by Brian Fisher •
"I am trying to import an mp4 file created from a DVD into iTunes' Movie library. I've tried both "importing a file" and "drag-and-drop" methods but no avail. In the latter method, on dragging a "plus" sign follows the drag but then nothing happens. Waited a couple minutes to see whether a status bar indicating the import would initiate but it does not. I am using the latest version of iTunes. Music files work fine, why not this MP4 video?"
Well, if you are encountering problem that can't add MP4 to iTunes, the following solution will help you out. You just need to convert MP4 to iTunes compatible format. Here is the best all-in-one video converter to help you do that.
Basically, iTunes can recognize MP4 videos, well, only in the condition of compressing with the supported codec like MPEG-4 or . Namely, iTunes has nothing to do with those MP4 files with the unmatched codec. So for the question up lines, it may be due to the codec problem. This is not a tough problem to work out, actually. Only a professional MP4 to iTunes Mac program needed. And the article here shows you how to fix this with an excellent UniConverter step by step.
Get the Best MP4 to iTunes Video Converter:
Install UniConverter on your computer. There are 3 ways to add the MP4 files to this MP4 video to iTunes converter:
1 - drag & drop MP4 files to the MP4 to iTunes Mac program.
2 - go to main menu and choose "Add Files" to locate files in the resulting dialog.
3 - It's easier to find and import media files from the built-in Media Browser to the application.
To make your MP4 videos be accessible to iTunes, please select "iPhone" as the outpur format. The MP4 video will be converted with a iTunes compatible codec.
Also, by selecting 'iPhone', the video will be able to play on your iPhone smoothly.
Go to 'Preferences' on your Mac, and select 'Automatically add files to iTunes Library after conversion'. This will send the video to your iTunes after conversion.
Click the "Convert" button and let the excellent Mac Video Converter automatically do the rest for you.
You can also try online video converter to convert your MP4 videos to iTunes supported format, if you don't want to install a computer program. Try it below:
Note: Because the online tool doesn't support "https", so if the content below was blank, please manually click the "Shield" icon on the right of your browser address bar to load the script. This action is secure without any harm to your data or computer.
Brian Fisher
staff Editor