Adding non-Apple format movies to iTunes
Posted by Chris | Filed under Mac OS X
I’ve been having a bit of trouble adding some movies to my iTunes library this evening - in that I’d have to convert a movie to a .mov file in order to import it at all.
A few google searches away and I’d found the answer to all my problems. If you have the Apple development tools installed (and are obviously on a Mac), you can simply change the file meta-data of the movies via the terminal in order to allow you to import them. It’s very simple to do:
SetFile -t "MooV" movie.avi
Via: AVI to iTunes on MacRumors Forums
I did, however, have to change the iTunes settings so that it didn’t take it’s own copy of the files when importing them. I have a separate Movies folder for a reason thank-you-very-much iTunes.
- Chris
Tags: apple, iTunes, Mac, Mac OS X, movie, SetFile
Mac Pro
Posted by Chris | Filed under Computing, Mac OS X
I’ve recently ordered a new Mac, a Mac Pro to be precise. It is currently en route to my gleeful embrace from Apple.
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Tags: apple, Mac, Mac Pro, mighty mouse, nvidia geforce, xeon
iPhone - Masturabatory pleasure for Mac enthusiasts
Posted by Chris | Filed under HCI, Mac OS X
Well it had to happen some time, and eventually it has. Apple have released initial details at their Keynote of the new iPhone which will be a combination of the video/photo iPod and a mobile phone. Read the rest of this entry »
