Backing up Movies in iTunes

I have quite a bit of movies in iTunes. I want to back them up to an external drive to free up some space. What is the best way to do this?

Buy an external hard drive then simply drag and drop your entire iTunes folder onto the drive and copy everything.
Patrick

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I have downloaded a movie from ITunes. It shows up in my video app. When I go to play it I get an error message: "The requested URL was not found on this server". When I checked back on iTunes, where you click to rent or buy a movie it says "Downloaded"

I have downloaded a movie from ITunes. It shows up in my video app. When I go to play it I get an error message: "The requested URL was not found on this server". When I checked back on iTunes, where you click to rent or buy a movie it says "Downloaded". Any advice on what I can do in order to watch this movie that I rented a couple of weeks ago?

Select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History on your computer.

Where are my purchased movies through iTunes stored on my PC? I need to back-them up on a hard drive and then I want to play them on my iPad

where are my purchased movies through iTunes stored on my PC? I need to back-them up on a hard drive and then I want to play them on my iPad

They're in the iTunes folder, in iTunes Media or iTunes Music depending on when your iTunes was first installed. The iTunes folder by default is in My Documents/Music.
Regards.

I bought a movie on itunes and i deleted the download to the movie because i did not want it. How do i get my money back ?

i bought a movie on itunes and i deleted the download to the movie because i did not want it. How do i get my money back ?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Apple's policy on sales of digital content is that all sales are final. If however you wish to appeal to Apple, select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History on your computer.

HT1766 Can you use an external hard drive to back up my movies in iTunes but still be able to access them or is there a device so I don't have to use a pc ??

Can you use an external hard drive to back up my movies in iTunes but still be able to access them or is there a device so I don't have to use a pc ??

You can store them on a separate hard drive, you don't need to keep them on your laptop's hard drive. On your computer's iTunes on the Advanced tab in Edit > Preferences there is a 'copy files to iTunes media file when adding to library' tickbox - if you untick that, you should be able to copy the films to a separate drive and add them back to your iTunes library (File > Add To Library) and it should then point to them on that separate drive and not copy them to your hard drive. When you are happy that it is what is happening and that they are safely on your external drive you can delete the films from your laptop's hard drive.
If you plug the external drive into a different USB port next time (assuming that your laptop has more than one) then it might get a different drive letter, so you might need to always use it with the same port.

I downloaded a movie on itunes and turned my computer off and when i turned it back on the movie wasnt there so i went to re download and it says check for available download and it still won't let me down load it. what do i do?

i downloaded a movie on itunes and turned my computer off and when i turned it back on the movie wasnt there so i went to re download and it says check for available download and it still won't let me down load it. what do i do?

Hi runner_girl7585,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If you weren't ever able to watch your rental movie, you can report this to the iTunes Store:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
Cheers,
- Ari

I bought a movie on iTunes but when I try to watch it plays back slowly with no sound. Then the video will speed up and the sound will work for a moment then off again and back to slow motion. I have a dell laptop running windows 7

The description says it all. I bought a movie on iTunes but when I try to watch it plays back slowly with no sound. Then the video will speed up and the sound will work for a moment then off again and back to slow motion. I have a dell laptop running windows 7

Hi Normanwh,
If you are having video playback issues in iTunes on your Windows machine, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: Troubleshooting iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7 video playback performance issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1718
Regards,
- Brenden

How do you retrieve deleted purchased movies and backing up purchased movies in iTunes 10.5.3?

I'm hoping that someone would be able to assist me. I've naively deleted some purchased movies from my macbook air believing that I could re-download them from the icloud, as you can do with TV shows, music, apps and books, at a future date, but it seems like I'm wrong. I was wondering if someone can point me to a solution to this issue.
Secondly, now that I've discovered that am unable to restore these movies, I was wondering if someone can point me in the direction of how to backup my purchased movies to a Data DVD, as used to available in iTunes 10.3, but is no longer available in iTunes 10.5.3. According to Apple's technical support (knowledge base), I need to purchase a Time Capsule.
Any help would be much appreciated. Kind regards,
James.

UNsyncED wrote:
I'm hoping that someone would be able to assist me. I've naively deleted some purchased movies from my macbook air believing that I could re-download them from the icloud, as you can do with TV shows, music, apps and books, at a future date, but it seems like I'm wrong. I was wondering if someone can point me to a solution to this issue.
Movies are a once only Download...
See Here for Backing Up Movie Purchases http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1906

HT1657 Hi, I rented a movie off iTunes but the there is no sound. I've bought and rented previous movies and I've never had any problems with the sound before. Is this some kind of glitch? How can I get my money back?

Hi, I rented a movie off iTunes but the there is no sound. I've bought and rented previous movies and I've never had any problems with the sound before. Is this some kind of glitch? How can I get my money back?

