Varjak is correct in stating that you cannot go from UV to iTunes or vice versa. You can however choose different apps to download and watch your movies from UV. I like Vudu which is from WalMart. They will even give you 10 free movies if you sign up the first time with them and link your UV account.
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I'm also frustrated with UltraViolet and would like to transfer my movies to iTunes. I found a video a young man posted on YouTube where he explains a process to get a copy of your movies from Flixster that will work in iTunes. I, personally, haven't tried it yet, but will give it go soon.
I think this was simply the movie studios wanting to take some power away from Apple/iTunes which as usual with studios exercising their 'rights management' only causes annoyance to the customer who actually pays for their movies, while those who get them nefariously carry on regardless.
Consumers could acquire UltraViolet rights by purchasing a physical disc that included an UltraViolet activation code, by purchasing a movie directly from an electronic retailer (a.k.a. EST, or Electronic sell-through), or by using a disc to digital service (D2D). Disc to digital services allowed consumers to insert a DVD or Blu-ray into their computer's disc drive, scan it to verify ownership, and then add it to their UltraViolet collection for a fee. Several retailers including Vudu and CinemaNow offered this service. Flixster had been offering a D2D service as well, but it was suspended once Fandango acquired Flixster in early 2016 and another independent movie streaming service, M-GO.[6]
Despite Fox merging with Disney in 2019, Walt Disney Studios was never a member of DECE, and did not release any of their films with UltraViolet rights. On February 25, 2014, Disney launched a competing digital movie locker system called Disney Movies Anywhere that allowed any Disney movie purchased or redeemed at any participating provider to be played using all other DMA providers. DMA providers included iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Amazon Video, and Microsoft Movies & TV. On October 12, 2017, Disney Movies Anywhere was expanded to include movies from a number of non-Disney studios, thus forming a full-fledged UltraViolet competitor. This service is now called Movies Anywhere to reflect the expanded scope of content.
UltraViolet content was available from several movie streaming services.[8] Some services offered downloads that could be saved to PCs, tablets, gaming consoles, or phones for offline viewing. Below is a table of all the streaming providers and the countries they serve.
Some Ultraviolet streaming providers offered the capability to download movies and TV shows. They had their own proprietary video formats, and they were not cross-platform. They had to be downloaded and played within their own proprietary PC, Mac, iOS, or Android apps.
In April, it was noticed that movies from Relativity Media that were distributed by 20th Century Fox, were no longer UV enabled. If you had purchased/redeemed the movie prior to the removal of UV rights, the movie remained in your UV locker.
Users can simply connect their iTunes account to their Disney Movies Anywhere account to begin populating their Disney digital movie locker and watch movies online and on their devices. Featuring simultaneous access on multiple devices, Disney Movies Anywhere enables consumers to stream and download Disney movies on their iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and Apple TV (through iCloud or using AirPlay).
The short answer is that it's a digital video "cloud locker," allowing you to stream or download digital videos that exist in your UltraViolet collection. Videos can be accessed through several apps, including Vudu and Flixster; a person can buy a movie or TV show and play it back on a number of different pieces of hardware, regardless of platform.
Another little known feature is that you can buy UltraViolet versions of many of your existing DVDs and Blu-ray discs for a small fee -- $2 to get a standard-def online version of DVD movie or a high-def version of a Blu-ray, or $5 to jump to a high-def version of of DVD. This in-home Disc to Digital program is accomplished by downloading Vudu software to your Mac or PC or Flixster software to your PC and placing the disc in your Blu-ray or DVD drive. If the movie is eligible for a disc-to-digital discount (not all of them are), the software will give you the option to purchase the copy. (CNET's 2013 test drive of the Vudu program had mixed results.)
On phones and tablets, the download and playback is handled within the UltraViolet-compatible apps, including Vudu or Flixster. Purchased movies will appear in the download section of those programs.
On a PC or Mac, the same restriction usually applies -- you need to download a special Vudu player for Vudu video, for instance. In the future, this is supposed to change with the introduction of the Common File Format (CFF). It would allow a download of a movie that could, in theory, be more easily transported between devices. In the meantime, you'll need to download copies on each device you intend to view them on offline, however.
