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ITunes' videoclips appear to be DRM free (thebrainbin.org)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/drm@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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!

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

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.

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