Movie import to itunes

hi
how do I import movie file to itunes?
which kind of file is it possible to import?
regards
matan

".mov", ".m4v", or ".mp4" can be imported. If your movies are not in this format, they can be converted to that format using Handbrake: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

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Movie import into iTunes library

Hi all,
I have a very large collection of DVDs - it's one of the first technologies I actually got into early...I'm usually late to the game, so to speak.
Anyway, given that I'm moving everything to a digital format for use on my plethora of Macs and Apple TVs, I thought I'd use something like HandBrake to rip my discs and import into iTunes.
Is this is preferrable or common method? Is there some better way?
Secondarily, any way to get content info (Get Info stuff) that is similar to what you see when you purchase a movie from iTunes? I'm thinking about rating stuff, brief plot, etc.
As always, thanks for your collective genius.
-H

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Home movies imported via iTunes don't rotate...but all other videos do.

Anyone else having this problem?:
If I'm watching a movie or podcast that I downloaded, I can watch it in either portrait or landscape mode - regardless of it's aspect ratio. But I've shot a few videos with my iphone, threw them into iTunes as "movies" - then synced them to my iPhone. However, they are stuck in landscape mode - which is a problem because I would like to rotate the ones shot as portrait into portrait mode. But no go. Any ideas?

i've noticed that if you're moving at all when you rotate the screen, the iPhone will not rotate the screen to match your viewing angle.
i don't have a gs, so i don't know anything about watching home made movies. sorry...

1st Gen iPad doesn't show movies imported from iTunes

When connected to iTunes the iPad shows that they're in there, but when we look on the iPad in the Videos.app there's no movies. The option is not even there. They all work fine in VLC, but that's without metadata, so it's not ideal. We have restored the software twice, from two different backups but this didn't solve the problem. Thanks for your assistance.

This my "stock" answer for this issue and I'm sure that you have tried the first thing, but take look at the second suggestion and see if that works for you.
Quit the video app and restart. Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit the app by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on the video app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the video app icon to close it. Restart the iPad. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button. Try the app again and see if the movie is there and will play.
If that didn't work - Search for the movie. From the home screen swipe to the right and the Spotlight Search feature will appear. Type the name of the movie in the field at the top, if the movie shows up in the search, tap on the icon and hopefully it will begin to play. Let it play for a few minutes then tap Done. Return to the video app and see if it is in there now.

HT4527 I want to move all my iTunes from old PC to new PC but Home Sharing on both and it works. At Step 11, I clicked Home Sharing Import button doesn't work.

Help! I want to move all my iTunes music, podcasts, etc. from an old PC to a new PC. I set up Home Sharing on both and it works. I followed the steps in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527 to the letter. At Step 11, I clicked on Home Sharing on my new PC, then Edit > Select All so I could then import everything to the new computer. No matter what I try, the Import button doesn't work. There are two buttons on the lower right hand side of the iTunes screen - one for Settings and one for Import. The Settings button is clickable but the Import button isn't even live. In other words, I can see it but not click on it. I have double-checked my firewall and it is not the problem. How can I get the Import button to work?

These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
Note if you have failed to move contacts and calendar items across you should create one dummy entry of each in your new profile and iTunes should merge the existing data from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library or a backup then then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data.
tt2

