ITunes refuses to acknoledge mpeg-4 files!

my itunes6 refuses to acknowledge movie files i had converted into mpeg-4 through Videora ip[od converter. even though the files show up as Mpeg-4 video file in the summary, it does not have the TV icon on it and it only occurs as sound. Same goes when i play it with Quicktime Pro. Please help i want to put the movies into my video!

Sounds like you've got a setting wrong . . . Videodora is temperamental at best, you may want to go to iLounge go through the step by step tutorial they've got up.
Good luck!

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ITunes refuses to import mpeg-4 videos

I have a few mpeg-4 video clips on my computer that I want on my ipod. iTunes refuses to import them. I've tried file>add folder to library, file>add file to library and attempting to add them individually, I've tried dragging and dropping, again as a group and individually.
All methods give the same result: a dialog window with the progress bar. It scrolls through the names quickly, the progress bar gets to less than 10% before the dialog box disappears and there are no new videos in itunes at all.
How do I fix this?

Sounds like you've got a setting wrong . . . Videodora is temperamental at best, you may want to go to iLounge go through the step by step tutorial they've got up.
Good luck!

Itunes refuses to import some mp3 files.

Hi,
Can someone please advise. I have an album of MP3 tracks. For some reason Itunes refuses to import all but 2 of the songs on the ablum. I have the files on the hard drive in my music folder which should be auto sync to Itunes. This does not happen with these mp3's. Also if I try to do it manually nothing happens. Any suggestions?
P.s I am using the latest version of Itunes and the MP3's play fine with media player etc.

Yeah, what stubchain said. If they play in WMP, then you've run into the bug where iTUnes can't read the MP3 tags.
iTunes has problems with v2.4 ID3 tags.
http://www.id3.org/iTunes
iTunes also has a problem with v2.2 tags and artwork/beats per minutes tags on the same song.
Try setting them to v1 in another program and then see if iTunes can read them.
Then once iTnues can read tehm, I would convert them to v2.3 tags, which seem to be the most stable & have the best features.

ITunes refuses to play shared .ogg files

I have the xiph codec thing installed for playing ogg files. Ogg files play fine if the files are stored locally on the mac. However, if I try to play the same files when they are stored on another computer on the network, it refuses to play them. Why?
Nearly all my music files are ogg vorbis. I have only one imac running OS X 10.4.
All my other computers are linux based and share their music through Rhythmbox's DAAP music sharing function.
itunes has no problem playing regular mp3 files from shared sources. Only has a problem playing shared ogg files.

I have ogg files stored locally (on a PC) and iTunes won't play them, no idea why.

MPEG audio file from Itunes U not playing on my Shuffle. :(

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I just realized that also the ACC files from Itunes U won't work on my shuffle. When I press Play, it alternates green-orange flash which indicates that there are no music. ???

Playstation 3 Eye MPEG-4 files and Mac OS X's QuickTime

I've got Playstation 3 and Playstation Eye camera which is pretty useful making videos and editing them quickly. I have few videos I'd like to transfer to my Mac for better editing and dvd authoring but QuickTime and friends (iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto, etc.) refuse to open MPEG 4 files produced on Playstation 3. QuickTime claims that these videos are in unsupported format which cannot be opened.
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Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> MPEG-4 Visual
Audio Codecs Used -> AAC LC
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Total File Size -> 335 MiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 4 088 Kbps
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> MPEG-4 Visual
Codec (FourCC) -> 20
Codec Profile -> Simple@L3
Frame Width -> 640 pixels
Frame Height -> 480 pixels
Frame Rate -> 25.000 fps
Total Frames -> 17174
Display Aspect Ratio -> 4/3
Scan Type -> Progressive
Codec Settings (Summary) -> BVOP
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 0.515
Codec Settings (BVOP) -> Yes
Codec Settings (QPel) -> No
Codec Settings (GMC) -> No warppoints
Codec Settings (Matrix) -> Default (H.263)
Video Stream Length -> 11mn 26s 960ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 3 956 Kbps
Video Stream BitRate (Nominal) -> 205 Kbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode -> VBR
Bit Depth -> 24 bits
Video Stream Size -> 324 MiB (97%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2009-07-31 08:17:58
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> AAC
Codec (FourCC) -> 67
Audio Stream Length -> 11mn 26s 954ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 128 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 2
Audio Channel's Positions -> L R
Sampling Rate -> 48.0 KHz
Bit Depth -> 16 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 10.5 MiB (3%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2009-07-31 08:17:58

