adding movies to iTunes

eclipse2975 · eclipse2975 #1 (**permalink**)

05-30-2010, 04:21 PM

Hi!
I need your help as I am new in "Mac world". I have many gigabytes of movies on my external drive and I want to add some of them to my iTunes, so I can watch them via Apple TV on my big screen. Because I watch them using Divx player, I have them all in .avi format. I tried to add one today by dragging it to itunes and.... nothing happened.
Any advises how I can do this?

iNAP · iNAP #2 (**permalink**)

05-30-2010, 04:23 PM

open with Quicktime and save as .mov then place in iTunes.just one suggestion

eclipse2975 · eclipse2975 #3 (**permalink**)

05-30-2010, 04:48 PM

Is there a way to do it without Quicktime pro? My QT7 does not allow me to do so.

baggss · baggss #4 (**permalink**)

05-30-2010, 04:58 PM

Using an App like Handbrake will allow you to convert them to M4V or another iTunes compatible format. If you're going to be a Mac user, you might want to ditch .avi and move to MPEG-4, it's a significantly better, more capable, more advanced and more modern Codec that is still under active development. .AVI has been dying for years.

Gozer · Gozer #5 (**permalink**)

06-01-2010, 01:18 PM

You can get Handbrake here: handbrake.fr/

I convert everything to 'Universal' format. Usually looks pretty good on a 60". I'm having a volume issue (I like movies loud) but I think that is more based on my hardware setup.

clayneal · clayneal #6 (**permalink**)

06-01-2010, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gozer

You can get Handbrake here: handbrake.fr/

I convert everything to 'Universal' format. Usually looks pretty good on a 60". I'm having a volume issue (I like movies loud) but I think that is more based on my hardware setup.

Heres the link :

HandBrake

Clay

iNAP #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 1,802	05-30-2010, 04:23 PM open with Quicktime and save as .mov then place in iTunes.just one suggestion www.idadgraphics.com I started using PS from finding this forum and all the help I have gotten here thru the years is immeasurable thank you MacForums and all it's members
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eclipse2975 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 24, 2009 Posts: 14	05-30-2010, 04:21 PM Hi! I need your help as I am new in "Mac world". I have many gigabytes of movies on my external drive and I want to add some of them to my iTunes, so I can watch them via Apple TV on my big screen. Because I watch them using Divx player, I have them all in .avi format. I tried to add one today by dragging it to itunes and.... nothing happened. Any advises how I can do this?
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baggss #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	05-30-2010, 04:58 PM Using an App like Handbrake will allow you to convert them to M4V or another iTunes compatible format. If you're going to be a Mac user, you might want to ditch .avi and move to MPEG-4, it's a significantly better, more capable, more advanced and more modern Codec that is still under active development. .AVI has been dying for years.
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Gozer #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 31, 2010 Posts: 18 Mac Specs: 27" i5 iMac w 8GBs, 32 GB iPod Touch, 2010 AppleTV, dead 120 GB iPod classic, 2x 2nd Gen iPod nano	06-01-2010, 01:18 PM You can get Handbrake here: handbrake.fr/ I convert everything to 'Universal' format. Usually looks pretty good on a 60". I'm having a volume issue (I like movies loud) but I think that is more based on my hardware setup.
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