So, I downloaded a .avi movie but I changed the file name to .mp4 and imported it to iTunes but when I select it to be synced to my iPod Touch, I can select it but it's grayed out, and it doesn't sync. Can someone help me?
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Can't sync movie!
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The videos need to be made into an iPod/iPhone Version. You can follow these directions to do so:
1) Import the video you want into iTunes by clicking File>Add to Library
2) Select the Video you just Imported in the Movies tab. (If you already have the video in iTunes then you can skip step 1)
3) Click Advanced>Create iPod/iPhone Version.
1) Import the video you want into iTunes by clicking File>Add to Library
2) Select the Video you just Imported in the Movies tab. (If you already have the video in iTunes then you can skip step 1)
3) Click Advanced>Create iPod/iPhone Version.
I did that and I got the audio to come in, but now there is no video, just a white screen with the audio. Help?
Possibly because iTunes doesn't officially support .avi files, merely changing the extension to .mp4 doesn't convert the actual file.
Download Handbrake for free (http://handbrake.fr), and run the .avi file through that. There's an iPhone preset that's always worked for me, iTunes and your iPhone should recognise the new file.
Thanks! It worked perfectly!
Sounds stupid but I can't get mine to work syncing. Handbrake has a few codecs: H.264, Mpeg-4 (Xvid) and Mpeg-4(ffmpeg). The converted file comes out as a .m4v extension. Does not work with my iphone but works fine on itunes movie. Strange but I managed to convert it easily previously with my PC. Am new to mac and know nothing much about it so any help would be appreciated.
Use the iPhone/iPod Touch preset next time.
All my DVD's that I convert to are m4v. by default Handbrake selects Normal and I forget to change to iPhone sometimes so that the video size it scaled properly. 
For an .avi extension, simply changing the file names won't help.
I use iSquint - it's freeware and relatively fast. It takes approximately 15 minutes to convert a 700MB .avi to .mp4 and it offers immediate syncing to iTunes so it eliminates the extra drag / drop step.
I use iSquint - it's freeware and relatively fast. It takes approximately 15 minutes to convert a 700MB .avi to .mp4 and it offers immediate syncing to iTunes so it eliminates the extra drag / drop step.