Why are my movies not shown in iTunes

Hi,
I have just bought a Mac Mini and have updated all the software etc to the latest versions.
The problem I am having is that in the Leopard Movie folder I have all of my TV Shows and Films but the do not show up in the movie tab in iTunes, if i want it to be displayed there I have to copy the file to my iTunes folder, copying the film and making the Movie folder in finder pointless.
I also have a PC with iTunes and it allows me to point to any folder that i have movie content in, even on different drives and it is all shown in iTunes, surely there is a way to do this on a Mac?
Otherwise what's the point of having separate media folders in Leopard if itunes does not scan them for content?
All help greatly appreciated.

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