How to Stream iTunes M4V Movies to Roku Streaming Player

Roku Media Streamer: Everything You Should Know

The Roku Streaming Player, or simply Roku, is a series of digital media player set-top boxes manufactured by Roku, Inc. A Roku streaming device gets data (the video stream) via a wired or Wi-Fi connection to an Internet router. Then it can be connected to any television set (or other video display device) with appropriate input connections in order to stream content from Amazon Video, BBC iPlayer, Google Play Movies & TV, HBO Go, Hulu, Netflix, and other online media streaming services.

More about Roku & iTunes Movies

In Roku’s supported online streaming services, you can’t see the iTunes Store at all. That’s to say, you can’t directly stream movies from iTunes via Roku like you do with other media from YouTube, Amazon, etc. Why? It’s simply because Apple doesn’t want you to. In this way, you can only stream iTunes movies to TV or other devices with Apple TV. By means, Apple applies the restriction called DRM technology to its iTunes movies. Due to which, only Apple’s iOS devices and Apple TV are allowed to play iTunes videos. Non-Apple devices, like Roku, Chromecast, etc. are not included in the approval list.

Solution to Stream iTunes Movies to Roku Streaming Media Players

In order to make iTunes videos, including movies and TV shows compatible with Roku media player, we’ll need to get rid of the DRM lock from iTunes movies at the first place. Here we meet DRmare iTunes M4V Converter, an all-around iTunes DRM removal tool that can losslessly remove DRM protection from rented and purchased iTunes videos. As Roku only supports playing media files with H.264/AVC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV) formats, DRmare M4V Converter will also help you convert the protected iTunes videos from M4V format to MP4, MOV, etc. Besides, DRmare M4V Converter will keep the original quality, including AC3 5.1 audio, AAC, CC, AD tracks, etc. in the converted movies.

Steps to Remove iTunes DRM & Stream iTunes Videos to Roku

1. After launching DRmare iTunes to Roku Converter, you can either drag the files from iTunes library folder to the program, or add the iTunes videos by clicking ‘Add’ button within the conversion window.
2. To stream iTunes movies on Roku, you can simply click the ‘Format’ bar and choose “Lossless MP4” from the profile list. As the name suggests, it will losslessly retain the original quality of the iTunes movies and TV shows, including the AC3 5.1 surround sound, AAC, CC, AC, etc.
3. When everything is done, simply click the ‘Convert’ button to start converting your iTunes videos to Roku supported MP4 format. Once converted, you can click the history panel to locate those well converted DRM-free iTunes videos before streaming them to Roku.
4. Install Plex Media Server on your computer. Once the Plex server is installed successfully, it will detect all of the movies, television shows on your Mac. Then you should install Plex Channel on your Roku account. Finally, configure the Plex server on the Roku and then you can better watch the iTunes movies on Roku as you want.

For more details about Roku streamers and the tutorial to stream iTunes movies to Roku, you can visit this original source: How to Stream iTunes Videos to Roku.

Video Tutorial: Play iTunes M4V Movies on Roku 3

You can also refer to this video guide to learn more details about streaming iTunes videos to Roku with DRmare: