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Is there a way to put avi files into iTunes?

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Hey there everyone,

I'm just wondering if there is any way to import an. avi file into iTunes?

Possibly by converting it?

Only I have noticed that Front Row will look for shared video but only from other iTunes libraries on the network.

Is there any way to get round this?

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Chris. :mac:
 
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does this program work on Windows?

what I have you see is a large collection of .avi files on my windows PC and I want to be able to access them via the network through Front Row.

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MrChris said:
does this program work on Windows?

what I have you see is a large collection of .avi files on my windows PC and I want to be able to access them via the network through Front Row.

Regards,

Chris.
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Try it...
 
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Ok so I had a go with that program but unfortunately it only work on MAC, which kind of defeats the point for me lol.

Any other suggestions?

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MrChris said:
Ok so I had a go with that program but unfortunately it only work on MAC, which kind of defeats the point for me lol.

Any other suggestions?

Regards,

Chris :mac:
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I just successfully converted an .avi file into an .avi.ff.mp4 file which iTunes accepted. I used ffmpegX and encoded the file using the H264 [.mp4] (mencoder) codec.

On your PC I would try this using the same codec as I did:

http://www.sharewareplaza.com/ImTOO-DVD-to-Pocket-PC-Ripper-download_28819.html
 

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