Script that moves items to trash after importing to iTunes

Hi,
I have zero experience in this, all I have done is just from having googled stuff, so please be patient if I'm asking stupid questions. I have tried searching the forum first but I can't find the answer to this question.
I download music from various (LEGAL) websites and I don't want to have to manually move it into iTunes. My aim is that every time an .mp3 file is downloaded into my downloads folder, it is automatically moved into my iTunes music library and added to a 'downloaded' playlist, then deleted from my downloads folder.
This has taken me ages because after I got it working I did an iTunes update which ruined it all. I tried to edit the offending actions but ended up just downgrading iTunes to the previous version via Time Machine.
I am using OS X version 10.6.7 and iTunes 10.2.1
The point I am at now is that it is all working, except that the files are not moved to the trash at the end, so every time it runs it adds the new file plus all the previous files again. Please can someone help me modify my script or my automator application so that this will happen.
Also, is it possible to have the automator application only run when music files are downloaded? Because at the moment it runs every time I download anything at all.
Here is what I have done:
I have set up a folder action so that this script is attached to my downloads folder:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
          tell me
                    do shell script "open -a /Users/Louisa/Documents/Workflows/justdownloadstoplaylist.app"
          end tell
end adding folder items to
Then I have saved this Automator workflow as the application justdownloadstoplaylist.app
*Get specified Finder items*
Louisa>Downloads
*Get Folder Contents*
(Repeat for each subfolder found)
*Import Files into Itunes*
(Existing playlist - "downloaded")
*Move Finder items to Trash*
Thank you for your help.

Sorry, there was an error with my workflow in that saving to the variable should have come after filtering the items:
Folder Action receives files and folders added to Downloads
Get Folder Contents { Repeat for each subfolder found } -- in case a folder was added
Filter Finder Items { File extension is mp3 } -- just get mp3 files
Set Value of Variable { Variable: Original Items } -- save the filtered mp3 files for later
Import Files into iTunes { Existing playlist Downloaded }
Get Value of Variable { Variable: Original Items } (Ignore Input) -- get back the mp3 files
Move Finder Items to Trash
If you are using your application in a situation where it is already getting items passed to it (e.g. dropping items onto the application, or using a Service or Folder Action), adding an action at the beginning that gets the same items will result in doubling up the items in your input list. If you are getting confused about what is getting passed to your application, you can use a Choose from List action at the beginning of your workflow to show the items.
If you just saved your workflow as an application, dropping items onto it will pass them to your workflow, otherwise you will need to add statements to your folder action script to tell the workflow to open items passed to the folder action. As I mentioned in my earlier post, you won't need to use your folder action script or do anything else to get items passed to your workflow if it is created using the Folder Action template.

Lately, when I play a song from a newly imported cd, itunes moves the song to another location. The song is still in the main list but it is no longer with the rest of the album. Any ideas?

Lately, when I play a song from a newly imported cd, itunes moves the song to a different location in the library. The song is no longer grouped with the rest of the album. Any ideas?

Hi, llmrfan.
I have experienced this as well. Usually it is something simple in the metadata that iTunes recognizes as different. Try selecting all the songs at once in that album and get info on multiple tracks. At that point you can mark them as part of a compilation. The article below walks you through this process.
Why aren't songs with the same album art grouped together?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1468
Hope this helps,
Jason H.

.mov movie made with iMovie imported in iTunes

I made (with iMovie) a movie and imported in iTunes where it works perfectly. But when I go to advanced to use "convert selection for ipod" I can't. I have only the line convert to mp3.....
Any help? Maybe iTunes doesn't convert .mov files for iPod use?
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probably yes, but I'm not able to open the .mov file in imovies. I made it when I had imovies 04 than after upgrading to imovies 06, all the files look like quicktime files and I can't open it in imovies 06.... So, now I have only the .mov file. It works in quicktime and iTunes but not anymore in iMovie. Any idea?
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TS1721 can i import movies to my Itunes library

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Hi, by default you can only add M4V, MP4 and MOV files. Simply drag and drop them into your library. If you have videos in other file formats (like AVI or MKV) you have two solutions: convert them with a tool like HandBrake. That takes a lot of work and time. Or you use a dedicated tool to import movies in iTunes. I use VideoDrive (www.aroona.net) for this. It will create small references to your videos in iTunes. And it will also add descriptions and covers so they look as nice as officially purchased movies. Keep in mind that if you do not convert the videos, they will not play on iOS devices. VideoDrive (and some others) to support conversions as well. So you always have the choice.
In my case, I add the videos without conversions so they are nicely categorized in iTunes. And the videos I do want to watch on my iPad, I convert later on. You can do this by selecting a video in iTunes and clicking File -> Create new version. Or use the 'Duplicate Video' feature of VideoDrive. I can imagine that this is overkill if you only have a couple of videos, but if you have a lot, it's great to have them all showing up with artwork in iTunes.

