Importing movies into iTunes?

Tim117 · Sep 4, 2007, 07:19 PM

I cannot find any way to import movies into iTunes? I've tried dragging them in. Pressing the button 'Add to Libray' and pressing the button 'Import'

And that's all i've tried. What am I doing wrong?

swiftaw · Sep 4, 2007, 07:19 PM

What format are your movie files?

Tim117 · Sep 4, 2007, 07:28 PM

All of the ones that I'm am trying to import are all .avi files.

Nermal · Sep 4, 2007, 07:30 PM

iTunes uses QuickTime (.mov, .m4v etc) formats. If you have QuickTime Pro then you can open the .avi files and save them as .mov.

kostia · Sep 6, 2007, 02:10 AM

The free application iSquint will convert your AVIs into MP4s iTunes will be happy with. There are other options for conversion software too, but that's what I use.

http://www.isquint.org/

Tim117 · Sep 6, 2007, 05:16 PM

Yea I'm using FFMPEGX and works great.

hagar · Jan 19, 2008, 09:52 AM

there is also a tool allowing you to add videos to itunes without reconversion. It also supports metadata and cover art.

http://users.skynet.be/fc047310/DriveIn

mistermateo · Jan 13, 2011, 12:37 AM

I am trying to import videos to iTunes and having trouble.
I used VideoDrive to convert all the avi files to m4v files, and all of the videos subsequently showed up in a new folder alongside my music folder for iTunes (this had previously been empty).
However, when VideoDrive was processing all the videos, it gave a warning message for each one saying that the "file could not be opened..." and something about "software may need to be added..."
Now, all the movies show up in iTunes, but I can not open or play any of them.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks.

hagar · Jan 14, 2011, 02:10 AM

From your explanation, I think that there's a problem with your codecs. VideoDrive (as do all other tools) uses QuickTime to convert your videos. If the video doesn't play in QuickTime, the conversion will fail. Have you installed Perian?

I noticed VideoDrive released a beta version of 2.3 which includes support for HandBrake. I think this will be a hugh improvement as HandBrake is far more reliable and definitely much faster than QuickTime for conversions.

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Tim117 macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC Canada	Importing movies into iTunes? I cannot find any way to import movies into iTunes? I've tried dragging them in. Pressing the button 'Add to Libray' and pressing the button 'Import' And that's all i've tried. What am I doing wrong? __________________ Except in Newbraska MacBook, OS X 10.4.10, Red 8GB iPod Nano (3rd gen.), Orange 1gb iPod Shuffle. How to Clean Your MacBook
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Sep 4, 2007, 07:28 PM	#3
Tim117 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC Canada	All of the ones that I'm am trying to import are all .avi files. __________________ Except in Newbraska MacBook, OS X 10.4.10, Red 8GB iPod Nano (3rd gen.), Orange 1gb iPod Shuffle. How to Clean Your MacBook
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Sep 6, 2007, 05:16 PM	#6
Tim117 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BC Canada	Yea I'm using FFMPEGX and works great. __________________ Except in Newbraska MacBook, OS X 10.4.10, Red 8GB iPod Nano (3rd gen.), Orange 1gb iPod Shuffle. How to Clean Your MacBook
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Jan 19, 2008, 09:52 AM	#7
hagar macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2008	adding without conversion there is also a tool allowing you to add videos to itunes without reconversion. It also supports metadata and cover art. http://users.skynet.be/fc047310/DriveIn
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Jan 13, 2011, 12:37 AM	#8
mistermateo macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2011	Help? I am trying to import videos to iTunes and having trouble. I used VideoDrive to convert all the avi files to m4v files, and all of the videos subsequently showed up in a new folder alongside my music folder for iTunes (this had previously been empty). However, when VideoDrive was processing all the videos, it gave a warning message for each one saying that the "file could not be opened..." and something about "software may need to be added..." Now, all the movies show up in iTunes, but I can not open or play any of them. Can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks.
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Sep 4, 2007, 07:19 PM	#2
swiftaw macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Omaha, NE, USA	What format are your movie files?
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Sep 4, 2007, 07:30 PM	#4
Nermal Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Whakatane, New Zealand	iTunes uses QuickTime (.mov, .m4v etc) formats. If you have QuickTime Pro then you can open the .avi files and save them as .mov.
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Sep 6, 2007, 02:10 AM	#5
kostia macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2007	The free application iSquint will convert your AVIs into MP4s iTunes will be happy with. There are other options for conversion software too, but that's what I use. http://www.isquint.org/
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Jan 14, 2011, 02:10 AM	#9
hagar macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2008	From your explanation, I think that there's a problem with your codecs. VideoDrive (as do all other tools) uses QuickTime to convert your videos. If the video doesn't play in QuickTime, the conversion will fail. Have you installed Perian? I noticed VideoDrive released a beta version of 2.3 which includes support for HandBrake. I think this will be a hugh improvement as HandBrake is far more reliable and definitely much faster than QuickTime for conversions.
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