Transferring Limewire mp4 files to iTunes

Kai Lin · #1 (**permalink**) January 23rd, 2008

It's just not working... There's no message, and when I try to import the video file nothing happen, there's no new file in the movies section.
It's getting very frustraiting and I could use some help please

Thank you!

Lord of the Rings · #2 (**permalink**) January 23rd, 2008

Probably not correct mp4 formatting ... either the size or something else is not within the range. But normally you add them the same way you add songs. You can simply drag & drop them onto the iTunes Library icon at the very top of the playlists on left hand side of the program.

All mpeg 4 files I've come across have the .mpg extension. Which has made it difficult to know whether they were mpeg 1, 2 or 4.

Do you have QuickTime installed? I suspect on the Mac, iTunes uses 'some' of the QT codec libraries to help read/convert files. Not sure about windows.

Kai Lin · #3 (**permalink**) January 25th, 2008

That's annoying, I have a PC. They are all under mp4 format, and one with simlar size has loaded fine, but all the rest I try don't. It was only the first one I tried that worked, all the rest don't at all

Nathan mcDermott · #4 (**permalink**) June 9th, 2008

i am having exactly the same problem as you. i have about 22 movies successfully copied from limewire to itunes but 5 others that are definately mp4s and are normal sizes wont copy over! i have tried everything and its gotten VERY frustrating! any help?

Lord of the Rings · #5 (**permalink**) June 9th, 2008

How do you know they are definitely mpeg4 format?
Beware that iTunes will not import DivX which is a variation of mpeg4. I am not sure about XiviD since they have now become a little more commercial than they used to be.