WMV and WMA formats have become very common in download services. For example, many audio and video take wmv and wma as formats. And lots of Online movie and music stores provide files in the two formats, such as Zune MarketPlace, CinemaNow, Blockbuster, Amazon Video on Demand, BBC iPlayer etc.

But how to play these wmv wma files on iPad? (If you want to play m4v,m4a,m4p files downloaded from iTunes on iPad,you can click here to know how to transfer iTunes music video to ipad)There are two points that give a great number of iPad users headache.

First one is to remove DRM from the wmv wma files. These wmv wma files downloaded from online movie and music stores always include DRM protection. The action of DRM restriction aims to prevent illegally duplication. But to play these files on iPad, you have to remove DRM from wmv wma files at first.

The second point is iPad is incompatible with the wmv wma formats, you have to convert wmv wma files to these formats which iPad support: H.264/MPEG-4 (.m4v; .m4p; .mov) to 720p/640×480, 30 fps, AAC audio.

To fix this problem, you may try some free software to convert DRM WMV WMA to iPad, such as fairgame, but other problems arise: long converting time, bad output quality etc.

Then what can you do further? Download a wonderful convert protected WMV to iPad software — Aimersoft Media Converter, it have an incredible output quality, and formidably support all formats (avi, mp4, mpg, mkv, aac, ac3, mp3, m4a, ogg, etc.) converting, while the protected wmv wma converter not only can convert wmv and wma formats to iPad, but also for all kinds of devices such as iPod/iPhone/Nokia/Blackberry/Zune , moreover, these formats can be DRM protected and unprotected.

Getting Aimersoft Media Converter, now you can go on the way of appreciating your WMV WMA movies on your iPad.

Download Aimersoft Media Converter

Step 1. Click “Add” button to add WMV WMA files

In this step,you can load not only protected wmv wma files or video folder, but also directshow files. In addition, it can automatically add DRM files.

Step 2. Set output options for iPad

Click video files drop-down list and choose iPad profile. For example: you can select “iPad HD Video (*.mp4)“as the output format for the original protected WMV WMA files. For instance, the convert protected wmv wma to iPad software support you to convert drm wmv to iPad video MPEG-4(*.MP4), iPad video H.264 (*.MP4), iPad HD Video (*.mp4) etc.

Step 3. Click “Browse” button to select output directory.

By clicking the “Browse” button, it supports you to save the converted drm wmv wma files to anyplace you prefer. It also enables you to set the action after the protected wmv wma to iPad conversion like shut down computer.

Step 4. Start to convert protected WMV/WMA to iPad

Click the “Start” button to begin to convert DRM wmv wma files. After conversion, you can Sync converted DRM WMV WMA to iPad with iTunes:

a. launch iTunes
b. add your converted wmv wma files to iTunes library
c. connect your iPad to computer
d. click iTunes “File -> Sync iPad”,then the drm wmv wma conversion is under practice.

When updating completed, you will find the wmv wma files on you iPad. Now, you are free in playing these protected WMV WMA files on iPad. Enjoy yourself.

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