Storing MPEG4 files in TV Programmes library. Is this possible?

I have a number of TV Programmes I have recorded with a PVR. I have converted them to MP4 so I can view them with Apple TV. The Itunes library stores them as home movies by default, I would rather keep the files in the TV Programmes folder...which is not created by default as I do not purchase TV shows from Itunes Store. Hope this makes sense and someone can advise me.
many thanks, David

the loc-man wrote:
(hopefully) one last question....
If I do this splitting and use Time Machine for backup what will it backup? Just the iTunes music on the internal HDD and just the references to the movies/TV shows?
time machine will back up any drive connected directly to your Mac (firewire, USB). TM will not backup networked drives. click here for information.
ie I will have to have a manual backup of my movies and TV shows, as these will only be physically on my NAS and no where else?
call me paranoid but i have double and triple backups of my media files, spread across various drives. all drives fail eventually so better be safe ...
bottom line, you need to backup manually - unless you want to move your library back from the NAS to a DAS so that TM can include your media files for backup to a TC or perhaps an e.g. 4 TB Drobo.

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