Add to Library question

Hello,
I am currently copying all my DVDs to my hard drive and importing the files into iTunes. This process has worked pretty seamlessly for movies, but I am experiencing some issues with TV series. When I attempt to add a folder that contains one season of a show to iTunes, each episode is added to the Movies folder as a single movie. Is there a way to import television shows into iTunes so they appear in the TV Shows folder? Thank you!

You have to change the media kind on the Get Info > Options tab to TV Show after import.
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I've tried online but can't seem to understand the difference.
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When I disconnect from the network and physically move the computer to another location the photos can't be found--just the thumbnail.
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I must be wrong because (it appears) that only the thumbnail was copied. When I'm connected to my home network my daughter's full size images are available but when I'm at my apartment in the city they're missing (and vice-versa).
What don't I understand?
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To illustrate Larry's response regarding managed or referenced this is the setting for a "managed" library:
So check your current Advanced preferences to see if that checkbox is checked or not. If it is not then you may have to reconnect the hard drive with the source files and, if you want to convert to a managed library, use AliasHerder to have the original files replace the alias files that iPhoto users in the referenced library mode.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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Firstly - I don't want to put all my music in the iTunes Media folder and let iTunes organise my libary - I like it the way it is.
So I've used the "add folder to library" function to add my music library from another location. I realise that iTunes won't monitor this folder so I just manually add my library folder each time I add music to it, and iTunes rescans the entire directory. Seems to work OK...
Is this creating duplicates or a hideously large library XML? Or does iTunes recognise if a file already exists and only add the new files to its library XML?
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Itunes will not add to library some song I bought. The PC is a new computer. How do I fix this?

Diesel vdub asked a question which you have answered yourself, although you don't appear to realise it.
He/she (sorry diesel, I don't know) asked: "Is the song actually on the computer?" and you stated that: "I transfered all songs onto the new computer" and "I looked in the folder but the songs just cant be found" so the copy hasn't worked.
You also mention manually copying, as opposed to a previous (presumably different) method.
How are you trying to copy these songs? Do the copy first and make sure that works. If your first method doesn't work, try a diifferent one - such as the manual copy you referred to (copying onto a memory stick, card, disc etc. etc.)
Until you sort out why your method of copying hasn't worked, everything else you "try" is a waste of time.

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ive recently updated, itunes and all my movies have disappeared,i can no longer add to library from my external hdd which ive always used and can only add from the laptops own hard drive,any ideas what the issue could be?if i transfer the movies from the external to the laptop they will add to the library without any problem so theres no issue with the laptop but when i go to add file in itunes i can path to the external but as soon as i select the file nothing happens, just goes back to itunes

This happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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- dynamic dll import, when you load the library at run-time. With this, you get the flexibility to control, when will be the dll linked to your exe in the memory, while running. The disadvantage is, you'll get errors only at run-time.
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iTunes 8 for Windows will not add media files of type TV Show stored on a network share to the library. I have tested this with both DRM-protected files purchased from the iTunes store, and with unprotected files I have encoded myself. Any tips on how I might diagnose this further, or make it work as intended?
Steps to reproduce:
1. Share my Mac’s iTunes Music folder (containing a TV Shows subfolder with TV shows in it) on the network.
2. Verify iTunes 8 for Windows will successfully add music files contained in the shared folder to its local library (e.g. by File > Add to Library…).
3. Select File > Add to Library… and this time browse to the TV Shows subfolder. Select a particular show’s folder to import. iTunes appears to process the files, but fails silently to add them to the library.
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3. In iTunes 8 on the Mac, change the Media Kind of the file in question back to TV Show. iTunes silently moves the file back to the subfolder of TV Shows.
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It's not under File >> Add to Library where the help files say it should be.
Help!

I think you're right Limnos because it's there now!
Would it be ok if you had a look at my other question since you seem to know what you are talking about and it's the one I really want an answer to?
I posted it August 10 at 1:55am.
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hi!
i am using an external NAS disk for my itunes library.
i didnt notice it was offline for a while when i was downloading new stuff (songs & podcasts) in itunes.
so itunes made a new library on my local disk where the new files where stored.
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- how can i make sure, all files will be copied?
almost a new topic, but 2 questions i was always wondering about:
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- are iphone apps also backuped by saving the library?
thanks for your help!
ponybob

ponybob wrote:
hi!
Hi!
i am using an external NAS disk for my itunes library.
i didnt notice it was offline for a while when i was downloading new stuff (songs & podcasts) in itunes.
so itunes made a new library on my local disk where the new files where stored.
Yes that is what iTunes does if the designated iTunes Music folder location is not accessible.
- how can i add the library on my local disk to the library on my external NAS disk?
Go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced and change your iTunes Music folder location back to the external. Then run the command File > Library > Organize > Consolidate.
- how can i make sure, all files will be copied?
Consolidate will look for any files that are in the library but not in the designated folder, and copy them into the folder. When it is done, you can use Windows to look in the folder and see them.
If you have files hanging around that are not in your iTunes library, Consolidate does not do anything with them.

