A while back, got an album from Rhapsody of Fire that came with a documentary in video format, M4V file.
Testing on VLC on a system other than the one I downloaded in, it seemed to work too.
Then today, tested with 3 other videoclips, För redeliga män from Nordman, Christmas Truce from Sabaton, and Mister Jewel Box from Tophamhat-Kyo, all 3 in M4V format, and all 3 working on VLC on a system other than the one I downloaded in.
As information is scarce on ITunes, specially with information usually pointing to the opposite, being DRM-ridden, unsure if it was luck 4 times in a row, or if ITunes for videoclips, or perhaps even videos overall, is mainly/exclusively DRM-free, but so far a good sign!
I thought I remembered Apple announcing an end to DRM on iTunes quite a while back and sure enough, it was called iTunes Plus and it launched back in 2009. Not literally everything was DRM free but allegedly the vast majority of stuff on iTunes is and has been DRM free for a while.
Source: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/itunes-plus-everything-you-need-to-know/
Caveat: the files still contain your account information, so consider that before sharing.
Caveat: the files still contain your account information, so consider that before sharing.
Not my plan to go on sharing, but got curious and went to check, going into a small rabbit hole (adhd ftw)…
Checked at first the M4V videos, then as I got suspicious, the M4A audios, and then the MP3 conversions ITunes does to be sure.
For both M4A and M4V files: VLC can’t find any fingerprint data, at least not with my default install (maybe some fork can?);
Of the fingerprint information, ffprobe can only find the account id metadata, which is the user’s email;
Through Okteta, I could find my account’s name and my real name.For MP3 conversions, both seem to lose identifying information.
Thank you for your service! Glad you decided to take a look at it to verify, this is all good info to have.
