HT1751 can i put my films and shows on to an external hd  and watch them from the external drive on the pc

i am enjoying downloading films and shows from itunes on to my pc but hd space is becoming an issue can i copy the files over to an exrenal  hard drive and delete the orginals  and watch them from the external hd   thus saving space on the pc ?

Drag the existing iTunes library to the external drive, launch iTunes with the Shift key held down, and point it to that instance of the library.
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