How to Add Video to an iPod and iTunes
For watching video on your computer you can use many different media players. Some are better than others but they all do the trick so you don’t really need to ever add movies or tv shows to your iTunes library. Not unless you particularly anal about organizing all of your files in one place.
But what if you want to take your movies or tv shows with you on your iPod? This is where adding videos to iTunes becomes necessary.
First things first. You need to get content. So you can download television shows for free on the internet and you can rip your dvd’s to your iTunes as well. Follow the links to learn how to do that.
How to import AVI into iTunes
Now depending on what you are wanting to add you will need to convert your video to an .mp4 file so that it can enter into your iTunes library.
When you download television shows they most usually come in an .avi file format. iTunes will not accept this format. The program you need to download to do the conversion is called iSquint. The developers for iSquint have discontinued work on this software however you can still find copies of it out there. It is free and very simple to use. You just have to drag a file into the window and check the settings you want. You can even check that you want it added to iTunes.
Below is a screenshot of the iSquint interface. You can almost tell exactly how to use it by looking at it. Just check the appropriate boxes and drag your file into the larger white area. Make sure you select your destination so you know where your files are once the conversion is complete.
iSquint works like a charm for converting .avi files to play iTunes. After the conversion is done, all you have to do is drag your newly converted file into iTunes (if you didn’t click the box for iSquint to do it for you) and iTunes will start importing it.
Add video to iTunes Library
Once you have completed adding your video to iTunes you need to put it onto your iPod or iPhone.
Take a look at the screenshot below. Note that we are looking at the movie section of iTunes. Also note there is a device listed which is my old school iPod nano with video screen.
To do this simply plug in your device and add the video like you would for a song. Your video will be kept in your movies folder in iTunes by default until you change the information to reflect that it is a tv show. Click on the Movies section and you will see your videos that you have imported. Click on the appropriate video and drag it to the iPod or iPhone icon along the left hand side listed under Devices.
You will then have your video added to your iPod or iPhone to take on the road with you. I personally like to have some workout videos on my iPod so that I can see proper exercise technique when I’m at the gym. It can be hard to remember all of the different exercises in P90X or the 10 minute trainer series.
So now you should be all set up to go with your portable device and some video content to keep you entertained on your commute or for even more practical applications like bringing presentations or tutorial videos with you to learn on your way to something.
It’s a lot of writing for a few simple steps:
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you may try the following step by step guide at http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/how-to-add-mp4-to-itunes-ipod.html
it solve the following problems
iTunes failed to import MP4 files to sync and transfer MP4 to iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV.
Situation 1
Can not add MP4 to iTunes whatever by drag-and-drop or by file import to library.
iTunes accepts some mp4 files, but not others.
Now iTunes can no longer import mp4 videos since I upgraded to Lion.
I have always been able to import my MP4 files into my iTunes but after I just upgraded my iTunes it no longer allows me to import these files.
Situation 2
iTunes does successfully import MP4 files, but it failed to sync the MP4 files to iPod, iPhone, iPad or Apple TV and only leave the message that one or more of the videos being synced from your iTunes library are not in the correct format to be played on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.