iPod touch Are they in two places? How do i check?

[marine610610]

Recently i ripped some documentaries i had on DVD to my MBP. Then i converted them to MP4's. Good so far. When i went to put them on my IPT i found i had to import them into iTunes first. So i dragged the mp4's into the iTunes movie section. At the top it said "copying" and it took a minute to do. My question is, do i now have the mp4's in two places? HDD space is valuable to me, id like to know so i can delete the second copy. Thanks ahead of time.

 

[BassistKing1]

check in ur itunes folder (which is usually somewhere in my documents, then music, or else wherever u have ur library)

 

[r6girl]

yes, they are now in two places. the same thing happens to me when i use handbrake to rip a dvd. handbrake places the file on my desktop, then i import it into itunes. after i import it into itunes, i delete the copy that's on my desktop. then i usually find that i need to convert the file within itunes using the "convert selection for ipod/iphone" menu option as well (not sure why the handbrake rip doesn't work immediately), and that creates *another* version of the file, and i delete the old one within itunes when the conversion is complete...

 

[xXriderXx7]

There is an option in iTunes which allows for iTunes to copy any files added into it to be copied to the iTunes Music Folder.

Thereby, creating a duplicate file.
The easiest way is for you to direct the conversion program to the desktop, then copy to iTunes, then delete the desktop version.

 

[marine610610]

Thanks fellas. Im going to go ahead and delete the desktop copies.