Automator Add Videos to iTunes Library

Hello,
I am trying to create a work flow that finds video files in a particular folder and then will automatically add them to the iTunes library for playback in iTunes via AppleTV.
My work flow is thus so far:
Find Finder Items: I select the folder i am storing the videos in, (they are all .mov quicktimes). I use the attribute, "Whose": "Date modified" is equal to "Since Yesterday"
Get Selected Finder Items
Add Files to Playlist Here is have the Existing Playlist option selected and the default location of Library .
When Automator runs, i get green check marks and no error messages but when i check to see if iTunes has been updated, the files do not show up in the library.
if anyone has an idea of how to do this or how to script this i would appreciate it, thanks!

Sorry, I misunderstood.
It seems the "Add Songs to Playlist" action doesn't work with movie files.
Try:
1) Find Finder Items
2) Run AppleScript
In the "Run AppleScript" action, make it look like:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "iTunes"
add input to playlist "Library"
end tell
return input
end run
Hope it helps!

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