Creating iTunes compatable video playlists

I have quite a few shows in various formats that play in quicktime, but I can't add to iTunes. Is there a plugin or something to solve that, or do I have to convert those shows to make them iTunes compatible? If so, what is the best free iTunes video converter?

This is a serious problem, and contributed to 11 being a dealbreaker for me.
Remote App 3 does the same thing: Try to play those playlists in browse view with Remote App. You are screwed. Instead of the playlist starting on my Apple TV, I get "Up Next" everytime I select a video in a playlist and then get told that I am not adding "music". Well, no ****?

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Hopefully someone can help.... I have an Iphone 5 and want to create a music video playlist on my phone so then i can play through my apple tv... but when i make a playlist in itunes and try to add it over to my iphone it wont let me sync the playlist...?

Hopefully someone can help.... I have an Iphone 5 and want to create a music video playlist on my phone so then i can play through my apple tv... but when i make a playlist in itunes and try to add it over to my iphone it wont let me sync the playlist...? I have already added the music videos to my iphone so that is not the problem.... i cant seem to figure out how to make a playlist for them... IE: to make the videos play consecutively in the order i want without stopping after each video and gong back to the list.... this is what i have had to resort to make it work....what i want to do....is be able to make a playlist of videos on my iphone 5....take my apple tv to friends houses and with wifi....set up apple tv and play videos at the party and not have to stand by with the remote and find a new video to play stopping the music between the songs/videos....very annoying....and have spent over 4 hours one day and an hour and a half today on the phone today with a sr. advisor with apple and they have no clue.... this seems sooooo simple.... please somebody that really knows how to do this....i will be indebted forever...............
Mike

Thank you for replying. Yes I deleted the old email address..

How can I create a Music Video playlist (for Universal Dock)?

Ok, I created a smart playlist of all my Music Videos but this is a music playlist.
I want a *Music Video* playlist so that all my music videos will play one after the other without user interaction (when playing in the Universal Dock with it's useless remote control).
Is this even possible?

MVP video playlist app is the one you want download

How to create/org a Video Playlist?

Hello everyone, I must say I really really like my new (video) iPod 60!! I have "rip" 3 videos into it so far, a recorded off-TV MTV of Madonna's "Hung Up", a recorded "Lost" episode and a DVD of Star Trek Enterprise, they all look good and sounds good on the iPod!!
On the Main Menu > Video > Video Playlist, Movies, Music Videos, Video Podcast & Video Settings; How do you create new Video Playlist? I noticed all my "rip" video are inside the 'Movies' category... I guess only videos like music videos bought from the iTMS would go into the 'Music Video'??
Thanks all and cheers!!

this is the code snippet that would answer u r question
import org.apache.xml.serialize.XMLSerializer;
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;
import org.w3c.dom.ProcessingInstruction;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import com.exel.businessobjects.*;
StringReader srxml = new StringReader(xmlcontent);
Reader rxml = (Reader)srxml;
InputSource isxml = new InputSource(rxml);
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = db.parse(isxml);

Loading a downloaded music video into itunes music video playlist

I have downloaded a couple of music videos not from itunes and have tried to inport them into the music video playlist but they go into the movies playlist,I have tried to change the ext. from mp4 to m4v file still works but stays in movies playlist, anybody able to do this?
Thanks Wes Anderson

Select the video and open the Get Info window (right click -> Get info or File -> Get info). Select the "Options" tab. Use the drop down "Media Kind" selection to change it from movie to music video.

ITunes 11 video playlist

With older iTunes versions, I used to launch a video in a playlist, and when that video was finished, the following videos would play.
Now with iTunes11, clicking on a video in a playlist will only play that video which is annoying. Has someone found a way to play continuously videos in a playlist ?

It seems the 'Repeat all' function will only work when the videos are shown in list mode, but not in grid or artist mode. Bug ?

Please help. Trying to create external xml vidoe playlist. Desperate!

