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DRM Removal Tools Review ——Audio Converter

Digital Rights Management, or DRM, is technology designed to prevent unauthorized use of copyrighted and licensed material, including computer games, documents, e-books, films, televisions, music and audiobooks.

DRM copy protection is great as an anti-piracy technology, but it often punishes consumers that have legally purchased media. Unfortunately, it sometimes means you can't use stuff you bought and paid for because the DRM protection lingers long after, say, you've changed providers, upgraded software, or migrated machines. DRM issues lurk in many places-iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Zune Marketplace, BBC iPlayer, etc. As a result, DRM removal tools emerge as required.

There are a mass of DRM Removal Tools in the market, all of which are pushed and publicized with attractive descriptions and powerful functions. Here is a selection of the best DRM Audio Removal Tools which will be reviewed from different aspects with the aim to help you find the best DRM Audio removal tool to free your DRM protected music, audiobook, etc.

 

TOP1 M4P Converter

M4P Converter is a DRM copy-protected audio and music converter designed for burning DRM protected music to a special virtual CD-RW drive where you can quickly get unprotected MP3, AAC, WAV files ready for use on any media players.

Pros:
•Available for for Mac or for Windows users
----macOS 10.11 - 12
----Windows Windows 7/8/10/11
•Remove DRM from purchased iTunes M4P, M4B, M4A to MP3, AAC and WAV
•Support portable devices, like Apple iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry, HTC Phones, MP3 player, MP4 player, etc
•Support Virtual CD Burner Emulator
•Easy-to-use with High Quality
•Highly Customized Profiles
•Batch conversion and fast conversion speed
•Life-long upgrade

Cons:
•Needs iTunes installed when converting the corresponding library

 

TOP2 AppleMacSoft DRM Converter

AppleMacSoft DRM Converter is a tool to convert iTunes DRM protected M4P files to unprotected music files. It is a DRM copy-protected audio and music converter designed for burning DRM protected music to a special virtual CD-RW drive.

Pros:
•Available for Mac users
----Mac 10.4 or latter
•Support portable devices, like iPod, any other MP3 player, CD player, mobile phone or PC
•Convert M4P to MP3, AAC
•Burn iTunes music to CD
•Create MP3, AAC, Apple Lossles, AIFF, or WAV files
•Batch conversion
•Extract music

Cons:
•Needs iTunes installed when converting the corresponding library
•Not compatible with Windows
•Less tutorials

 

TOP3 Aimersoft DRM Music Converter

DRM Music Converter can help you easily convert protected WMA, protected AAC (M4P), M4B, Audible AA/AAX to plain MP3 or other popular audio formats.

Pros:
•Available for Windows users
----Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7
•Convert DRM-protected WMA, M4P, M4B, AA and AAX to DRM-free MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC and more
•Extract audio tracks from WMV, ASF, M4V and DVR-MS video
•Easy to Use
•Highly Customized Profiles
•Life-long upgrade

Cons:
•Needs iTunes installed when converting the corresponding library
•Not compatible with Mac
•Not compatible with Windows 8
•Less tutorials

 

TOP4 Ondesoft iTunes Converter

To be exact, Ondesoft iTunes Converter is an iTunes Audio Converter, as it can only output audio files from music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks purchased from iTunes Store.

Pros:
•Available for Mac users
----Mac OS X 10.6 or later
•Converts the DRM-protected files to MP3, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R and MKA
•Search Function
•Extract the audio from iTunes video files
•Easy to install

Cons:
•Needs iTunes installed when converting the corresponding library
•Not compatible with Windows
•Can’t Extract the audio from rented movies
•Less audio output formats
•Complicated interface

 

TOP5 MuvAudio

MuvAudio converts your audio files at incredible speed so you can spend less time waiting and more time listening to your favorite songs.

Pros:
•Available for Windows users
----Windows XP w/ SP3, Vista, 7, 8, 2003, 2008
•Support the major file formats like WMA, MP3, M4A, OGG, FLAC, WAV, SPX, MPC, APE, WV, DVR-MS, OFR, OFS, TTA, MPE, MP2, MPA, AIF
•Easy to install
•Relatively cheaper

Cons:
•Not compatible with Mac
• No upgrades for Win XP since 2009
•Non-existent customer service
•Buggy
•Complicated interface
•Menu options are in weird places

 

Conclusion:

M4P Converter is available for Windows users or Mac users. M4P Converter seems justified for its first rank. As its name indicates, it works great for converting DRM-protected M4P, M4B, M4A songs you purchased on iTunes to plain MP3, AAC or WAV formats.

For Mac users, you can also try out AppleMacSoft DRM Converter and Ondesoft iTunes Converter to convert iTunes DRM protected M4P files to unprotected music files. While for Windows users, Aimersoft DRM Music Converter and MuvAudio are also well worth a try if you have lots of iTunes audio files.