit iTunes to WD TV Live Video Converter

Here you are strongly recommended to use TunesKit iTunes DRM Video Converter for Mac (Windows) to remove DRM protection from iTunes movies so as to make them compatible with WD TV Live for streaming to HDTV. It's a professional iTunes DRM remover dedicated in cracking FairPlay DRM from iTunes movies and TV shows while converting the protected .m4v iTunes movie files to unprotected .mp4 format supported by WD TV Live and other non-Apple devices. It works at 20x faster speed while keeping the original movie quality, AC3 5.1 surround sound and multi-language subtitles.

interface of tuneskit itunes video converter

Now you can just get the proper version of this DRM video converter and follow the steps as below to stream your iTunes DRM-ed M4V movies to DRM-free videos for watching on HDTV via WD TV Live.

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How to Stream iTunes Movies to WD TV Live Step by Step

Step 1Load iTunes M4V Resources to TunesKit

After launching TunesKit DRM Video Converter, you can either click "Add Files" button to import iTunes M4V video files or simply locate the iTunes movie files by dragging them to the program for conversion.

Step 2Choose Output Settings

Since the default and unique output format of TunesKit is MP4, you don't need to select the output format as MP4 again that is compatible with WD TV Live manually. You only need to choose the output audio tracks and subtitles according to your needs.

Step 3Begin to Convert iTunes M4V to WD TV Live

When the settings are OK, click "Convert" to let the program start converting protected iTunes M4V videos to WD TV Live supported MPEG-4. The conversion process will take some time upon the file size. Just wait for a while and click "search" icon to locate the converted video clips quickly.

Step 4Stream DRM-free iTunes Movies to WD TV Live Plus/Hub

Now you have two ways to stream the converted iTunes movies to WD TV Live as below:

1. Copy the DRM-free MP4 iTunes videos on your removable hard disk and then transfer them to WD TV Live for playing on HDTV.
2. Build a situation of DLNA, and then directly stream and play the converted iTunes videos restored on your computer hard drive with WD TV Live.

 

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