How to Convert M4V Files on Mac OS X (Lion included)
2012-03-30 04:30:30 /
Posted by Brian Fisher to Video Solution
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If you've some M4V files stored on your hard drive and would like to convert to other formats, or you want to create M4V videos with your DVD movies or video files for playback on iPad, iPod, iPhone and more, this article is about how to achieve these tasks.
What is M4V Format?
iTunes users can easily notice that TV episodes, movies, and music videos downloaded or purchased from iTunes have a M4V file extension. M4V, which is very close to MP4, is a file container format used by Apple's iTunes application.
Convert DVD movies and Videos to M4V Files on Snow Leopard
For those videos you can play smoothly in QuickTime, you can use the export to Apple device command in the $30 QuickTime Pro or QuickTime X (Free) to create a video that will play on those devices. But QT pro doesn't support all file types, doesn't have a batch-encoding feature, and won't let you change its settings.
To save your time and trouble, check out iMedia Converter for Mac (Mac OS X Lion included), which easily and quickly converts your vast collection of DVDs (commercial DVDs included), home movies, and other video files to M4V file. It supports batch conversion and works several times faster than QuickTime Pro, and works with many other video formats that QuickTime Pro does not support natively.
Read more about the step by step guide.
Convert M4V Files to Other Video/Audio Formats on OS X
If your M4V files are downloaded or purchased from iTunes, chances are they are copy-protected. So you need to remove iTunes DRM first and then use iMedia Converter for Mac to convert them to any video or audio formats you need. For the task, check below for detailed guide.
Mac M4V Converter Step by Step Guide
iMedia Converter for Mac, which is a all-in-one Mac M4V video converter that supports conversion between M4V and other video formats.
Note: This Mac app is not available for converting DRM M4V files but the Windows version works with DEM protected M4V files.
Load videos to the program
Launch the Mac M4V Converter, drag and drop your source DVD movies or videos to the program.
Select an output format
Select M4V or any format you need from the output format list.
Note: You can choose according to the name of your devices like iPod, iPod touch, iPhone 4 and more, and this smart M4V Mac video converter will convert the videos to a format and size suited to the selected target device.
Start M4V conversion on Snow Leopard
Hit "Convert" let this smart M4V iMedia Converter for Mac to do the rest for you! When the conversion is done, you can enjoy your output files in the living room, on the fly, in the gym, or import to video editor to create your own masterpiece. This Mac M4V video converter is specifically designed for Mac OS users, including Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc.
Tip: If you only need convert M4V to video file formats like YouTube files, 3GP, FLV, DV etc. or used to play them on iPad/iPhone/iPod etc. you can read these step by step guides for the conversion: M4V to YouTube Mac, M4V to AVI Mac, M4V to DV Mac,M4V to FLV Mac, M4V to iPod Mac etc.
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