Strip DRM

How to remove DRM from WMV Video files

Most videos movies purchased or rent from online store like Windows Media Player Center, Zune Marketplace, Amazon Video on Demand, mixplay, FaroLatino, or CinemaNow etc are in WMV format using Microsoft DRM (Digital Rights Management) license protection system that consist certain restrictions, such as:

    Rent movies are restricted to be viewed in 24 or 48 hours.
    Most of purchased or rent videos movies can only be played via Windows Media Player or digital players that are in line with the "Microsoft play for sure"; rule, since they are in DRM encrypted WMV file format.
    It restricts your way to use the your own movie Video music like sharing videos with friends, burn WMV Movie to DVD for playback on DVD, TV, etc
    And more limitations...

Is there any way to Remove DRM from WMV to bypass all the restrictions? Below is a quick way around this issue:

The Tool we need:
A DRM Removal Software – Video Converter Ultimate

Free Download Daniusoft Video Converter Ultimate

Video Converter Ultimate is a powerful software integrated the full function of DRM Removal, DVD Ripper, Video Converter, DVD Creator, Media Transfer as well as Video Editor and YouTube Downloader. It helps remove DRM from WMV files with best quality (Windows 7 Compatible).

Instruction to remove DRM from WMV file:
Download and install this smart Video Converter Ultimate, install and run it:


Add files

Click "Add Files" button on the upper left corner then select files you want to convert. Or you may directly drag and drop target files to this smart Video Converter Ultimate.
Choose output settings

Open the output format drop download list to choose output files format.

Here, Video Converter Ultimate supports up to 160+ format and media players like AVI WMV MPEG MOV MKV FLV MP4 HD Video iPod iPhone iPad Android Phone BlackBerry, etc.



Advanced users can click "Advanced..." button to customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile.

Then oen the output drop download list to specify the location of the output folder.
Start Conversion

Clicking "Convert" button to Remove DRM Copyright Protection from WMV, after conversion finished, you can click "Find Target" to access the converted WMV videos directly.

After Removing DRM from WMV, you can directly use the Video Converter Ultimate to burn your Movie to DVD, Copy Music Video to your portable device, or feel free to enjoy your Movie anytime, anywhere, any players!

Related Glossary:

DRM - Digital rights management (DRM) is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media. The purpose of DRM is to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and restrict the ways consumers can copy content they've purchased.

Microsoft PlaysForSure - a certification given by Microsoft to portable devices and content services which had been tested against several hundred compatibility and performance requirements. These requirements include codec support, DRM support, UI responsiveness, device performance, compatibility with Windows Media Player, synchronization performance, and so on.

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