You could watch a DVD or Blu-ray, but those take so long to load. You could sacrifice a second screen and some of your computer's processing power to stream a movie, but I find this slows me down too much and blocks me from my second screen, which I use constantly.
It required a lengthy adjustment for me to appreciate the value of keeping movies in the cloud. Years ago, when digital download codes were first being bundled with DVDs, I resisted redeeming them due to what I imagine was a common misconception. The codes were generally only good for a year, but I thought this meant that the digital downloads themselves were time-bombed and would stop working after the date had passed. When I realized my mistake, I redeemed all of the codes I could find that still worked. Some studios are more forgiving than others. Disney codes routinely work after the expiration date, while I've found that Warner Bros movies consistently fail.
We understand if you have a sudden need to dash off and rummage through your movie collection in search of lost treasure: any digital download codes you might have missed. We're still finding them! Just in the past few weeks while working on this story, I found unredeemed codes still nestled in Blu-Ray cases for Kick-Ass, Slumdog Millionaire, and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. All of them worked!
Oh, and when I first tried to download a movie to my PC for local playback from the Sony site, it failed. To this day, I'm still not sure why. But I've come to terms with the fact that UltraViolet is probably best as a streaming service - though it has been possible for me to download movies to tablets, which is great for mobile viewing when you don't have an Internet connection. More on that below.
Anyway, for the first year after Holy Grail, I only collected UltraViolet movies from movies we bought on Blu-Ray that contained codes, such as Lawrence of Arabia, Magic Mike, Looper, and The Dark Knight Rises. Just a handful, really, so I didn't really see the value. We also picked up a few bonus titles here and there from promos designed to get us to opt into to communications from various studios and services. Signing up for Vudu right now gets you 10 standard definition (SD) movies, while Flixster lets you collect 5 SD movies when you join their Disc to Digital beta (you do need to have eligible DVDs). And, yes, you can do both and link them to the same UltraViolet account.
It's also worth noting that if you're a digital only type (no discs), there are several advantages to UltraViolent: a certain degree of portability, the option (with most clients) to download copies for offline viewing, and discounts/sales on movies and TV shows. My experience is mostly with Disc to Digital, but if you're into the cloud already then you should give UV a look.
Vudu: This is an embarrassingly low frills client but tends to play best overall, at least in my experience. You have to sign in once a day, which is a nuisance. (I can't recall the last time I was prompted to sign in to my HBO Go or Netflix apps.) Once you do sign in, I find it almost always comes up blank. I then have to quit and relaunch the app to see my movies. There's no quick 15- or 30-second rewind button, for those times when you're distracted and want to go back just a little bit, so you're stuck scanning. The popup interface drops off at inopportune times, so you'll spend a lot of time tapping the screen trying to pause or find your place. And there's no way to remove the clock/status bar from the top of the screen. And if you get a notification, the movie will quit and you'll need to restart it. But: Vudu reliably plays where Flixster does not.
Flixster: This app has proven to be really choppy, and the recent update seems to have done little to address this. But Flixster is the only app on iOS so far that lets you download movies for offline playback, so you'll want to have it for travel at least. It also lists the movies you've started but not finished first, making it easy to keep track of what you're watching. Until recently, it played the correct Lone Star movie despite the incorrect listing - but the recent update seems to have nuked that. And my copy of Chances Are sticks in a specific place every time I play it on Flixster, though it is smooth on Vudu.
Android has Flixster available in the Amazon App Store (I tested it with a 1st generation Kindle Fire). Since it's the only game in town, at least on my flavor of Android, you may be stuck with it. It's pretty good, but suffers from some of the same flaws as it's brethren on other platforms: some movies (like my misclassified copy of Lone Star) won't play at all, and it's not glitch proof (that SD version of Chances Are still sticks and skips in the same place).
Shortly after I hit publish, community member and avid commenter UltimoRey tipped me off to CinemaNow. They hide their UltraViolet integration deep within their own storefront, so I missed it during my initial review of UV apps. If you link a new or existing UV account now, you'll get 10 movies from a constrained list (the highlight for us was Big Trouble in Little China but we already had Austin Powers and The Perfect Storm). Add that to the 10 freebies you get from Vudu and the 5-6 from Flixster, and it's Instant Movie Collection! 2ff7e9595c
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