How do I sync non iTunes content to my iOS devices with Mavericks

For the last three days I have been pulling my hair out wondering why I can't sync Movies or TV Shows to my iPad using either the USB cable or WiFi in iTunes since installing Mavericks.
the only way I have succeed at all is to redownload items already purchased from iTunes directly to my iPad.
I spent this morning browsing the Apple Support Communities and seemimgly from many official Apple replies to people who have asked similar questions I am slowly finding/realising that the following might actually be true:
Since installing Mavericks ...
Music, TV Show and Movie content in my iTunes that I want to be synced to my iOS devices can now only be synced from iTunes in the Cloud ?
So what about all the content in my iTunes that wasn't purchsed from iTunes (My TV shows that I recorded on Elegato's Eye TV or Movies I converted from my DVDs to MP4 format or Music that I made myself in Logic) ?
How do I sync any of my that content to my iPad or iPhone from iTunes in Mavericks ?
Is that REALLY no longer posible or have I misunderstood or missed something rather obvious ?

Thank you! That worked for everything except iBooks not bought via iTunes. They appear in iTunes on my MacBook Pro, but not on my iPad, either in the Kindle or iBook apps. Any suggestions?

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