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Know nothing about video formats of M4V, MPEG-4 or H.264? Do not clear about why you need to convert M4V? Confused by how to convert and import iTunes M4V to iPhone MPEG-4 or H.264 video so that they can be played on iPhone 5s/5c/5/4s/4? It doesn't matter. All of these questions can be removed in this article.
M4V file format is a video container format developed by Apple and protected by DRM copy protection. Most of the M4v videos are purchased or rented from iTunes Store. It means that these DRM-protected M4V videos can only be watched in the iTunes where they are purchased or rented. They can't be shared with others or transferred to other devices.
MPEG-4 is one of the latest audio and video compression method standardized by MPEG group, designed especially for low-bandwidth video/audio encoding purpose. H.264, also known as MPEG-4 AVC, is the successor of MPEG-4. Apple has officially adopted MPEG-4 and H.264 as the formats for QuickTime, the built-in video player on iPhone 5s/5c/5/4s/4.
As mentioned above, if you want to watch DRM-protected M4V videos on iPhone, you need to convert it to MPEG-4 H.264 which is feasible to QuickTime. To solve this problem, you can follow my recommendation to use M4V Converter Genius, an easy-to-use M4V video converter. It can remove DRM from iTunes video and convert iTunes M4V videos to any video or audio formats that suit various devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod, Samsung, etc. Now let's look at how to convert M4V video to MPEG-4 H.264 on iPhone 5s/5c/5/4s/4.
Note: On the top right corner of IPHONE option, there is a setting icon, you can click it to set customized settings. Or you can also switch Merge function to import multiple M4V videos to iPhone MPEG-4 H.264 simultaneously.
This is the entire introduction about M4V, MPEG-4 and H.264 and how to import DRM M4V video to iPhone H.264 MPEG-4 with M4V Converter Genius. Of course, above only presents one aspect of its function. For more knowledge, read the guide of M4V Converter Genius.
