So, as I’m sure alot of people do, I buy and download movies and tv shows from iTune pretty regularlly.  Kayce and I both have iPhones and it is nice when we are out with the boys to just be able to hand them our phones with all their favorite shows on it.  Especially, when we go out to eat.  The downside is, to be able to view any of these on our tv at home, I have to hook up my laptop to our LCD tv.  Not a huge problem, except when I’m at work.  So, how are we to get these movies to DVD so we can watch them at home without my laptop?  Well, you can’t.  That’s right, even though you buy and pay for the videos, you can’t burn them.  I’m not entirely sure why that is, I’m sure it has something to do with crazy hollywood copyright deals.  So, there are several paid programs you can buy to “strip” the DRM out of the video file so you can re-encode it and burn to DVD.  The problem with this is, well, you have to pay $30 for the software. 

Well, in trying a demo of one of these programs, I saw what it was doing looked to be something like a screen capture.  That made me start thinking…  I use Windows Media Encoder (A free download from Microsoft) to make training videos at work by doing a video screen capture and recording my voice with an external microphone.  Why couldn’t I somehow use that free software to do this same thing.  Well, you can.  You just need alittle patiences, and a sincere desire to beat the system.  My next post will be the how I did it post.  I’m taking screen shots right now.  Stay tuned.