That is where I downloaded it from. To use it, drag the video that you want to edit onto the icon and the editing window will appear.
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That is where I downloaded it from. To use it, drag the video that you want to edit onto the icon and the editing window will appear.
Can you do the same thing for TV Shows?
And I see how to mark it as HD, but how do I mark it as SD?
Lastly, how do I drag it onto the icon? I have to click open, navigate to the directory, open the file, save it, navigate back to the directory, and then drag it into iTunes. Doing this for every TV Show is not fun, there must be a quicker way?
And I see how to mark it as HD, but how do I mark it as SD?
Lastly, how do I drag it onto the icon? I have to click open, navigate to the directory, open the file, save it, navigate back to the directory, and then drag it into iTunes. Doing this for every TV Show is not fun, there must be a quicker way?
Yes, you can
You don't. As long as you mark one as HD and they both have the same cnid number then iTunes will recognise the non HD tagged movie / tv show as SD
Just the same as you can with most other apps that are in the dock -just drag your file from the location onto the Subler app in the dock - it will open the edit screen. Saves navigating.
You should also be able to right click on the file in Finder and select "Open With -> Subler".
Thanks for the info on subler. I grabbed it yesterday and after some fumbling around, got the 2 movies I have in SD and HD to show up together. I clicked "import tag" and picked my other version, but it didn't copy the setting that it was a movie type file. So it still didn't work. I started going through each tab for both files and caught it. So much nicer not having 2 versions show up!
Just thought I would add to this thread - like to keep my movies well organised, tagged and in the grid view.
Second screenshot shows the affect of Subler and what NightStorm is talking about - 2 files, 1 entry in iTunes. I only do it for my Blu-Ray rips though, 1 file for Apple TV, 1 for iPod/iPhone. If it's a DVD i do a universal rip.
Throw in a couple of Romance movies as well to keep the wife happy
Just out of interest what are the size of the blu ray rips you are downloading. The 5 gb ones seem to be grainy on certain colours in the background.
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I'm getting ready to convert my DVD collection. I just got a few questions. I tried using the 'AppleTV' preset as well as the 'Normal' preset. The 'Normal' preset produces a considerably smaller file size and the quality to me looks just about the same. Does anyone use the 'Normal' preset?
Could anyone provide me the most common settings that everyone uses to rip their movies?
I'm getting ready to convert my DVD collection. I just got a few questions. I tried using the 'AppleTV' preset as well as the 'Normal' preset. The 'Normal' preset produces a considerably smaller file size and the quality to me looks just about the same. Does anyone use the 'Normal' preset?
Could anyone provide me the most common settings that everyone uses to rip their movies?
When I accidentally leave mine on "normal" they are much larger files than when I use my default Apple Universal. With Apple Universal, it will work on any Apple device. The quality difference to the original DVD is negligible to me. My movies are mostly in the 1-2 gig range.
I have two MKV movies saved as .mov reference files in order to play them in itunes, is there anyway of using subler to give these two films the HD symbol in iTunes?
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Has anyone found a way to get iTunes to combine the HD and SD shows together on a Windows machine?
I haven't yet found a way to edit the cnid tag on windows. I see MetaX for windows now offers the option to flag a movie as HD, which is good to start, but no way to edit the cnid tag (as far as I can see).
I have found a temporary fix: If you have an HD movie or TV show, particularly one you don't want, you can delete them from explorer, but leave the entry in your library. Then rename the HD and SD version of the video you want to what the other files were, and place them in the same location where the other files used to reside. Now iTunes will treat them as the other videos. However, this does not actually embed the tag info into the file, so if you try to re-add the videos or add them to another library, you'll end up with two entries. I don't know what happens if you tried to add the original, correctly-tagged videos back to the library with the homemade files occupying their entry.
I haven't yet found a way to edit the cnid tag on windows. I see MetaX for windows now offers the option to flag a movie as HD, which is good to start, but no way to edit the cnid tag (as far as I can see).
I have found a temporary fix: If you have an HD movie or TV show, particularly one you don't want, you can delete them from explorer, but leave the entry in your library. Then rename the HD and SD version of the video you want to what the other files were, and place them in the same location where the other files used to reside. Now iTunes will treat them as the other videos. However, this does not actually embed the tag info into the file, so if you try to re-add the videos or add them to another library, you'll end up with two entries. I don't know what happens if you tried to add the original, correctly-tagged videos back to the library with the homemade files occupying their entry.
For me, VideoDrive (www.aroona.net) is still the best solution. I download all my videos (mostly AVI) in a folder named "inbox". This folder is actually a "hot folder", and as soon as a video arrives, VideoDrive is launched and imports it in iTunes. This process is completely automated.
These are my settings:
1) The folder "inbox" is a hot folder: in VideoDrive Preferences panel, go to the Hot Folder tab, select the folder you want to turn into a hot folder.
2) Go to the queue tab and select the second option to handle the import queue (all your vids are added to that queue when they arrive). This is important, becausy this option makes sure the video is requeued if it's not downloaded yet.
3) While importing, the videos are moved to my external disk and organized in subfolders. This setting is on the import tab. Don't forget this step, otherwise your video files stay in the inbox forever.
4) My import method is method 2 (Reference movies). This is the same as what Movie2iTunes does.
5) The metadata is set to not "ask for confirmation" so that the metadata is automatically downloaded in the background. The names of my video files are not always clear, but VD does a good job in still loading the correct metadata.
My only problem I had with this whole setup is now fixed in version 1.10.1. When an error occurred, the error window would block the process until you clicked the message away. But now, this is finally fixed too.
The only disadvantage I still have is that the artwork is pulled from amazon, and the quality is definitely ok, but not fantastic. The developer promised to add new sources a while ago, so if they add that too, I'm happy.
For me, the whole automated process is priceless because starting to rename files, converting them, tagging them, it's just a whole hassle I can't be bothered with. I guess some other tools have better results or more options for a particular job (like Handbrake for conversions) but VideoDrive offers one solution from start 'till finish and that's why I stick with it.
Hi,
This was like the first program i tried for doing this job, listed in this topic.
However, it failed to add any of the avi files in my movies folder on my external hard drive.
They all fail with
Import of Movie.avi failed because QuickTime could not process your video. Make sure the video can be played in QuickTime and try again:QuickTime Player got an error: AppleEvent handler failed. (error: -10000)
Any ideas? They can all play perfectly in quicktime, and could do so before i installed perian/etc as well.
Some great info in this thread, im just starting to organize my files as im waiting for a 1TB external HD. I've downloaded the iFlicks trial which would be great but it's a bit hit and miss, some files get info as soon as you drop them into the window, some you need to go into the script menu and manually ask but half of them wont find any information. The info is there on the tmdb website but it just wont find it.
The info is there on the tmdb website but it just wont find it.iFlicks decided to work finally for me
Got most of my movies....few manual edits though needed
Using Delicious Libary =)
http://tinypic.com/r/2crq7h1/4
Got most of my movies....few manual edits though needed
Using Delicious Libary =)
http://tinypic.com/r/2crq7h1/4
Just curious what several of your apps are and what programs you use for your movies I know Transmission. What apps do you have in your dock? minus the obvious ones like photoshop etc.
Why iflicks instead of metaX? I use handbrake to convert the data for the apple tv, do you use iflicks to add the data or do the full conversion? How are the times?
I am pretty anal about mine...
so anal infact, that you havent watched any on your computer
hahahaha. kidding, i can see the 
TV my collection is horrid - you would have a heart attack
