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May 27, 2008

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How-To: Play non-.mp4/.m4v videos in iTunes

Posted May. 27, ’08, 10:15 AM PT by Cyrus Farivar
Category | iTunes

macsmile.gifOur pals over at Ars Technica have just discovered a new way to play back other movie file types (.avi, for instance) in iTunes without going through that pesky step of converting. It’s an AppleScript called Movie2iTunes. Not only that, but this new AppleScript also provides other features, “like that all-important ability to remember the playback position.”

Ars took ‘er for a spin:

It then creates the reference movies and imports those into iTunes, taking about 10 seconds per .avi file on my system. The program will also autodetect file names that appear to contain season and episode numbers and put those files in the TV section of iTunes—good to know when ripping DVDs of your favorite TV shows.


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