Importing Video Files Not Working

When I try to add or import a video file iTunes it does zip. I've tried everything, even creating a new user account. I'm having alot of other problems as well that I didn't have with the old version of iTunes. I've downloaded other media file organizing programs and have a feeling it has something to do with that, a kind of "software wars" going on in my computer. Tisk tisk.
masculist

Here's a free video converter software that worked for me:
http://textverfree.filehungry.com/english/product/windowssoftware/multimedia_&_graphics/video_editors/free_ipod_videoconverter
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CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-3610QM CPU
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GK107 [GeForce GT 650M]
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2: id: /dev/sdb model: Hitachi_HTS72757 size: 750.2GB
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X.Org: 1.13.2.901
Mesa: 9.1-2
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Desktop: KDE 4.10.1
openshot: 1.4.3-1
kdenlive: 0.9.4-1
ffmpeg: 1:1.1.3-1
mlt: 0.8.8-3
mlt-python-bindings: 0.8.8-3
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3 days ago I didn't have this problem. Any ideas?
Last edited by cappuccino (2013-03-10 16:30:08)

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QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
[New Thread 0x7fffcd1c3700 (LWP 1969)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcc9c2700 (LWP 1970)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbe8ef700 (LWP 1992)]
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[New Thread 0x7fffbe0ee700 (LWP 2004)]
[Thread 0x7fffcd1c3700 (LWP 1969) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffcc9c2700 (LWP 1970) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffcc9c2700 (LWP 2005)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcd1c3700 (LWP 2006)]
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[Switching to Thread 0x7fffbe0ee700 (LWP 2004)]
0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
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print "Error: You must have GTK 2.18 or greater to run OpenShot. Exiting..."
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[Inferior 1 (process 3557) exited with code 01]
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