Hey grossa2,
First, here is a way to report an issue with your purchase:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBooks Store purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933
Then, I'd go through this article, which helps troubleshoot a lack of audio playback in iTunes:
iTunes and QuickTime for Windows: Audio does not play or plays incorrectly
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1362
Take care,
Delgadoh

I recently rented a movie from itunes (John Carter) and tried to move it to ipod but got message that it is not compatible. Why did this happen as I haven't had problem before and can I get money back?

I recently rented a movie in itunes (John Carter) and tried to move it to ipod but got message that it's not compatible. Why did this happen as I haven't had problem before and can I get my money back?

Are you sure you don't have a 5G iPod video? If so, rented movies are not compatible with that particular generation/model of iPod.
Otherwise, it sounds like the rental is in HD. It should have came with a Standard Definition version instead.
B-rock

Backing up ( movie folder and itune movie category)

I don't want to offend anyone. Please let me know if this post should be on itune or broken up for itune, iphoto and imovie.
Trying to to complete this backing up process, but get it lean and clean before the final back up.
As I looked closer at my almost full HD using "whatsize it", I notice that these files: movie ( movie folder and itune movie category) and music( itune and music folder ) and photos ( iphotos and picture folder ). Apparently as I was downloading from camera, making movie, or what ever to get or create the files they were being place in various places. I see now I am not using the full potential of organization on my imac.
It seems that I tune and iphotos are storage like libraries, with itunes having the capabilities to play back the music and movies. Question-should I transfer all the items into the storage application of itune and iphotos? Then erase the files from the others location?
Also what is the suggested format of transport into Itune for music and movies?
I noticed in Itunes and iphoto various folders with years and dates. Do I need these folder after transfer into itune and iphoto? What I'm trying to say do these Apps need to assess the dated folder to show or play the movie, music or display photos?
In my movie folder, I see many folders that my son made with final cut.The folders have a star in the middle and above the star is some type of black broad ➤➤➤➤➤➤. Inside of the folder is a quicktime movie and another folder titled " media", which contains a AIFF sound file. Can I transfer this QT movie into Itune? Do I need the audio file that in the media folder? Will he be able to use this movie for another project or to continue completion?
In the imovie project folder, there is one movie, but it does show up as QT. Is this the format format for Imovie? Do I need to export to itunes or QT for later transport into itune?
Austin

I received this from thomas. I also gave my response. I have a start.
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Re: video or photo's in backing up data
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If you're having trouble with organization of files, it's probably best to start using Time Machine and just let it back up everything on all your drives. The catch is that it needs a minimum of 2-3 times as much space as whatever it's backing up. If you currently have everything on the 250 GB internal drive, one of your 500 GB external drives would be an adequate backup, even if you move some files over to the other 500 GB drive. (You don't need 2-3 times more than the total drive capacity, just 2-3 times the size of the contents to be backed up.) But you said your 250 GB drive was almost full, so if your data grows much further, 500 GB won't be good enough, so you would need to buy a 1 TB drive at that point.
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Re: video or photo's in backing up data
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Thanks, then I will back up with time machine and go today and get 2 Itb. I was given this suggestion for a new drive.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATAFW800_FW400USB
I give these other drive to my sons.
Thanks, Austin
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Ive deleted movies from itunes which has removed them from apple tv, i still have them on my ipad, is there any way i can get them back into itunes?

ive deleted movies from itunes which has removed them from apple tv, i still have them on my ipad, is there any way i can get them back into itunes?

If the movies were rentals then no.
If the movies are purchases and you have the iTunes 10.4 then you should be able to access the 'cloud' option from in the main iTunes page - purchases - (upper right corner) and go from there.
You should also have the option to transfer purchases from the iPad back into iTunes. I don't have an iPad but you can transfer purchases from the iPod/iPhone back to iTunes.
MJ

How do I move my itunes library from my external hard-drive back to my MacBook Pro?

A couple of years ago I moved our itunes library to an external hard-drive to free up some space. I got a new MacBook Pro and would like to move the itunes library to it. I don't remeber how I moved it from my old laptop to the external hard-drive and have no idea how to move it to my MacBook.

See Restoring your iTunes Backup here...
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751

HT1751 if I move my iTunes library to an external hard drive can my computer access these files in iTunes or do I need to move them back to play music, watch movies, etc.???

If I move my iTunes library to an external hard drive, can my MacBookPro access these files in iTunes or do I need to move them backto my MacBookPro to play music, watch movies, etc.???
Trying to alleviate some disc space on my Mac!!!

Yes, it can. Launch iTunes with the Option key held down and navigate to that instance of the library.
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I bought a movie from iTunes on my Mac and it is not showing up on my AppleTV purchased movies. Is there a way to get this to sync?

I bought a movie from iTunes on my new macbook pro and it is not showing up on my AppleTV, any ideas?

Sign out of the Apple ID on the ATV and sign back in.

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