Downloading "HOME" movies to iPod

My new iPod works great -- syncs photos and music just fine. But now I've tried to download home-made movies. NOT purcahsed Music Store movies. Just movies from my own digital camera of family events. Converted them to Quicktime. No matter what QT format I attempt, iPod won't accept them.....? I just called Apple's iPod team and the guy said, literally, that as far as he know the iPod only accepts commercial films and shows bought from the iTunes store! surely this can't the truth....! iTunes accepts my homemade movies fine....and I can sync them just fine to my new Apple TV (which, by the way, I LOVE)....... What gives? Is this true? I this is all wrong, please write me back, because I have another question: Now that I've added these QT files to my Mac's movies folder, the iTunes devise manager recognize and sees the movies under the MOVIES tab. But if I click on SYNC, i get that warning that syncing them to the iPod will erase all my exiting movies and photos and music! What good is that. (I set my iPod to "manually" manage all my downloads) Help, anyone? -- david in KC

Thanks -- actually I just discovered this answer right before you replied. Turns out that the MOVIES tab in the iPod device manager does, in fact, contro iPod syncing for commercially bought movies.
You don't even need it. you load the movie into iTunes, then control-click and choose the "convert to iPod format." Now you have two copies of the movies in iTunes. Then you just drag the new one down below into the iPod's MOVIE album (assuming, of course, your device manager is set for Manual management)
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