I was given an assignment to create and external video playlist using an xml file. I have never used flash before, know nothing about encoding and all that was given to the class in terms of instuctions was a short tutorial that has no resources for troubleshooting. We were given everything; the external playlist file equipped with the video skin, the video list, actionscript that loads the xml and the xml file. We were told that all we need to do is change the names of the videos in the xml file to match the names of our videos. I did that. We were also told we needed to "name target", but we were not informed on how to do this. I have tried everything, visited every tutorial and I cannot figure out how to get this damn thing to work. I cannot even get flash to load the xml file. PLEASE HELP.
Here is the xml file:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "i-8859-1"?>
<playlist>
<ADogWithoutABone
flvurl="ADogWithoutABone.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall First Video" />
<Highway
flvurl="Highway.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall Second Video" />
<PsychoBabble
flvurl="PsychoBabble.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall Third Video" />
<SomethingElse
flvurl="SomethingElse.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall Fourth Video" />
</playlist>
I tried putting in the entire address of the file location, but it did nothing.
Here is the actionscript in the flash file:
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("playlistXML.xml"));
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
var playlistXML:XML = new XML(event.target.data);
var item:XML;
for each(item in playlistXML.videoname) {
trace("item: "+item.attribute("flvurl").toXMLString());
myPlayList.addItem({label:item.attribute("desc").toXMLString(), data:item.attribute("flvurl").toXMLString()});
//Select the first video
myPlayList.selectedIndex = 0;
//And automatically play it
myPlayScreen.play(myPlayList.selectedItem.data);
//Add a listener to detect when new video is selected and play it
function listListener(event:Event) {
myPlayScreen.play(event.target.selectedItem.data);
myPlayList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, listListener);
I tried placing the full address of the xml file in, along with the file address of the videos, but again it did nothing. Everything is located in the same file, and the videos in a sub file in that file. I tried taking out the sub file and putting all the videos in the same file, but it did nothing. I am sure it's something very simple, but like I said I have NO experience with this whatsoever. I am SO lost and DESPERATELY need help. PLEASE someone SAVE MEEEE!
Thanks

to parse your xml correctly use:
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
    var playlistXML:XML=new XML(event.target.data);
    var item:XML;
    for each (item in playlistXML.children()) {
        trace("node: "+item.attribute("flvurl").toXMLString());
        myPlayList.addItem({label:item.attribute("desc").toXMLString(), data:item.attribute("flvurl").toXMLString()});
    //Select the first video
    myPlayList.selectedIndex=0;
    //And automatically play it
    myPlayScreen.play(myPlayList.selectedItem.data);
you more problems after that, though. is myPlayList a list component?

URGENT help needed in creating external xml video plalist. Please help!

I was given an assignment to create and external video playlist using an xml file. I have never used flash before, know nothing about encoding and all that was given to the class in terms of instuctions was a short tutorial that has no resources for troubleshooting. We were given everything; the external playlist file equipped with the video skin, the video list, actionscript that loads the xml and the xml file. We were told that all we need to do is change the names of the videos in the xml file to match the names of our videos. I did that. We were also told we needed to "name target", but we were not informed on how to do this. I have tried everything, visited every tutorial and I cannot figure out how to get this damn thing to work. I cannot even get flash to load the xml file. PLEASE HELP.
Here is the xml file:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "i-8859-1"?>
<playlist>
<ADogWithoutABone
flvurl="ADogWithoutABone.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall First Video" />
<Highway
flvurl="Highway.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall Second Video" />
<PsychoBabble
flvurl="PsychoBabble.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall Third Video" />
<SomethingElse
flvurl="SomethingElse.flv"
desc="Hyper Wall Fourth Video" />
</playlist>
I tried putting in the entire address of the file location, but it did nothing.
Here is the actionscript in the flash file:
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("playlistXML.xml"));
function xmlLoaded(event:Event):void {
var playlistXML:XML = new XML(event.target.data);
var item:XML;
for each(item in playlistXML.videoname) {
trace("item: "+item.attribute("flvurl").toXMLString());
myPlayList.addItem({label:item.attribute("desc").toXMLString(), data:item.attribute("flvurl").toXMLString()});
//Select the first video
myPlayList.selectedIndex = 0;
//And automatically play it
myPlayScreen.play(myPlayList.selectedItem.data);
//Add a listener to detect when new video is selected and play it
function listListener(event:Event) {
myPlayScreen.play(event.target.selectedItem.data);
myPlayList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, listListener);
I tried placing the full address of the xml file in, along with the file address of the videos, but again it did nothing. Everything is located in the same file, and the videos in a sub file in that file. I tried taking out the sub file and putting all the videos in the same file, but it did nothing. I am sure it's something very simple, but like I said I have NO experience with this whatsoever. I am SO lost and DESPERATELY need help. PLEASE someone SAVE MEEEE!
Thanks

