Avi or mp4 to iTunes

I have downloaded some tv shows on my PC and now I want to move them to my Mac so I can put them on my iPhone to watch. But when I go to iTunes and then add to library nothing happens and when I try to play them right from my USB drive it say it cant be played because it could not read the file. What can I do to get them in to iTunes.
Thanks

right.
there are two versions of QT. there is QT 7 (i own a Pro license) and there is QT X (part of OS X 10.6.x)
in QT 7, you would open the video file and choose export from the file menu, then select e.g. the TV preset
( *click on image to enlarge* )
in QT X, you'd open the video file, then choose +save as+ from the file menu. unfortunately, i don't currently have an .avi file to test so i don't know what +save as+ options are available.

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