Import music videos

Help. I have a bunch of DVD music videos that I have purchased over the years and now I have a new iPod that plays videos but I can't figure out how to import these videos from DVD to iTunes. Is this even possible?
Thanks in advance!

Exactly right - iTunes won't convert most formats for you when you try to import, you'll need a 3rd party app to rip them first. You can also try Roxio if you are running Windows...it had built in setting for the iPod aspect ratio.

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Do you mean when you right the file in the library and get info that under options the video kind is movie and not music video? - If not then you should do that

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Doing some creative intro videos using iTunes 6.0.3 music videos. Want to import to iMovie 4.0.1. do some editing & then use it back in iTunes as a music video. But iMovie won't recognize it. Stuck. How do I do it???

Nail on the head Sue.
I thought the users profile was out of date. Maybe not and they are using QT 6 which doesn't support the new H.264 video codec.
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So I used Audio Hijack to record the output of the DVD played back as stereo through the Apple DVD player in Mac OS X. I had Audio Hijacj write the output to the hard drive as AIFF 16-bit 44.1KHz stereo. Then I used iTunes to burn it to a CD.
Of course it took 45 minutes to make a recording from a 45-minute audio program; it happened in real-time.
(This was all perfectly legal because he owns the DVD and he's using the CD recording as a backup audio copy for his own personal use--basically like ripping a CD you own for use in your iPod).
I did an a/b comparison between the original DVD and the AIFF recording I had generated, and I was pleasantly surprised by its good quality.
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Hello everyone. I am having a really hard time figuring out a way to convert music videos in raw DVD video (VOB files) into an equally high quality Quicktime format. All of the software I have used thus far has not gotten me anywhere near the quality I need for this project, so I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion as to what software would be best to achieve a high quality. I have been working on a Windows computer, but I have access to a Mac. After encoding the videos, I plan to put them into iMovie and make a compilation DVD to play at a school function.
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I have a lot of music videos that I've converted to digital from VHS.
1. I pull them in via eyetv,
2. convert them to quicktime clips
3. load them to iTunes
4. and save their info as "music videos"
Apple TV recognizes them as "music Videos" but unlike those that I've downloaded directly from iTunes, these converted videos constantly stutter their way through the songs (the images and music are great -- just choppy).
How do I get AppleTV to recognize and correctly play these VHS conversions?
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The default export settings are not necessarily the best.
Try a custom export from Quicktime Pro using the h264 codec with a bitrate less thn 5000. Audio needs to be exported as AAC <160kbps.
Try some different settings to see if it helps.
AppleTV is frankly a bit underpowered, but provided things are within accepted specs it shouldn't have too much of a probem.
Also download and try converting the file using Handbrake which has an AppleTV preset.
AC

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When I try to import videos by dragging them from there folder, a 'no entry' sign comes up to say I can't do it. So I tried going to file then a file to library, chose my file, then tried to find it and it wasn't there. I have imported videos before but it just won't work now. Is there another way to do it.

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i imported music videos into my ipod and converted them so that they would work on my ipod. when i try and play them in the ipod it works fine except theres no sound. and theres no sound when i play them on the computer in itunes. what do i do?

I too have similar problems but feel it may be related to the way in which the videos are encoded. Here's my story:
I have iTunes set to play videos in full screen, and the art window is set to "Now Playing". I have put all my videos into a normal playlist, and when I select one to play it plays it full screen. If the next video single is one purchased from the ITMS it will continue to play in full screen. If it is one that I have ripped myself (e.g. from a "bonus DVD" that accompanies an album) then the screen reverts to the iTunes window and the video plays in the album art window below the Sources pane.
However, when the next video comes on, it will play full screen regardless of how it was encoded. This is due to the "Play videos full screen" option being on.
This is irritating but appears to be a bug rather than anything any settings will fix. However, if anyone does have any tips I'd be happy to hear them!
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I would like to import my itunes purchased music videos to a folder seperate from itunes music, similar to the fashion that itunes movies are imported.

There isn't a way to set up iTunes to use more than one folder, so you can not have it set up to automatically put music in one place while putting videos into another.
However you can do it manually, but it is a bit of a pain in the arse. Basically you would have to go to your iTunes preferences, change the location of the iTunes Music folder over to your video folder. Exit out of preference. Now add your video files and iTunes will copy them into your video folder. Then go back into preferences and change the iTunes Music folder to the original location for your music.
iTunes will continue to access the videos from the other folder. The preference change only tells iTunes where to put all FUTURE added files to the library. It does not change where any of the current files are accessed from. So you can use this to switch locations before adding new stuff. But you have to remember to change it back before you add any more music and it is all manual.
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Why can you import music you own to your itune collection but not music videos that you own?

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When trying to import music files I get a error message that says "importer reported a generic error" I'm using windows 7, DellPC, installed premiere elements 13 2 days ago. Also when previewing and editing video,screen looks great but when I transfer to

When trying to import music files I get an error message Thea says "importer reported a generic error". Also when editing video, screen views look great but when I transfer to PC or flash drive video quality is very poor. Any suggestions?

chansen232
Premiere Elements 13 on Windows 7 (presumed 64 bit).....
1. Music files and error message...are these music files from iTunes? If so, convert them to .wav in iTunes to convert them to wav version, and then import the .wav version into Premiere Elements 13 project using Premiere Elements 13 Expert workspace's Add Media/Files and Folders/Project Assets from where you drag the wav version to the Soundtrack.
The following are the instructions for the iTunes converting
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1550
If any problems with the instructions, please let me know, and I will go through them with you.
2. How you set up the project and the export settings that you select greatly influence your end product result.
a. What are the properties of the source media?
b. What project preset did you (manually) or the project (automatically) set to match the properties of the source media.
(If you do not know, please tell us what you see for the readings of Editing Mode, Timebase, Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio - even
if the fields look grayed out.)
c. For your export...Publish+Share/Computer/and then what? And what preset? Did you use the default settings of the preset or did you
customize the export settings of the preset under the preset's Advanced Button/Video Tab and Audio Tab?
Let us start here and then decide what next.
Thanks.
ATR

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