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dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libCint.so
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sharedlibrary apply-load-rules all
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Message was edited by: TraxusIV

TraxusIV wrote:
Results of otool:
LibraryIncludeTest:
@rpath/libCint.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.9.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 123.0.0)
Macintosh-9:Debug paulthompson$ otool -L /Applications/CERNRoot/root/lib/libCint.so
/Applications/CERNRoot/root/lib/libCint.so:
@rpath/libCint.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 125.2.0)
/usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0, current version 7.9.0)
I honestly don't know much about @rpath. I found this page that explains it a bit more: http://blogs.sun.com/dipol/entry/dynamiclibraries_rpath_andmac
So, since I don't want to deploy with the environment variable set, I should ask, what IS the correct, MacOS X way to do it?
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If you want to create stand-alone executables that can be installed via drag-n-drop, you can put shared libraries inside the application bundle. If your shared libraries/frameworks are elsewhere, you will need some sort of installer to get them installed.
I've been sifting through Apple's developer documentation but I have yet to find a concise, straightforward explanation of how to add shared libraries. I'm horribly confused at this point. Is there a good tutorial available anywhere for both the general unix case of linking to dylibs and .so's, and the Mac specific case?
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A few months ago I was unable to import photos from the same Canon camera I've always used with iPhoto. Despite a number of steps taken, the problem has not resolved.
As I was getting a few erratic problems I decided to rebuild the computer (back up, wipe hard disk, re-install all software,etc.). I then imported the photos from the camera as usual. Last night they imported properly. Tonight those new photos are do not appear in the Library window of iPhoto. Those new photos are, however, in the iPhoto folder. When I try File/Add to Library, I get the message "Unreadable Files: 1 The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognised file type or the files may not contain valid data). The message then gives the path to the library "Users/Shared/iPhoto Library/2005".
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*iPhoto Library in a shared folder so that my partner can access them from her Account;
*there are 2500 photos in my library;
*the photos are in .jpg format;
*I've always used the same camera - Canon IXUS v3;
*they imported OK yesterday but have disappeared today;
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I think I understand now. I am thinking you placed these files in the iPhoto Library folder yourself. You need to drag them to the desktop and import them from there, by either dragging them into an open iPhoto viewing window or using the command File>add to library within iPhoto.
Some more info for you:
--First thing to know and remember is this...Do not drag any images, folder of images into the iPhoto Library in the Finder. Images have to be imported into iPhoto within the application. Do not scan images and save them into the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder. Save them to another location such as the Pictures folder or even the desktop. You can then import them into iPhoto.
If you have already put files/folders in the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder then you will also find out that if you try to import them into iPhoto you will get an error message. No worry, just drag them to the desktop and import from there.
--All images that you import are shown in the library view. You can choose how you want to view, by rolls, by date, by rating, etc. When you put images in an Album, slideshow, book, etc, you are actually just putting pointers to those images in the library. You are not adding more images. If you delete an image from the Album it will still be in the library. If you delete an image from the library it is deleted from iPhoto's database and your hard drive (unless you have it backed up somewhere else)
--You have a folder of images on your hard drive and want to import them into iPhoto. Drag the folder of images into an open iPhoto Library window and the folder of photos will be copied into the library, resulting in a new roll with the name of the folder. You now have two copies of those photos, the ones in iPhoto's database and the ones on your desktop. You can keep the ones on your desktop that you just imported as backup or you can delete that folder.
-- you scan a picture/pictures and save it in a folder. You cannot scan directly into iPhoto or the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder.
You want all your photos in iPhoto so you import them into iPhoto.
Now you have two copies of that picture/pictures, so you can delete the originals that were in the scanned folder and keep the one/ones that were imported into iPhoto.
-- You download pictures from your camera into iPhoto.
There is now one copy of each of the pictures. (DO NOT HAVE IPHOTO DELETE THE IMAGES FROM YOUR CAMERA! DELETE THEM MANUALLY WITH THE CAMERA-if something goes wrong with the import and they are never imported and then they are deleted from the camera you might end up losing those images)
You want to change something about a picture you imported, such as
cropping it or changing the size, or changing the orientation.
Once you do that to a picture, you now have two copies of the picture
in iPhoto, the original and the edited one. The edited one will be in the library organize view. The original is packed away in an Original folder in your iPhoto Library folder under the date of the roll. You can always revert to the original by control clicking on the photo and choose "revert to orginal" You will not have this choice if you used iPhoto Diet to get rid of the Originals.
(a quick note on cropping within iPhoto...when you are in edit mode, you automatically will be in the crop mode with cross hairs to highlight the crop area. To finish cropping you must click the crop button and then go back to library view and your cropped picture will be there.
3.You want to use Photoshop or another graphic program to edit a picture in your iPhoto library.
You can open up prefs for iPhoto and choose "when double clicking on
photo ..do" choose "other" and select Photoshop. Now you can edit all
pictures in your iPhoto library in PhotoShop by double clicking. If you save the photo with the same name and as a flattened file it will be saved right into iPhoto and you will see the changes. If you don't want to save it into iPhoto then do a "save as" and save to the desktop. You will then have the original photo still in iPhoto and your new edited photo on the desktop.
Or, with iPhoto open, you can drag a picture from the library window
to your desktop (you see a + sign on the pic you are dragging). You now
have two of the same picture, one in the iPhoto library and one on your desktop. You can open up the one on your desktop in any graphic program and work on it. The one in iPhoto stays the same. You can also share/export the picture/pictures to your desktop or folder to work on them or do batch processing, etc. You will still have the originals in your iPhoto Library.
Or, you can open up the ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/folders and option drag any
picture out of the folder to your desktop. Notice that you will see a plus sign while dragging the photo. This is copying the file to your desktop
I would advise anyone not to do this as they might forget to use the option key and drag the photo out. Next time you open iPhoto the photo will be missing.
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
Don't forget that in Library view you can Control click on any picture and get a contextual menu with many options. One is to revert to original.

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