Off-topic - How to convert M4V on Mac? sophy - Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:11 pm Post subject: How to convert M4V on Mac?
1. What’s M4V
M4V is one of the formats used for video podcasts, based on a codec used by the QuickTime. This codec is part of the MPEG-4, a global multimedia standard and this standard was introduced to provide optimized video podcasts for the video iPod. In a word, M4V is MPEG-4 file extension used for videos downloaded from the Apple iTunes store; includes music videos, TV episodes, and full-length movies; similar to a MP4 file, but may be copy-protected using Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection.
2. How to play M4V files on Mac?
To play a protected M4V file, your computer must be authorized (using iTunes) with the account that was used to purchase the video. Unprotected M4V files may be recognized and played by other video players by changing the file extension from ".m4v" to ".mp4." After the file extension rename, you can play the new files with iTunes. Moreover, QuickTime player is a good platform for all Mac users to convert m4v mac video files.
3. how to convert m4v files on mac?
Wondershare m4v converter for Mac is not only a good program to convert m4v on mac to many popular formats like AVI, FLV, WMV, TS, MP4, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, and 3GPP2, QuickTime (MOV), MPG, M4V, ASF, MKV and VOB, but also support to convert those formats to M4V files. And this mac m4v converter especially support HD Videos including AVCHD, MTS, MOD, MKV, WMV, AVI, TOD, TS, etc. It’s an easy application for everyone to use since there is only three steps of the process: add video files; Edit the videos; start to convert.
After you add the videos into the program, it’s the most interesting step to edit the videos as you want. This software can support you to trim, crop and set video and audio parameters. If you want to choose your favorite clips from the videos, just trim the videos my selecting its start time and end time. Facing so many video clips, you’d better make all these into one file by choosing the option “merge into one file”. Moreover, you can set the brightness and saturation of the videos, to make them seem different from others. When conversion is over, you can easily import the videos into your iMovie for further editor, or just put the videos into portable players like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, PDA/Pocket PC (including BlackBerry), Creative Zen, Archos, Epson media players and any cell phone. If you want to know details about the great program, go Wondershare m4v converter mac.