Itunes refuses to import one file

Itunes refuses to import one file. This file is unprotected, mp3 audio file of 72.3MG which happens to be a 'teach youself spanish' CD downloaded from Win/MX. As far as I can see thsi file does not differ from other files which itunes lets me import, apart perhaps from its length (it is over two hours long). itunes produces no message to explain why it will not import the file and so i am perplexed...

hi Jack!
hmmmmm. just checking. can WMP import and play this file? if so, can you convert it to another file format in WMP, like AIFF? if so, will itunes accept the file when it is in that format?
(a clunky workaround ... even if it works)
love, b

How can I play MPEG-4 files in Premier Elements? It plays in iTunes but I only see video in Element

how can I play MPEG-4 files in Premier Elements? It plays in iTunes but I only see video in Elements

LGSh
Lots of questions, lots of answers needed as mentioned by Hunt. But please include what version of Premiere Elements that you are using when you reply.
How are you importing these file into your Premiere Elements project?
After you drag your file to the Timeline, do you see both an video and audio component (on Video 1/Audio 1) or is there nothing on the Audio 1 track? If you can see a wave form or file on Audio 1, have you checked all the program's volume settings including Edit Menu/Preferences/Audio Hardware and the ASIO settings?
More later.
Please do not hesitate to ask if you need clarification on anything written.
Thank you.
ATR

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I have been using Nokia music manager for my music files as I have used my N82 phone to store and listen to music. I have approx 50 CD's saved as MPEG-4 files within the nokia music manager and cannot get them to transfer to the itunes library. I really don't want to have to re-convert them all from CD!
When I go to file - add file to library or add folder to library, then browse the file all is fine, but the minute I click the button absolutely NOTHING happens - no error file, warning or anything - it simply seems to ignore my command! I have uninstalled/reinstalled itunes (incase there was a problem), rebooted etc and nothing - am seriously unhappy as this seems that it should be so straightforward and simple and I really don't want to have to do all this from scratch!
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Hello - thanks for the reply
Have now tried this too - nothing happens again. The file will show within the iTunes library file in the system folder, but not actually open within itunes.
Any other ideas - I am thinking that there is something wrong with either the way it is installed or the pc or something, but it will load the files directly from the CD.
K

Importing a mpeg video file into itunes

I tried click and drag but that doesn't work. How would I get some mpeg video files to work in iTunes so I can transfer them to my iPod? I also tried "add file to library" that doesn't work either.

iTunes supports the following video content formats:
Video content purchased from the iTunes Store.
QuickTime and MPEG-4 movie files that end in ".mov", ".m4v", or ".mp4" and are playable in QuickTime Player.
Video podcasts.
If your videos are MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, you will have to use a third-party application to convert the videos into a format that iTunes supports. If you search this forum for something like "video convert", you should find a number of suggestions as to a converter.

I converted aif files to mp3 files in I tunes so I could put them on a flash drive. Now when I transfer an album to the flash drive I get both the aif files and the mp3 files in the flash drive. How do I get the iTunes to only copy the smaller file?

I converted aif files to mp3 files in iTunes so I could put them on a flash drive. Now when I transfer an album to the flash drive I get both the aif files and the mp3 files on the flash drive. How do I get the iTunes to only copy the smaller file?

My suggestion to use the smart playlist was more along the lines of making one list with rules to show everything in your library as long as it was kind "mpeg" (= mp3).
Smart playlists cannot be edited manually, only by changing the rules. You can use them as the basis for another smart playlist though.
There is added overhead to using smart playlists, so don't go overboard.

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As my music collection is growing, I decided to organize it a bit more and fill in the different ID3 tags in windows.
I have emptied my itunes library before I did all this, and after changing the ID3 tags I added the different albums back to itunes.
However, for some reason itunes does not want to import several albums anymore, while they do play in windows media player. Furthermore, itunes refuses in many cases to make use of the new ID3 tags I made. Even after uninstalling and reinstalling itunes, itunes seems to remember my settings and the ID3 tags the different MP3s had before.
Anyone a clue what is happening here? Has it someting to do with the new version of itunes, or is it something else?
ciao, Gregorius

