How to Play M4V Videos on Windows Media Player

"I bought a movie off iTunes on my computer which is Windows 7. It is a file with .m4v extension. I want to play it on my Windows 7 with Windows Media Player. But it seems to be unworkable?"

Want to play M4V videos on Windows PC with Windows Media Player? That's not a big problem at all. Here is a detailed guide on how to play M4V videos on Windows Media Player, a widely-used free M4V video player.

M4V is a video container format very similar to the MP4 format with the same MPEG-4 video codec. The only difference lies in most purchased or rental M4V videos from iTunes are DRM-protected. That is to say, most videos in the format of M4V can't be transferred or played on non-Apple devices. So, to solve this question, we need to divide .m4v video files into two parts.

Part 1. How to Play non-DRM Protected M4V Videos on Windows Media Player?

As for non-DRM protected M4V videos, they have no any differences from the common video formats, such as MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, etc. that are supported by Windows Media Player for playback. You just need to open the non-protected .m4v video files just like other videos in the common formats. Or you can also change the filename extension from .m4v to .mp4 before playing them.

Part 2. How to Play iTunes DRM M4V Videos on Windows Media Player?

When it comes to playing DRM M4V videos that are purchased or rented from iTunes Store, removing DRM protection and converting iTunes M4V to Windows Media Player supported video formats is the only choice that you have. You need a DRM removal tool to help you. And M4V Converter Genius is exactly the most professional and easiest program that you can use to remove iTunes DRM protection and convert .m4v video files to other common video formats on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista.

1. Video Formats Playable on Windows Media Player

Versions	File Extensions
Windows Media Player 12	.m4v, .asf, .wma, .wmv, .wm, .m2ts, .mp4, .mp4v, .3g2, .3gp2, .3gp, .3gpp,.mov
Windows Media Player 11/10/9/ for Windows XP	.asf, .wma, .wmv, .wm

2. Tutorial on How to Use Windows Media Player to Play M4V Videos Protected by DRM

• Install and launch M4V Converter Genius on your PC.
  
  

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• Import M4V videos into M4V Converter Genius by dragging targeted items from iTunes library or using the Add button.
  
  
• Select one format supported by Windows Media Player from Video category that you want to transfer to.
  
  
• Click on Convert button.
  
  
• After converting is finished, you can go to the destination folder to enjoy these converted videos just like the step in Part 1.

This is the end of the whole guide on playing M4V videos (protected and unprotected) on Windows Media Player.

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