Apple iTunes store has a huge collection of movies, music videos, TV shows and music albums. Anyone can download these files from the iTunes software but for a fee.Songs on iTunes Music store cost 99¢ each, television episodes and music videos cost $1.99 each while full length movies cost $9.99 or $14.99 if you download the movie during their first week of release.
Want to download these media files from iTunes for free ? Now you can. All you need is Apple iTunes and a download manager like FlashGet, GetRight - No credit card, Apple ID or AOL screenname required. The tricks works for US as well as international users.
Here's a simple trick that will allow you to download full length episodes of Spiderman, The Office, Desperate Housewives or any other TV show for free. Using the same trick, you can also download music videos, audibooks, short films and movies from iTunes for free.
Step 1: Start iTunes software and open the iTunes Store by pressing Ctrl+Shift+H or click here.
Step 2: Open the Music Videos, Movies, TV Shows or Music link depending on the stuff you plan to download from the iTunes store.
Step 3: Create a new playlist in iTunes and name that as "_Phobos__Dnldstr_36c_" [replace the underscores with spaces, there's another space at the begining and one at end]
Step 4: Drag-n-drop all the music videos, films and TV episodes that you want to download to the above folder playlist in iTunes.
Step 5. Export the above list as an XML file which will have links to download the shows from iTunes without paying any fee. If you don't see the download links in the iTunes XML file, make sure that you have created the playlist in Step 3 correctly.
Here's a list of commercial shows like The Apprentice, Star Trek and Lost that I could easily download using the above itunes hack. They are not trailers but full length episodes. You can play them inside QuickTime, VLC player or any other media player.
Download The Apprentice [NBC, Season 5]
Download Star Trek Episode [Where No Man Has Gone Before]
Download The Andy Milonakis Show [MTV Networks]
Download Lost Show [Lost Survivor Guide]
iTunes Store movie quality - When you download movies from iTunes, you get near DVD-quality, 640-by-480-pixel video perfect for watching on your computer or the iPod.
Enjoy the millions of songs, box office hit movies and hit TV shows on iTunes for free now. Remember that you cannot burn video content purchased from the iTunes Store to DVD directly but you can easily transfer them to the iPod or watch on your TV using Apple TV.
Update: If you have a slow Internet connection (128 Kbps or less) and are trying to play a song preview in the iTunes Store, the preview may not play smoothly. Choose Edit > Preferences, click Store, and select "Load complete preview before playing."
