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iTunes like app for video?

thebiggoose

thebiggoose

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Does anyone know of a good video management applications? I have tried Democracy Player but I haven't been able to get it to work right. Here are my needs:

1. Plays a multitude of formats (h.264, divx, xvid,).
2. Allows for a hierarchical management system.
3. Can work with aliases/an external drive.

I don't wanna reconvert all my video or make reference movies.
 
thebiggoose said:
Does anyone know of a good video management applications? I have tried Democracy Player but I haven't been able to get it to work right. Here are my needs:

1. Plays a multitude of formats (h.264, divx, xvid,).
2. Allows for a hierarchical management system.
3. Can work with aliases/an external drive.

I don't wanna reconvert all my video or make reference movies.
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1 there only 2 player for macosx i know that play those files vlc or mplayer

vlc is highly recommend

2. not sure what that is but if it 4:3 and 16:9 vlc should mange it

3. vlc should manage to load them off the external drive not sure about aliases

vlc can be skin to look like itunes

those 2 apps may not have the full itunes feel and look but there the best 2 video players for mac
 
littleb2005 said:
1 there only 2 player for macosx i know that play those files vlc or mplayer

vlc is highly recommend

2. not sure what that is but if it 4:3 and 16:9 vlc should mange it

3. vlc should manage to load them off the external drive not sure about aliases

vlc can be skin to look like itunes

those 2 apps may not have the full itunes feel and look but there the best 2 video players for mac
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I don't mean a video player. I already use both VLC and mplayer. I need an organizing app.
 
thebiggoose said:
Does anyone know of a good video management applications? I have tried Democracy Player but I haven't been able to get it to work right. Here are my needs:

1. Plays a multitude of formats (h.264, divx, xvid,).
2. Allows for a hierarchical management system.
3. Can work with aliases/an external drive.

I don't wanna reconvert all my video or make reference movies.
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If you get Perian for QuickTime, then presto iTunes is a video organizer that can play the formats you requested. It manages the video for you, you can create playlists and browse or search for them in various clever ways, and it automatically copies and stores the movies inside it's own iTunes folder OR leave the videos wherever they are, depending on what setting you choose. You can tag them in tons of ways, rate them, have them randomly selected, whatever you'd like... They'll also all work from Front Row if you have such an equipped Mac. I don't see what more you could want than what is offered by this program you already have.
 
dpaanlka said:
If you get Perian for QuickTime, then presto iTunes is a video organizer that can play the formats you requested. It manages the video for you, you can create playlists and browse or search for them in various clever ways, and it automatically copies and stores the movies inside it's own iTunes folder OR leave the videos wherever they are, depending on what setting you choose. You can tag them in tons of ways, rate them, have them randomly selected, whatever you'd like... They'll also all work from Front Row if you have such an equipped Mac. I don't see what more you could want than what is offered by this program you already have.
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avi do not work in itunes and i have perian installed

divx, xvid which means they 2 are out the window
 
littleb2005 said:
avi do not work in itunes and i have perian installed

divx, xvid which means they 2 are out the window
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Oh yes, after installing Perian, to get your DivX movies into iTunes, simply rename them, removing ".divx" or ".avi" or whatever, and replacing it with ".mov" as pictured below:

Picture 1.png

This doesn't actually convert it, but tricks iTunes into thinking it's a QuickTime movie, and since iTunes uses QuickTime to play it's movies, and Perian extends QuickTime to play DivX movies, it will work anyways:

Picture 3.jpg

I guess I forgot to mention that important part.
 
dpaanlka said:
Oh yes, after installing Perian, to get your DivX movies into iTunes, simply rename them, removing ".divx" or ".avi" or whatever, and replacing it with ".mov" as pictured below:

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This doesn't actually convert it, but tricks iTunes into thinking it's a QuickTime movie, and since iTunes uses QuickTime to play it's movies, and Perian extends QuickTime to play DivX movies, it will work anyways:

View attachment 75239

I guess I forgot to mention that important part.
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does not work for me are you draging the whole movie over or a shortcut
 
littleb2005 said:
does not work for me are you draging the whole movie over or a shortcut
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The whole movie. Just rename the movie to whatever it was called before .mov and it should work, so long as you have the ability to play the movie in QuickTime player. If you can't play it in QuickTime player, then it isn't going to work in iTunes.

Also remember, that iTunes' default setting is to copy movies (and songs) you import into it's library into the iTunes folder automatically, so after you successfully import it, you can delete the version you have on your desktop or wherever.
 
dpaanlka said:
The whole movie. Just rename the movie to whatever it was called before .mov and it should work, so long as you have the ability to play the movie in QuickTime player. If you can't play it in QuickTime player, then it isn't going to work in iTunes.

Also remember, that iTunes' default setting is to copy movies (and songs) you import into it's library into the iTunes folder automatically, so after you successfully import it, you can delete the version you have on your desktop or wherever.
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he whole movie. Just rename the movie to whatever it was called before .mov and it should work

done it but itunes refuses to copy them over and they are playing in quicktime
 
@thebiggoose. I've been searching for a decent application for this purpose for *ages*. I've encountered exactly that problem with apps like iDive and its ilk: they're all limited to "formats that Quicktime can play" instead of being able to handle whatever I throw at them. Extremely frustrating. If you happen across something that actually works, please do update this thread.
 
justG said:
@thebiggoose. I've been searching for a decent application for this purpose for *ages*. I've encountered exactly that problem with apps like iDive and its ilk: they're all limited to "formats that Quicktime can play" instead of being able to handle whatever I throw at them. Extremely frustrating. If you happen across something that actually works, please do update this thread.
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The renaming .divx files to .mov does work as you can see from my screenshots.
 
I am interested in this as well.. I have over 300gb of videos, mostly in xvid and divx and would really love a similar app to what the OP is requesting.
 
Can some of you other folks who are replying without reading the whole thread try the renaming thing that I've been doing and tell us if it works for you as well?
 
I don't uderstand what's wrong with FrontRow.

I have all my movies (multiple formats) on an external drive. Add the Divx codecs, 3ivx, and perian to the /Library/Quicktime folder, then create an alias of your external drive or folder where you keep your movies. Then put the alias in the ~/Movies folder of the home directory, and there you have it.

I separate my movies by Genre into folders (e.g. Action, Drama, Comedy, romantic comedy, suspense, horror, thriller, etc.), then Those show up in Frontrow Hierarchily.

You can also add folders for TV Shows, TV Series, whatever you want.

Best,

Brian
 
The extension change trick will only work if the file type is set to what AVI files are, 'VfW ' IIRC. Otherwise, QuickTime will only consider the .mov importer and of course fail to play it.
 
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