Importing video in iTunes 12

I have a couple of complaints about importing video into iTunes 12. When I
(1) When changing the media type to TV Show, you have the save that change, then move to TV Shows, find the file then add the Show Info. In previous versions, you could do all of that from the Home Movies section, which was a much more streamlined process.
(2) iTunes does not move the file out of the Home Movies folder into the appropriate TV Show folder like it did in previous versions when you change the media type and label the Show Info.
I miss the sidebar like crazy, too!

For #2 going into Edit > Preferences > Advanced and turning Keep iTunes Media folder organized off, and then turning it back on again, should trigger iTunes into moving the files around to match the selected media kind.
Consolidation only applies to content initially located outside of the iTunes Media folder.
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[VLC media player|http://www.videolan.org/vlc> - general media player that plays just about anything.
[Perian codecs for Quicktime|http://www.perian.org] - plugins to add functionality to Quicktime for playing additional audio and video formats
[Quicktime audio problems, Perian, VLC|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9013669] - read note about uninstalling prior DIVX support before installing Perian.

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