Add converted movies to iTunes library.

I have a large collection of movies that I want to add to the iTunes library, intended for viewing on AppleTV.
I purchased Bigasoft video converter for iTunes, and transcoded to AppleTV format, yet, nothing is showing up in the library either by using File>Add Folder/File, or dragging and dropping...
What am I doing wrong? It's incredible irritating....

Make sure it's the right format mov, m4v or mp4.
If you format is correct but still not able to add file to library, please repair your Quicktime.
Control Panel > Proigrams n Features > highlight QuickTime, click CHANGE then REPAIR.

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