It might be a crossdomain.xml problem.
Please make sure that the server hosting the xml allows the domain where the swf is hosted.
You can start with:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain="*"/>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="master-only"/>
</cross-domain-policy>

Video Playlist on 30 gig Video Ipod

I have created a few video playlists on my Ipod. Yet it will not let play the videos in a playlist. I can play them one at a time but it will not let play them in the playlist.

fixed the problem
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5112718&#5112718

XML video Playlist

I've created an XML video playlist like the one shown in this
tutorial:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/prog_download.html
I was wondering how I could edit it to autoplay the first
item in the list upon loading, but still have the list be
completely functional. I've tried everything I can think of, but
can't get it to autoplay and still work.
Thanks!

this just uses a xml playlist and listbox component.i seen a
tutorial on one with thumbnails...if i run across it again ill post
the link.maybe this will get you started.
http://www.video-animation.com/flash8_016.shtml

Anyone else having problems with Video Playlist?

I've seen a few posts on the board regarding this problem, however none of which seem to be addressing the main issue. We're unable to create video playlists, at least not in the conventional way. Does anyone know if the iPod Touch simply doesn't support video playlists? I have a number of music videos that I have created a playlist for and on my touch it is automatically grouped in with 'Music' not 'Video' and therefore doesn't display any of the video content, only plays the music for the video. I know for certain that this playlist is valid, it works GREAT on my Video Ipod.
Has anyone had any success with creating a music video playlist? Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

My music videos (files with "Music Video" chosen on the Kind tab) appeared at the very bottom of the Touch's video library all by themselves. The library list seems to have three sections: Movies at the top, TV in the middle, and music vids at the bottom.

