i have bunch of avi shows my brother gave me and i would like to have them in my iTunes lib, what program would you guys recommend to use to convert them to the compatable format for iTunes
thank you
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You need to convert them to MPEG4.
Use iSquint (shareware)
Just set the file size to be the same as the original and you can then drag and drop the converted file into itunes.
.avi files can NOT go into iTunes.
I believe iTunes uses the poster frame as the image. You can set the poster frame using QuickTime.
$ SetFile -t "MooV" /path/to/movie.avi
tell application "Finder"
set file type of file this_file to "MooV"
end tell
(*add movie to iTunes
The script will add OSList file-type information to a list of files. This identifies them
as movie files, the files are then imported into iTunes.
TO DO:
Verification of file list passed as video files
Growl integration (if installed)
Move repeat loop into separate object script to clean-up code.
*)
--Folder Action [Attach to a folder in Finder]
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving file_list
repeat with each_file in file_list
try
tell application "Finder" to set file type of file each_file to "MooV"
end try
end repeat
tell application "iTunes" to add file_list
end adding folder items to
--Droplet [Compile and drop items onto application]
on open file_list
repeat with each_file in file_list
try
tell application "Finder" to set file type of file each_file to "MooV"
end try
end repeat
tell application "iTunes" to add file_list
end open
hmm, the reference movie solution worked great for me EXCEPT for one big thing, I can't seem to set movie artwork (album artwork..). I go to get info and I set the artwork, but then it just reverts back to the thumbnail. Anyone else having that problem?
$ SetFile -t "MooV" /path/to/movies/*.avi
tell application "Finder"
set file type of file this_file to "MooV"
end tell
(*add movie to iTunes
The script will add OSList file-type information to a list of files. This identifies them
as movie files, the files are then imported into iTunes.
TO DO:
Verification of file list passed as video files
Growl integration (if installed)
Move repeat loop into separate object script to clean-up code.
*)
--Folder Action [Attach to a folder in Finder]
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving file_list
repeat with each_file in file_list
try
tell application "Finder" to set file type of file each_file to "MooV"
end try
end repeat
tell application "iTunes" to add file_list
end adding folder items to
--Droplet [Compile and drop items onto application]
on open file_list
repeat with each_file in file_list
try
tell application "Finder" to set file type of file each_file to "MooV"
end try
end repeat
tell application "iTunes" to add file_list
end open
Hi All,
I know this thread is pretty much dead but 1 quick question - when saving an AVI as a MOV container in MPEG Streamclip to dump in to itunes the file size blows out to over a 1GB for a 200MB AVI in some cases. Am I doing something wrong?
Cheers!
Hi All,
I know this thread is pretty much dead but 1 quick question - when saving an AVI as a MOV container in MPEG Streamclip to dump in to itunes the file size blows out to over a 1GB for a 200MB AVI in some cases. Am I doing something wrong?
Cheers!