How and Convert and Burn M4V to DVD on Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion

Help! How do I burn a M4V movie to a DVD?

I created an m4v movie from a slideshow that I put together on iPhoto. I then burned it to a 4.7GB DVD disc by simply right-clicking the file and entering "Burn (name of file) to disc." The problem is the DVD will not play on my television.

With proper software and several clicks, the problem above can be easily solved. Stay focused and I will tell you everything you need to know in order to burn M4V movies to DVD on Mac.

Steps to Convert and burn M4V to DVD on OS X (including Yosemite)

Preparations:

• Download M4V Converter Genius for Mac to Mac.
  
  

  Free Trial Version: 3.0.0.6	Free Trial Version: 1.0.0.0

• Insert a blank DVD to your Mac (If your Mac doesn't come with a DVD drive, connect a third party DVD drive via USB plug-in.)
  
  1. Open the program and click "Create a New Project". If you have an unfinished project, choose "Open an Existing Project" instead.
  
  
  
  2. Click on "Add Files" or drag the M4V you want to convert to DVD Creator for Mac.
  
  3. As the picture below shows, all the added video files can be previewed on the right and you can adjust video volume, take snapshots, etc. as you like. Click "Choose DVD Menu Style" to select your desired DVD menu or "No menu" style. After that, you can add your favorite background music or picture, and then click play to preview them.
  
  
  
  4. When all settings are OK, click "Burn" to write the M4V files onto the DVD disc. As the burning process completes, the DVD disc will eject automatically. Then you can play M4V on DVD player.

About M4V file format

The M4V file format is a video container format developed by Apple and is very similar to the MP4 format. But M4V files may optionally be protected by DRM copy protection. Apple uses M4V to encode video files, such as TV episodes, movies, and music videos, in its iTunes Store.

Therefore to burn protected M4V to DVD, you need to first remove DRM from M4V and then convert the DRM-free M4V files to DVD. M4V files from elsewhere are non-protected ones and can be recognized by a variety of non-Apple players, including VLC Media Player, Media Player Classic, RealPlayer, MPlayer and more.