Syncing Digital Copies to Multiple iPhones

I have some movie digital copies in my iTunes that I sync with my iPhone. I'd like to load some of them on my wife's iPhone who syncs as a different profile and iTunes instance.
Is there any way to be able to get her iPhone to load a movie without actually making a separate copy of it in both iTunes folders?

Applications can only be synced from one iTunes library. If you are connected your iPhone or iPod >touch to an iTunes library that you don't normally sync with, you can still transfer purchased >applications from the device by choosing File > Transfer Purchases in iTunes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1977 (Syncing Applications from the App Store)
So you can have multiple Phones synced to your computer/library, all those can have the same apps, but you can't transfer the apps to another computer using a different account in itunes and start using those apps on different devices.

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In the past, I've lost these kinds of movie digital copies through syncing my phone on a new computer. I don't want this to happen again but I am totally lost since these are not itunes purchases.
How can I sync my iphone on my new mac's itunes and not "erase and replace" all the movies currently on my phone? Or how can I get them onto my Mac's itunes account so when I do sync my iphone, they'll still be there?
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It's best to copy from your old computer to your new computer before syncing your phone with your new computer for the first time:
http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/21/copy-itunes-library-from-a-pc-to-a-mac/
If everything were from the iTunes Store, you could do this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1329
Since it's not all from the iTunes Store, you should copy your library from your old computer to your new one, as noted above. If that's not possible and you can use only your phone as the file source, you will need to use a third-party utility such as Senuti:
http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
There are many similar utilities. Some work just as well as Senuti and are even free.

How Does The Playcount Sync Across iTunes and Multiple iPhones/iPods?

Okay, this is more of a lazy question, because I don't feel like investigating myself...
So I have an iPhone with all of my music on it. I also have an iTouch with all of my music. Occasionally I will play music on my iPhone, but primarily it's only used as an iPod when I'm driving and can plug it in.
However, the iTouch is being used more and more to play music on the go.
Both have the exact same library on them. They also have three smart playlists (which yes, I know they only update when synced with iTunes, since something is goofy with the smart lists) which rely on the playcount.
I was wondering how the playcount works when synced across the iPhone to and from the iTouch and iTunes.
Here's what I'm asking....
I have songs A, B, C and D.
On the iTouch, I play song A 5 times.
On the iPhone, I play song B 5 times.
On BOTH, I play song C 5 times.
On my computer, I play song D 5 times.
Now, how are they all going to sync? If I plug the iTouch in first, will it show that I played song A and C 5 times, and iTunes will update song D on the iTouch, but when I plug in the iPhone, it'll show that I didn't play song A, so it'll modify the playlist? Or when I sync the iPhone, will it update song C twice, one for the iTouch, one for the iPhone, so it'll show that I played it 10 times (correct)? Or will it only see that song C was played on one device?
My main reason is that I want to know how I should expect my smart lists to function when being spread out over three devices...

Play counts are updated in iTunes when you sync the device, and should then propagate. So, for song A which was played only on the iPod Touch, after those 5 plays if you sync the iPod Touch that will change the iTunes count to 5, then if you sync the iPhone after that, song A will have a play count of 5 for the iPhone's smart playlist (since syncing the iPhone will update the smart playlist at that time).

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Sorry, but officially Apple does not allow redownloads of purchased items, including digital copies, other than iPhone/iPod touch applications. It's your responsibility to make backup copies (as iTunes itself advises) in case something goes wrong with your system, as unfortunately it apparently did in your case, and you lose all the information on your hard drive. The official statement of their policy can be found here, among other places. If your hard drive was erased and you don't have a backup of your purchased items, and don't have them on an iOS device, you're probably out of luck and will need to repurchase your content.
If you have your content on an iOS device or have things backed up, post back and someone here can help you get them restored. Otherwise you can try contacting iTunes Store Customer Service (select "Video Purchases" then "Lost or Missing Items". You'll find either an "Express Lane" button - just follow the instructions to get to the contact form - or an "Email Us" button) ") and explaining what happened. Reportedly in some cases Apple has allowed redownloading on a one-time basis. But don't count on it.
Regards.

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iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod
iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos
iTunes: Sync purchased HD videos to iPod or iOS device
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Thanks Tyler.

Thank you. Your reply is very helpful.
I've never chosen to delete unused apps in my library because I was worried that if, in the future, one was of interest, that I'd have to re-purchase... so this is not the case then, right? (I'd felt secure knowing that an app was stored on my computer... More than once, I've had to revert to backups and was glad to have copies of my apps safely stored away.)
I've been slow to adopt anything "cloud" so am not well versed on the benefits of using it. So, just to be clear, if I delete an unused app in my local iTunes library, it will forever remain available in the cloud linked to my account, right?

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