Hey, first of all, thanks for your help, but I'm still in problems.
I have noticed that itunes imports the music files before I alter the ID3 tags (from backup files). However, as soon as I try to add the same file to my itunes library after I have edited the ID3 file (via windows itself), itunes does not add the file to its library anymore. This is happening to a considerable amount of my music. When I try to play the same files in windows mediaplayer, they play without a problem, so I guess the problem is with itunes.
Somebody can please help me out, because I like to be in control of my music, and not itunes,
adios Gregorius

ITunes 11 previously imported a video file, which I loaded on to my iPod Nano, but I removed the file from the iTunes library and now it won't (re-)import the same video. Any thoughts on why not?

iTunes 11 previously imported a video file, which I loaded on to my iPod Nano, but I removed the file from the iTunes library and now it won't (re-)import the same video.
I'm using 2 PCs, each with video files (.MP4) on their respective hard drives, and also one external drive with other video files on that I move between the two devices.
iTunes on one PC will (sometimes!) let me add video content from the external hard drive, which is clearly iTunes-compatible, because I can then copy it over to my iPod Nano. On the other PC, I couldn't load that same video from the external hard drive. But if I copied that same video on to the PC's internal hard drive first, then iTunes would let me import it. That was yesterday - now iTunes is refusing to load any files from the internal or external hard drive(s).
Any thoughts or suggestions, please?

So I tried copying the files from the external hard drive to a USB drive. I could import the video files from the USB drive!
So then I tried importing the same files on to my PC's internal hard drive again. I could import the video files from the internal hard drive!
So then I tried to import the very same files that failed to load on the very same PC previously. I could now import them!
I still can't import from the external hard drive directly, though.
I really don't think I like the process of importing things into iTunes very much... any suggestions on what's causing any of this behaviour would be very interesting.

MPEG-4 File Properties & Vista

Hi
I have recently had to upgrade to Windows Vista. When I used Windows XP I was able to edit the file properties of both MPEG-4 file properties (details) and MPEG-3 files. Both file types interacted directly with the iTunes Get Info menu.
Unfortunately, I can no longer edit MPEG-4 file properties and when changes are made using Get Info they are not reflected in Windows Explorer.
I have examined permissions, but this doesn't seem to make any difference.
What happened to all the file properties? How can I edit MPEG-4 files?
I do like to make all my files consistent, but am no longer able too.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Duncan

Are you running as administrator? You can turn off the security, that might help. You would be same as XP then. Can you edit the properties using Windows Explorer (right click on file name, go to properties menu option, Details tab). I don't have iTunes on my Vista as yet, but you might first confirm that outside of iTunes you can make the changes. If not, that would give you a clue as to why iTunes cannot either.

ITunes refuses to import Amazon MP3 album, claims permissions won't allow me. What?

I download through Amazon MP3.
I downloaded Muse's album and imported that into iTunes just fine, but for whatever reason, when I downloaded the Black Keys album El Camino it refuses to play ball.
I get "Attempting to copy to the disk "Macintosh HD" failed. You do not have enough access privileges for this."
Now, I did a permissions repair with Onyx, and even checked all the folders to make sure the permissions wasn't weirdly set, but nothing is wrong with those folders. They're not locked at all.
I can play the song files when I press space bar or even in things like VLC, but iTunes refuses to play ball for some reason. Is this an iTunes problem or Amazon? And if you could possibly point me to a forum post that is this exact problem I'd love you forever as I'm about to go on a cross-country road trip and would really love to play some Black Keys.

That's a workaround, but it doesn't really solve the mystery. Ordinarily, when you add music to your library, iTunes will create a directory with the Artist name and a subdirectory with the Album name. My guess is there's something weird about one of these fields, perhaps an unprintable character that you can't see, and when it tries to create the directories it fails (maybe I was too hasty in not blaming Amazon!). It might even be one of the individual song names.
If you're happy with this solution, fine, but if you want to track it down, I'd try this;
- select all the songs, do (right-click->get info)
- Delete and reenter the Artist and Album names. Make sure you clear the whole field
and don't use cut and paste.
- reenable the copy and manage options
- Try dragging the songs in again.
- If that doesn't work, try dragging one at a time to see if a particular song is causing the problem.
- If that's the case, check the fields for that song, and maybe reenter the title.
Note, if this works, you'll end up with two copies of everything, and you'll have to delete the one that wasn't copied.
In any event, I'd reenable the copy and manage options, so future music will be correctly copied.

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