Dynamic Video Playlist

Hi, I am new to Actionscript 3 and I have followed the
tutorial regarding creating a dynamic video playlist with
thumbnails. I created as the tutorial said and it worked fine.
Instead of their just being a title for a video, I have also tried
to add a description to each tileitem, but instead the title
repeats twice. Can anyone see where i'm going wrong? You can view
my playlist here - www.coolmustard.co.uk/VideoPlaylist.html
Thumb actionscript file:
package {
import fl.controls.listClasses.ICellRenderer;
import fl.controls.listClasses.ImageCell;
import fl.controls.TileList;
import flash.text.*;
public class Thumb extends ImageCell implements
ICellRenderer {
private var desc:TextField;
private var info:TextField;
private var textStyle:TextFormat;
public function Thumb() {
super();
loader.scaleContent = false;
useHandCursor = true;
// set skins
setStyle("upSkin", ThumbCellBg);
setStyle("downSkin", ThumbCellBg);
setStyle("overSkin", ThumbCellBgOver);
setStyle("selectedUpSkin", ThumbCellBgOver);
setStyle("selectedDownSkin", ThumbCellBgOver);
setStyle("selectedOverSkin", ThumbCellBgOver);
// Create and format desc
desc = new TextField();
desc.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
desc.x = 80;
desc.y = 4;
desc.width = 500;
desc.multiline = true;
desc.wordWrap = true;
addChild(desc);
textStyle = new TextFormat();
textStyle.font = "Arial";
textStyle.color = 0xffffff;
textStyle.size = 11;
textStyle.bold = true;
info = new TextField();
info.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
info.x = 80;
info.y = 15;
info.width = 500;
info.multiline = true;
info.wordWrap = true;
addChild(info);
override protected function drawLayout():void {
// Position cell elements; tweak these for your thumbs if
needed
var imagePadding:Number = getStyleValue("imagePadding") as
Number;
loader.move(11, 8);
var w:Number = width-(imagePadding*2);
var h:Number = height-(imagePadding*2);
if (loader.width != w && loader.height != h) {
loader.setSize(w,h);
loader.drawNow();
desc.text = data.label;
desc.setTextFormat(textStyle);
info.text = data.label;
info.setTextFormat(textStyle);
background.width = width+5;
background.height = height+2;
textField.visible = false;
Videoplaylist actionscript code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import fl.controls.listClasses.CellRenderer;
import fl.controls.ScrollBarDirection;
public class VideoPlaylist extends MovieClip {
private var xmlLoader:URLLoader;
public function VideoPlaylist():void {
// Load the playlist file, then initialize the media player.
xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, initMediaPlayer);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("playlist.xml"));
// Format the tileList, specify its cellRenderer class.
tileList.setSize(600, 240);
tileList.columnWidth = 580;
tileList.rowHeight = 60;
tileList.direction = ScrollBarDirection.VERTICAL;
tileList.setStyle("cellRenderer", Thumb);
public function initMediaPlayer(event:Event):void {
var myXML:XML = new XML(xmlLoader.data);
var item:XML;
for each(item in myXML.vid) { // populate playlist.
// Get thumbnail value and assign to cellrenderer.
var thumb:String;
if(item.hasOwnProperty("@thumb")>0) thumb = item.@thumb;
// Send data to tileList.
tileList.addItem({label:item.attribute("desc").toXMLString(),
label:item.attribute("info").toXMLString(),
data:item.attribute("src").toXMLString(),
source:thumb});;
// Select the first video.
tileList.selectedIndex = 0;
// Listen for item selection.
tileList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, listListener);
// And automatically load it into myVid.
myVid.source = tileList.selectedItem.data;
// Pause video until selected or played.
myVid.play();
// Detect when new video is selected, and play it
function listListener(event:Event):void {
myVid.play(event.target.selectedItem.data);
XML Playlist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist id="Adobe Developer Center - Dynamic Video
Playlist in AS3" >
<vid desc="Champneys Spa's and Resorts"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysIntro.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysIntro.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Accommodation at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysAccom.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysAccom.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="The Henlow Spa and Resort"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysHenlow.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysHenlow.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="The Forest Mere Spa and Resort"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysMere.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysMere.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="The Springs Spa and Resort"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysSpings.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysSprings.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="The Tring Spa and Resort"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysTring.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysTring.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Spa Treatments at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysSpaTreat.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysSpaTreat.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Fitness and Well-Being at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysFitness.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysFitness.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Aqua Therapy at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysAquaTherapy.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysAquaTherapy.jpg"
/>
</playlist>
If anyone can help that would be brilliant.

I can't pinpoint where data.label derives from, but at first
glance I'd say the problem might be between the following sets of
lines...
desc.text = data.label;
desc.setTextFormat(textStyle);
info.text = data.label;
info.setTextFormat(textStyle);

Is there a way to create a library of playlists in iTunes

I have recently created a number of video playlists and I'm wondering if there is a way of creating a library of these playlists.Secondly is there way of adjusting the brightness of videos without downloading third party software.

Playlists in iTunes are stored in the main database iTunes Library.itl. They don't exist as a separate class of files. You can use File > Library > Export Playlist... to export individual playlists in various formats. These could be imported into another library if all of the required files of the playlist were on the same paths. In general however there is no need to export and reimport playlists to iTunes. Simply Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy so that the entire library, or any individual files, can be restored if needed.
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My itunes video playlists (grid view) keep changing to audio playlists

I'm using iTunes 10.7 and stream a lot of movies to my AppleTV. I have video playlists and the AppleTV recognizes them as such.
Lately, my video playlists, in the poster art (grid) view, have been changing to audio playlists and changing the order of the files from alphabetized by Title, to alphabetized by Artist. The buttons at the top of the playlist - "Movies Genres Unwatched" have changed to "Albums Artists Genres Composers"
If I create a new playlist, it retains the video qualities until I select another playlist, then it changes to the audio playlist, when I select it again.
The titles are all out of sequence, on the Apple TV - reflecting the setting on the poster view setting (e.g. "Artist") on the itunes playlist.
What do I have to do the get the playlists to retain the video characteristics?

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Finally, itunes now has video play list that automatically plays all the Movies on the list (on the computer).
How can I get this to work on Apple TV, I have lots of short home videos that I want to play one after the other automatically (like songs playlist) but on the apple TV you have to play them one at a time.
Can we expect an Apple TV update by Friday also.

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