Quicktime movie on mini?

I have a mini and i downloaded an audio message to my desktop. I see it in my itunes and i can hear it. However I cant get it on my mini. Is it because it has the extension .mov?????
What do i need to do to get these two messages on my mini?
thanks
jim

Open iTunes preferences and click on Advanced. Then click on the tab that says Importing. There should be an option that says "Import Using...." Select mp3 file. Then right click on the audio message in iTunes. There should be an option that says "Convert to Mp3 file" selec this and it should go on to your iPod.
-Clay

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no hair pulling, please ... the stuff might end up in your DVD burner and then you're back to square one...
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