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So where do you guys put your vidoes? There is no "iMovie" for that.

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AdventurousJosh

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You've got iPhoto for videos, iTunes for music, and iMovie for creating videos. But where do you store video clips taken on a digital camera? I have tons from my Japanese vacations. Where's the best place to store'em?


Josh
 
bigjnyc said:
Dont they have to be in a certain format first in order to go into itunes, like .mp4 or .m4v?
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Actually, it seems you are right. They've changed it from 7 to 8. In 7, I had a few wmvs in my movies list, but I just tried to drag one there in 8, and it wouldn't let me.
 
r.j.s said:
Actually, it seems you are right. They've changed it from 7 to 8. In 7, I had a few wmvs in my movies list, but I just tried to drag one there in 8, and it wouldn't let me.
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yea i figured.

to the OP:

I use itunes for my movies or tv shows but first i have to convert them to the right format using toast 9 titanium. mostly i convert them for use in my iPhone.

as for regular home movies and random videos i am content just keeping them in my videos folder in my home directory.
 
Kusuri said:
You've got iPhoto for videos, iTunes for music, and iMovie for creating videos. But where do you store video clips taken on a digital camera? I have tons from my Japanese vacations. Where's the best place to store'em?


Josh
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The best place to store them is iMovie, since that's what it's made for.
 
Cromulent said:
I'd just use the newest version of Handbrake to convert them to an iTunes compatible format and use iTunes to store them.
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If you are just watching them in iTunes... you don't have to convert.

Use mpegstreamclip to 'wrap' the .avi in a .mov container. Very quick... no conversion.

Open .avi in MPEGstreamclip. "Save as" and select ".mov" from the drop down box. Takes a minute or so. Then add the .mov to itunes library.
 
raxafarian said:
If you are just watching them in iTunes... you don't have to convert.
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...assuming you have the required codecs in Quicktime.

raxafarian said:
Use mpegstreamclip to 'wrap' the .avi in a .mov container. Very quick... no conversion.
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AVI, like MOV, is just a wrapper. So, depending on how the audio and video within the AVI was encoded, one could still run into issues.
 
Peace said:
There is a folder called "Movies".;)
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I think the OP is looking for something more manageable like iTunes or iPhoto.

I use iPhoto for the vids taken with my digital cameras.

I just place them into the "Movies" folder for others...

True though, everything's getting combobulated between iTunes, iMovie (newer one), iPhoto, just the folder... :eek:
 
gkarris said:
I think the OP is looking for something more manageable like iTunes or iPhoto.

I use iPhoto for the vids taken with my digital cameras.

I just place them into the "Movies" folder for others...

True though, everything's getting combobulated between iTunes, iMovie (newer one), iPhoto, just the folder... :eek:
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Yeah that's what I was talking about. Thanks guys. Guess there isn't anything for that. I have a folder on my desktop where I keep videos.
 
Kusuri said:
Yeah that's what I was talking about. Thanks guys. Guess there isn't anything for that. I have a folder on my desktop where I keep videos.
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I suggest making it a stack so your desktop could be more organized. That is assuming you have leopard.
 
.. or you could just create a smart folder..?

i use iPhoto for clips off my digicam and anything i export from iMovie usually goes into iTunes.. but it's also in the "movies" folder where i have a few smart folders set up
 
You can also use iMovie '08 which has a Library to store your movies (and use them in projects). iMovie '09 is supposed to further extend this functionality, with better support for browsing through your movies and storing them on external hard drives.
 
Wow guys, I never thought of making it into a stack. I have a "media" file, full of tons of things broken into sub folders. When I select my media folder, it shoots out (Like everything else in a stack) and shows tons of sub folders I can choose from. But what's a "smart folder"?


Thanks.
 
A smart folder will add items that meet certain critera, like a word in the filename, automatically.

I use smart folders in iPhoto to keep track of photos of my daughters.

If you use iPhoto, and make a smart folder with criteria of Movie, all of your videos will be in the same place.
 
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