adding movies on iPhone not bought on iTunes

[Mrsmaris]

They show up in the movies section and when I plug in the iPhone it doesn't say show anywhere to add the movie. But ill have to look again to be sure but I tried all routes to get it on the phone.

[MileHighRob]

It is in the Movie tab once you connect your phone. Not in the Movies section on the left in iTunes.

[iChristian]

Yeah, with all the Summary, Apps, Music and stuff. THOSE tabs.

[Mrsmaris]

Nah it wasn't showing up in those tabs

[MileHighRob]

Originally Posted by Mrsmaris

Nah it wasn't showing up in those tabs

Did you click on your iPhone name in the left under DEVICES? Then click the Video tab and scroll down to Movies?

[Mrsmaris]

no I don't think I tried that.

[MileHighRob]

Did you find them? If they are really in your iTunes library then they are in the right format and you'll find them in the Video tab when you plug in your phone. If they aren't there then they really aren't in iTunes and you'll have to go back to square one to figure out how to convert them to the correct format.

[Woofus]

Not sure where you're at or how you got there, but here's some stuff I have discovered through trial and error and a bit of Googling.

First off, god bless the iPhone...especially on long plane flights. (Ok..enough of that)

Ok.. let's start this puppy from scratch and see how much luck we have.

First you're gonna need a decrypter to be able to copy the DVDs. These directions are for Windows, btw.

Go grab DVD43 ( www.dvd43.com ) it will decrypt the DVD on the fly, so you don't have to rip it to the HD and THEN Handbrake it. Eliminates a step and speeds it all up a bit. Download it now and install it. (I'll wait)

Ok.. now go get a copy of Handbrake. ( http://handbrake.fr ) Install that one and get the DVDs ready to go.

All righty then... now put the DVD in the drive and fire up Handbrake. DVD43 should already be running in the taskbar down by your clock. Looks like a little happy face which will "wake up" and smile at you when it finishes decrypting. (Only takes a second)

In handbrake, click on the "source" and browse to your DVD drive. On that drive you will see some folders. Look for (and choose) the Video_TS folder and click "Ok" Now click on the "Title" tab. Here's where you need to do a little detective work.

Under the Title tab you'll see a bunch of files with varrying times. This is every video file on that disk. The actual episodes should stick out like a sore thumb. Check the disk and see how many episodes are on the disk and look for that many simmilar times. For example if you have 5 half hour episodes, you'll find 5 22 min (or there about) files. Make sense? Pick the First one on the list.

Then you'll need to name the files you'll be creating. Put them in a folder where you can find them. I always name mine with the episode number first, then the title. This helps keep them in order! ie.

D:\My Disk\Files\TV Show Name\01 - The First Episode Name

Repeat for all the subsequent episodes.

Ok, now the REALLY fun part. The settings. Here's how I do it.

Use the Iphone preset:

Then change...

H.264 (ipod) to MPEG 4
No Crop to Auto Crop
Uncheck Chapter Markers box
leave average bitrate at 960
Leave everything else as is...

Once I started using these settings, I haven't had to RE-convert anything to get it on the Iphone!

Then just hit the "Add to cue" button and do the same for the rest of the episodes. After you get them all in there, hit encode and go grab a beverage and let the dog out. It will take a little while, depending on the speed of your system.

When they're done, just move the directory into your iTunes "TV Shows" directory, open itunes and do a "Add folder to library". That will move them into your TV Shows tab. You might want to check and or clean up anything now and also look for some nice album art for your shows.

Click the check box in front of the episodes you want to load up onto your phone.

Then just hook up your iPhone, click on over to your Videos tab and you should see the show name in with the rest of the TV Shows. Check it to sync the shows you just ripped and hit the sync button.

Ta-da!

[BigCiX]

handbrake won't convert avi files huh?

[Woofus]

Originally Posted by BigCiX

handbrake won't convert avi files huh?

Handbrake is more of a DVD ripper.

For converting existing videos, I use videora. (another FREE program)

You can use the same encoding settings as you do in Handbrake.