Will the Kindle Fire play iTunes purchased content?

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rustyg September 29, 2011

Will the Kindle Fire play iTunes purchased content?

I am heavily vested into the iTunes arena. I have made a few purchases over the years on iTunes with music and I get the free digital copies of movies with the Blu-Rays that I purchase. I wonder if these files will be able to be put into the Amazon Cloud and be able to played on the Fire since they are DRMd with iTunes. Just wondering if the price is too good to be true once I add in the price of the services Amazon offers.

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dave 1 year ago

If it's iTunes DRM (e.g., Fairplay), the only device you can play that music on is an Apple device.

However, you can upgrade most iTunes DRM music to their DRM-free AAC format (however, this costs something like $0.30 per song) and the Kindle Fire will be able to play them -- it supports non-DRM AAC files. See specs here: www.amazon.com/Kindle-Color-Multi-touch-Display-Wi...

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rustyg 2011-09-29 15:01:26

yes this is understood, and I have already upgraded most of my music in iTunes to iTunes Plus, so music doesn't seem to be a problem, it may be the video that will be the issue.

rustyg 2011-09-29 15:05:12

Also since the formats all say DRM-free, I am sure that the iTunes movies, tv shows and music videos are all DRM'd. So I guess I will be SOL as far as playing the collected movies that I have. Amazon Prime does offer free streaming of their content to the device though for the $79/year, but limited to what content they have, just like Netflix or Hulu. I hope this thing gets hacked to play nice with the real Android OS so I can play other files as well.

Fanfoot 2011-09-29 23:24:37

Correct. While music on the iTunes store went DRM free some time back, video did NOT. And no, it won't play on the Fire. From the Kindle Fire page on Amazon, it supports mp4 and vp8 video so un-DRMed content converted for iPhone/iPad playback should play just fine, so if you could remove the DRM somehow, the video would likely work. There aren't really any details on the page though wrt resolutions supported or other issues that might cause incompatibility problems so we can't say for sure at this point.

Fanfoot 2011-09-29 23:29:50

I thought that DoubleTwist was the go-to solution for things like this, but at least from poking around it looks like it currently does NOT work with DRM-protected iTunes video.

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epubor 1 year ago

you should remove the itunes DRM first and then transfer your content to your kindle fire
you can get more information on www.epubor.com/transfer-itunes-protected-music-vid...

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Charlotte6166 5 months ago

I recommend you a nice article to help you read your kindle books on iTunes, or read iBooks on kindle.

read kindle books on iPad/iPhone:

www.epubsoft.com/how-to-read-kindle-books-on-ipad-...

read iBooks on Mac or other computers:

www.epubsoft.com/how-to-read-ibooks-on-mac.html

I think it's useful for you

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Bobtang 2011-10-20 05:19:10

When we mention iTunes content, there are two forms: DRM protected files an DRM-free files (Note all iTunes bought video files have DRM protection).

It is easy to transfer unprotected iTunes videos to Kindle Fire, as the Kindle Fire plays H.264 and MPEG-4 video compatible with iTunes.

Apple uses DRM (Digital Right Managemet) to protect their copy-right. DRM allows you to transfer a purchased iTunes movie to five computers (Windows or Mac), sync with Apple portable devices like iPad, iPhone, Apple TV and iPod, and burn to DVD for data archiving while preventing you from playing purchased iTunes movies on any other portable devices. DRM can not stop users putting iTunes movie to an Android tablet like Fire, but it stops an Android tablet playing iTunes movies- that’s why you get gray screen when trying to play an iTunes movie on Android tab.

To have the full access and control of your purchased iTunes videos, movies, and TV shows, you need professional DRM removal tool that convert iTunes DRM-protected contents to DRM-free videos. More info at:

itunes-to-android-tablet.com/?p=81

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Fanfoot 2011-10-20 12:57:03

I looked high and low for a *real* review of this "ChewTunes" product, and it seems likely that you Mr. Tang wrote all of the articles I found. All of them are pretty much cut and paste jobs and have similar spelling mistakes. Can anybody else vouch for this product? Or is it just some kind of scam?

Fanfoot 2011-10-20 15:19:22

Bought an episode of Mythbusters. Installed the free version of ChewTunes. Ominous warning about how my antivirus might 'falsely' think it is spyware. Ignore it? Well, okay... Add the episode. Error, can't read file. Scam?

Fanfoot 2011-10-20 18:14:53

Tried again, moved the video file to the desktop. Now its able to open it! (wow, sad). Anyway, I once got it to script the playback thru iTunes (I could hear the audio), but each time I launched the program it just crashed. I never got any successful conversion at all. I have uninstalled the program. It doesn't appear to work.

Bobtang 2011-10-20 22:03:28

Hey, Fanfoot. I am very sorry about that. My English is poor, i just want to help others with the same questions. Am I wrong? To be honest I am very satisfied with this product. The ChewTune has succeeded in converting many itunes (m4v) movies I have purchased for my Toshiba Thrive. Compared with competing products, ChewTune has better quality.

Folks can check its offical website below:

www.pavtube.com/chewtune/

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falleninsea 2011-09-29 16:32:45

I'm sure if you google ways to remove the DRM you will find something. i have a small library that i purchsed from iTunes so i jsut upgraded mine. you are supposed to also get a better audio quality also.

but most of my music is purchased throuhg Amazon now so i am looking forward to see how it plays on the fire.

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Ianny 2011-09-29 16:55:48

If anything, you could always burn your DRM'd music to CD and then rip it back. It's the old fashioned way of going about it and you might lose the slightest bit of fidelity along the way but it works.

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hath80 2011-10-01 10:28:22

I'm afraid to play iTunes purchased videos on Kindle Fire, the only way is to remove the DRM. Google it you may find solutions. Some people said this might violate the law or something. Anyway, I just keep the stuff for my personal use.
www.dvd-creator-converter.com/tutorials/remove-drm...

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Fanfoot 2011-10-20 13:03:39

As far as Blu-Ray and DVD movies are concerned, you can pretty much rip and convert anything at this point. My only experience is with the SlySoft AnyDVD product, which works fine and is updated regularly to support new protection schemes, keys, etc. Never had an issue with a DVD or Blu-Ray as long as I keep it up to date. That said, all it does is remove the DRM, so you'll still likely have to convert the video into a form that will fit/can be played on your tablet. For that task there are LOTS of programs available, both free and paid.

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stefenluo 2012-10-15 00:08:16

it is said Now Kindle fire HD do, I do not know whether it is ture, if not, you can refer: www.tablet-videoconverter.com/, it can proivdes some tips

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madliu 2013-03-05 22:36:27

I ever converted several iTunes protected video clips to my Surface table following this tutorial
drm-assistant.com/drmtips/itunes-to-surface-tablet...

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