Convert iTunes movies for Acer Iconia Tab A700 playing back
Sporting a high 1,920×1,200-pixel (16:10) screen resolution, Acer’s Iconia Tab A700 is the first 10-inch Android tablet to break the 1,280×800-pixel barrier. The Iconia Tab’s NVIDIA Tegra quad-core processor, big 10.1-inch screen and long battery life (up to 10 and a half hours of video playback) make it the perfect gadget for watching HD even FULL HD movies and videos.
But things turn to be different when you tried to sync and play iTunes videos on the Iconia Tab A700. If you have purchased a lot of M4V movies/TV shows/videos from iTunes store in the past, and want to get them ported over to Acer A700 for playing back with ease, just take the guide as reference. Below, I would like to share something with you about how to transfer movies from iTunes to Acer Iconia Tab A700.
Why can’t we view iTunes videos on Acer Iconia Tab A700
As you see, most of the TV episodes, movies, and music videos from iTunes are protected by using Apple’s FairPlay DRM copyright protection. To play a protected M4V file, the device needs to be authorized. Unfortunately the Android devices have not get a license to play DRM contents, which means the protected iTunes movies will not play on Acer Iconia Tab A700. Of course, most of us are not about to buy movies and TV shows for the A700 we already own on iTunes. Instead, we just need to remove iTunes DRM and convert iTunes movies to a playable format by Acer Iconia Tab A700.
How to put and play iTunes movies on Acer Iconia Tab A700
If you are interested in doing this likewise, check out Pavtube’s ChewTune, a top iTunes Movie DRM Decorder which can easily free the DRM limitation of M4V videos also Blu-ray/DVD digital copy M4V videos from iTunes. To be honest, I’ve had success using ChewTune to convert many iTunes movies for the Iconia A700 Tablet and Samsung Galaxy S3. I’ve found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the iTunes videos themselves.
Free Download the iTunes Video Converter for Acer Iconia Tab A700
The process is straightforward and the software works like most other converters I’ve used. Import iTunes files (movies or TV shows) to the program, choose and Acer A700 output profile (H.264 or MPEG-4), and start transferring iTunes movies to Acer Iconia Tab A700 compatible videos. Then go get a cup of coffee (conversion takes time).
PS: The little app supplies an customized preset for A700, you can easily find “Acer Iconia Tab A700 Video(*.mp4)” profile in “Android” category.
The supported resolution of the Iconia Tab goes up to 1080p and for watching videos on the Android-based Tablet, 1080p/720p with 1500~2000kbps is just all right. I find that the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss. Below is the best format settings per my experience:
Video
Codec- H.264
Resolution- 1920*1080 (Full HD) or 1280*720 (HD)
Bitrate- 1500~2000kbps
Framerate- 25fps
Audio
Codec- AAC
Sampling rate- 44.1khz
Bitrate- 128kbps
Channel- stereo
When the conversion completes, you can click “open: to locate the DRM-free MP4 video files. So there you have it. After syncing the converted iTunes videos to your Acer A700, you can easily watch iTunes movies on Acer Iconia Tab A700 as you want.
