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Ideas on ripping iTunes Extras

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I’m starting work on a fan edit of a movie, and I wanted to utilize a specific deleted scene. Unfortunately, this feature is unique in that it is the only feature of the movie exclusive to the iTunes release.

A few years ago it may have been more feasible to extract the downloaded extra by opening the .ite file and removing the DRM of the individual m4v file by way of a converter, but to my understanding iTunes extras now operate entirely online through the program.

I feel using some sort of screen recorder would yield less than adequate results. Would there be any possibility of getting a hold of the extra’s source video file?

Seeking only the most natural looking colors for Star Wars '77

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As far as I’m aware this has not yet been achieved. The best you can do is capture the video through some means.

In capping the digital extras for Star Wars, I used a Blackmagic DeckLink mini recorder to capture the hdmi output of a secondary monitor running iTunes. The problems come when your video frame rates don’t match the specs of your hardware exactly. For instance, my graphics card only outputs 30.000fps or 24.000fps at 1080p, but the extras were encoded as either 29.970fps or 23.976fps. The graphics card will automatically duplicate 1 frame in ~1000 to maintain 30fps or 24fps, but there was no particular pattern to it, which meant I had to do some semi-automated things to search for and remove duplicate frames.

Also, I couldn’t us an Apple TV because the Decklink doesn’t support 59.94/60 fps video at 1080p.

If I had some gum, I’d chew a hole into the sun…

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I’ve been looking for the last week too… I was upset when I discovered that my iTunes purchase of The Force Awakens doesn’t include the ability to download the iTunes Extras! I’ve tried a number of apps on my iPad, as well as some of the known PC tools with no luck yet. Not that I need them downloaded, but now I’m so pissed that I’m making it a mission of mine to figure this out.

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I know this is a while since you posted, but thought you might be interested, I had my itunes Force Awakens purchase refunded due to that issue. Complained that since I didn’t know the itunes xtras couldn’t be downloaded to be played at my leisure, I should get my money back so I can buy a DVD. They gave me the refund.

pufnstuf said:

I’ve been looking for the last week too… I was upset when I discovered that my iTunes purchase of The Force Awakens doesn’t include the ability to download the iTunes Extras! I’ve tried a number of apps on my iPad, as well as some of the known PC tools with no luck yet. Not that I need them downloaded, but now I’m so pissed that I’m making it a mission of mine to figure this out.