New to Front Row

Hey Ive just got my first ever Mac and still getting used to it, anyway I like to have everything organised and so when I transferred all my videos from my old pc I put them in the Movies folder but Id like them to be more organised in front row - rather than me finding the original folder - like tv shows under the tv show section - is Itunes the only way to make this happen? Oh and when I import them into Itunes it makes a copy of them in the Itunes folder which isnt very good as I dont need two copies would rather just have the original in the Movie folder

Front Row looks in two places for your various video files. It looks inside your user's "Movies" folder (and the sub folders there) and it looks inside your iTunes library. You can manually create folders inside your "Movies" folder called "TV Shows" or something similar and then traverse those folders in Front Row.
If you don't want to copy files into the iTunes library, you can uncheck the option in the Advanced tab of the preferences that says "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Remember, this option also controls the location of music files too. Any music you might drag into your iTunes library won't be copied either. If you rip a CD or buy music from the iTunes store, those files should still automatically go into your Music folder and the iTunes library.
-Doug

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