Adding tv shows onto the iphone

Hi all
Need abit of help. Just brought a TV series from Itunes via my computer, with the idea of putting the episodes onto my iphone to watch. However, because they take ages to download and they download one at a time,as the first episode was complete i tried to sync it onto my iphone. I then recieve a message saying this can not be done because it cannot be played on the iphone.
Is this because i have to wait to all are downloaded or have i just brought something which cannot play on the iphone? (cost £13.00 :@ lol)...if so, is there even a way to watch them on my computer becaue ive tried double clicking it once on my itunes and nothing comes up?
Thanks for any help

try right clicking on oen of the files and selecting 'create iPod or iPhone version' and syncing that. you might have an HD show, which is not compatible with the iPhone.
also, a bit more work, but if the above doesn't work, you might want to try using the 'videora iPhone 3g converter' available for free from www.videora.com to convert the video into something that will work on the iPhone.

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