HT5085 Is it possible to import Hong Kong iTunes Movie to Chinese iTunes?

Is it possible to import Hong Kong iTunes Movies to Chinese iTunes account?

Hello jhevelone295,
The help page linked below details how to go about using the Media Browser to import audio from iTunes to your project in GarageBand.
GarageBand Help - Use the Media Browser
http://help.apple.com/garageband/mac/10.0/#gbnda0660534
Cheers,
Allen

I have imported a Zip file, mp3 music to desktop. How do I move it into iTunes?? I have tried drag/drop, import to library, both without success. Can anyone help, please.

I have imported a Zip files, mp3 music to my Desktop. How do I move it into iTunes. I have tried d/drop and also Import to Library without success. Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks to Limnos and King Penguin.
I have discovered! I needed software to Unzip and was directed to Stuffit from the App Store. Suddenly it is simple.
Download Zip File to Desktop.
rt> Zip >Open with..... >Stuffit Progress Bar: 'Expanding' follows. Then a blue folder (manilla) returns to Desktop.
Open iTunes >File >Import to Library From drop down select the now expanded contents of Zip file, then >OPEN
iTunes takes over and imports - Job's Done!!
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Movies Imported from iMovies to iTunes impossible to rename

Hi,
I want to watch my movies from Front Row. This application goes to the Movies section in iTunes to access the files that I've imported to iTunes from my iMovie folder. So far so good.
However, because when I "add to library" in iTunes a movie that I've made in iMovies the movie is imported as "small" or "medium" it remains tagged as that in the iTunes movie library.
When I look for movies via Front Row I get a load of movies titled small or medium. Is their any way to rename the files in iTunes? In iTunes you can't do that - or I don't know how. I tried to rename the files by first having them open in Finder (which does allow you to rename them) but then Front Row doesn't see any content in the file and won't replay a renamed movie !!!
Can anyone help ?
Thanks.
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use this app to convert the .avi into an iTunes friendly format.

I'm unable to import cover art to my MPEG-4 movies that I've imported into iTunes. What gives? Where is the artwork tab?

I'm unable to import cover art to my MPEG-4 movies that I've imported into iTunes. What gives? Where is the artwork tab? I'm running iTunes 11 on my Windows 7 laptop.

I thank you for the response. Apple does some assinine things sometimes and this is one of them. Ask the planet the difference between a movie and a home video and with the exception of Apple, you'd get 100% consenus on the what difference is. A home video is something that I shoot, like my kids birthday party. A movie is something I urchased either via download or a DVD that I ripped. Unbelievable! The fact that Apple has chosen not to distinguish based upon which folder I tell it is Movies and which folder is Home Videos is really hard to fathom - sounds like something Windows would do. I find it funny that in my iTunes movies sub-section of the movies section, the movie icons have a cloud icon in upper right corner to distinguish it as bought from Apple iTunes versus no cloud icon for movies that I have ripped - so the distintion was already made and clearly visible. Now - everything just defaults to "home videos" if I try to import a new ripped DVD - why even bother to have this distinction on the iTunes bar? WOW!
As for your direction, I do not understand what you are telling me - what Media Kind and what Options tab are you referring to? I see no Options tab in iTunes. Right licking on the movie icon does not yield media kind or options as well. Gping to the source file does not yield these options either.
Thanks again for your help.
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.MOV files not playing in Quicktime or importing into iTunes

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How can I tell that. I have several. I am also unable to view them in the finder window like I can other .m4v or .mov files.

Importing to iTunes folder doesn't seem to work.

I don't know if this is a vista/itunes bug, but here I go:
I have a music library of about 60 gigs or so. When I try and import the songs WITHOUT moving the songs to iTunes directory, it works like a charm. However, if I check the box to move the imported songs TO the itunes folder, I only get a fraction of the music in my library. I would like for iTunes to import everything to the itunes directory.
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Yet, the files are not there.
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