Tivo/Itunes Question

[drewonline]

So I just got my first Tivo and am very excited. I have a ton of movies and tv shows I have purchased through Itunes. I upgraded to the professional desktop so I could transfer those to my Tivo. After all, they are simply quictime (mpeg4) files, I believe. But it doesn't seem to be working. I didn't think there was any drm on the tv shows, as I have played then in just quicktime without using Itunes - was I wrong? Is there DRM that is preventing me from playing these on the Tivo, or have I done something wrong on the setup? Many thanks in advance,

Drew:confused:

[Pixel]

At this point, almost anything you download from iTunes has DRM on it.

[drewonline]

I know recently they got rid of drm for music and music videos - I paid a fee to upgrade my stuff and it works. I was hoping they did, or will do that for movies.

[mindchaotica]

You can transfer from TiVo to iTunes. but not the other way around if you bought stuff in iTunes because the non drm stuff i believe is only for the Music.

[classicsat]

I am not sure of the deal that allowed DRM be removed on the music, but I would say, at the root the RIAA and MPAA are pulling the strings, and the MPAA is more protective of "their" content, hence their reluctance to de-protect their content.

[ForrestB]

Video purchased from the iTunes store has DRM protection. You can only play the video on an authorized computer, iPod or thru AppleTV. See here for more info http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2729?viewlocale=en_US#5