Potential Fix for DRM removal?

Justin

I have been searching on the intenet for a new program that works with the new version of itunes and none do unfortuatly i have managed to get it fully working again buts its to hard to explain how i ddi it

KidJoe

I'm seeing the intermittent failures again. Queue up 10 movies and some will pass, and some will fail. Finish/Restart and some of those that failed will work, others will still fail. No rhyme nor reason to it.

KidJoe

Just following up... (gotta love the Vudu sales)... I queued up 2 movies the other night. They completed successfully. Saturday I queued up 8 movies. They were all successful. Today 5 queued, the 3rd one in the queue failed, the others were successful. Restarted the one that failed and it was successful.

At this point, I don't know why its INCONSISTENT now, even with iTunes v12.9.0.167... and wasn't before. I can just say its very frustrating to say the least!

KidJoe

Like others, I began having issues with DRM Removal. When trying to remove DRM from movies, it would look like its working, get to a percentage, then I'd get a crash from iTunes and while the DRM removal process didn't successfully complete, DVDFab reported Success and went on to the next movie... and the cycle repeated for all movies in the queue.

(see -> https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/dvdfab-english/dvdfab-drm-removal/376628-always-fails-at-66-with-itunes-12-9-0-167-and-dvdfab-11-0-6-6 )

Frustrated, I tried removing and re-installing iTunes, downgrading it, etc. Nothing seemed to work.

After more experimenting, It is finally working again... at least so far anyway...

Here is what I did...
Delete any downloaded media (movies and music) in iTunes
In iTunes, Deauthorize the computer, then exit iTunes.
Uninstall iTunes following -> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204275
Search for, and remove any left over iTunes folders, including the iTunes data folders including from C:\Users\[USERID]\AppData\Local, C:\Users\[USERID]\AppData\Roaming, My Documents, My Music, etc.
Uninstall DVDFab
Reboot
Download the iTunes installer using the link contained in -> https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/dvdfab-english/dvdfab-drm-removal/375941-itunes-12-10-3-support?p=375972#post375972 <-- (linked post has broken link, get iTunes v12.9.0.167 from Apple -> https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/itunes12/041-02280-20180912-24D8CF68-AC7A-11E8-8B51-C26F1B1141A5/iTunes64Setup.exe )
Install iTunes and make sure you UN-Select the box to auto update iTunes!!
Launch iTunes and sign in
While in iTunes, Authorize the computer, and edit preferences, and check the box for iTunes to share library as XML
Download the latest DVDFab installer from the web site
Install DVDFab
Reboot
Ensure the following are marked ALLOW in your computer's firewall...
C:\Program Files\DVDFab 11\DRMRemoval.exe
C:\Program Files\DVDFab 11\DVDFab64.exe
C:\Program Files\DVDFab 11\FabUpdate.exe
Launch and Authenticate DVDFab
Install the DRM removal module
After doing that, I downloaded 1 movie in iTunes to test. The process completed and the movie was playable without DRM! So I downloaded a few more movies, and its been working!!

As of right now, I've got through 5 movies. Before doing the steps above I couldn't even complete 1 properly!
KidJoe

Since I can't edit the OP.... I'm quoting it with a few updates...

The link to get iTunes v12.9.0.167 in the Post I cite no longer works. You can download it directly from Apple via -> https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/itunes12/041-02280-20180912-24D8CF68-AC7A-11E8-8B51-C26F1B1141A5/iTunes64Setup.exe

Ensure the following are marked ALLOW in your computer's firewall...
C:\Program Files\DVDFab 11\DRMRemoval.exe
C:\Program Files\DVDFab 11\DVDFab64.exe
C:\Program Files\DVDFab 11\FabUpdate.exe

BUT even doing all of this, I am experiencing intermittent failures on *BOTH* my Surface Pro 4 (I mistakenly typed SP3 in previous posts but it is a 4) which was 100% reliable and has NOT be touched (other than Microsoft Updates and Virus app updates), along with my Desktop PC (which has received a hardware upgrade, and also has since had Widnows/Itunes/etc re-loaded from scratch). Sometimes I can queue up 10 movies and they all work, other times I can queue up 10 and they all fail, sometimes 1 out of 5 will fail, etc.

This inconsistency is frustrating to put it mildly!

thierrylacombe

Here, deleted the data folders, downloaded iTunes 12.9.0.167, added fresh downloads, but DRMRemoval.exe does not respond as I click start.

dondaniel

how can it be that we still are talking about running the drm remover with itunes version 12.9.x...??? the solution for using actuall itunes versions was promissed 1.5 years ago!!! in this this threat by the way!
how about someone from dvdfab telling us what is going on here?
by the way, did buy a film on itunes version 12.9.0 but cannot whatch it as it is saying now I would need itunes version 12.10.8!!! so in other words... seems the drm remover now won't even work anylonger with the 12.9.0 version too!

slottedpig

how can it be that we still are talking about running the drm remover with itunes version 12.9.x...??? the solution for using actuall itunes versions was promissed 1.5 years ago!!! in this this threat by the way!
how about someone from dvdfab telling us what is going on here?
by the way, did buy a film on itunes version 12.9.0 but cannot whatch it as it is saying now I would need itunes version 12.10.8!!! so in other words... seems the drm remover now won't even work anylonger with the 12.9.0 version too!
dondaniel

Because the company has actually abandoned this product yet they are still selling it as if it works. I honestly have more respect for a company that can admit that they cant figure something out, then a company who pretends like they are working on something and gives zero updates. I am a long time customer and DVDfab used to be my go to for just about everything but after this debacle I doubt I will buy anymore of their products. A simple, we cant figure this out right now and we have pulled it from the store, would have went a long way with the customer base....just saying.

KidJoe

Because the company has actually abandoned this product yet they are still selling it as if it works. I honestly have more respect for a company that can admit that they cant figure something out, then a company who pretends like they are working on something and gives zero updates. I am a long time customer and DVDfab used to be my go to for just about everything but after this debacle I doubt I will buy anymore of their products. A simple, we cant figure this out right now and we have pulled it from the store, would have went a long way with the customer base....just saying.
slottedpig

I don't mean to defend them because I too am very frustrated with this situation, but has anyone else figured out how to remove DRM from newer iTunes versions?

And they have had the disclaimer on the web site saying [code]Note: This software needs iTunes to work normally and as of now only iTunes ver. 12.7~12.9.0.167 are supported.[/code]

Thankfully, DRM Remover for iOS still works for audio.

Since I purchased DRM Downloader, now StreamFab, I've been getting my iTunes movies via MoviesAnywhere links to Amazon. I just make sure any digital movies are MoviesAnywhere eligible first, then I buy and download them from Amazon with StreamFab.

slottedpig

I don't mean to defend them because I too am very frustrated with this situation, but has anyone else figured out how to remove DRM from newer iTunes versions?

And they have had the disclaimer on the web site saying [code]Note: This software needs iTunes to work normally and as of now only iTunes ver. 12.7~12.9.0.167 are supported.[/code]

Thankfully, DRM Remover for iOS still works for audio.

Since I purchased DRM Downloader, now StreamFab, I've been getting my iTunes movies via MoviesAnywhere links to Amazon. I just make sure any digital movies are MoviesAnywhere eligible first, then I buy and download them from Amazon with StreamFab.
KidJoe

Not that I am aware of, but at least an update like we are working on it OR we have put to many hours into this and we are abandoning the product. Simply still selling it as is, seems to me, to be dishonest. Im assuming through movies anywhere you are getting 1080P content?

KidJoe

Not that I am aware of, but at least an update like we are working on it OR we have put to many hours into this and we are abandoning the product. Simply still selling it as is, seems to me, to be dishonest. Im assuming through movies anywhere you are getting 1080P content?
slottedpig

I've seen others selling a DRM remover for Apple that also have the same version disclaimer. It stinks, and not ideal, but at least there are warnings before people buy it. And it does work for all of my movie purchases so far. But I haven't tried videos in about 3 months. I did do music files last week no problem.

The Amazon downloads via StreamFab are better video bit rates and audio than downloading from iTunes and removing the DRM. The iTunes downloads do usually come down with AC3 5.1 and AAC2 channel. The StreamFab downloads from Amazon are EAC3 5.1 (older movies can be 2 channel audio) and sound better on my surround system. The video bit rates from Amazon being higher gives better video quality, no compression artifacts. And not sure it's related to bit rate, but colors are better too.

Of the purchased movies I downloaded via StreamFab and Amazon, they have all been 1080p.

I don't recall getting low rez from Amazon, but some of the Netflix videos (mostly "older" stuff) have been 960x540 resolution. Even those lower rez ones still don't look bad playing via Plex on my Roku Ultra and FireTV 4k stick on my 65" Sony XB4 4k tv.

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