iTunes skips imported video - only plays video from the iTunes store

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iTunes skips imported video - only plays video from the iTunes store

Using an old Powerbook with iTunes (7.3.2) and a 300GB external drive, I have created my own media centre. It contains a mixture of music videos which have been bought through the iTunes store or converted into iPod video format and then imported into iTunes.

iTunes plays the imported videos fine - double click and the selected video opens in a new window/full screen. However whenever I try and play a sequence of videos, iTunes will only play the purchased videos. It will never play the imported videos as part of a sequence.

I've been through the preferences and compared the bought vs imported videos but I can't understand why iTunes seemingly ignores the imported videos.

I'm considering purchasing an Apple TV but if the same thing happens then what's the point?

PowerBook 1.25 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 11, 2007 2:34 AM

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Adrick Author

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Aug 11, 2007 7:05 AM in response to Adrick

Update - I've since discovered iTunes actually does play imported music videos as part of a sequence, but only when random is turned off.

Why would random make a difference?

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Aug 11, 2007 7:06 AM in response to Adrick

Do you have the Shuffle feature turned on? Are the imported videos set to "Skip When Shuffling" (under Get Info)?

Diane Wordsmith

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Adrick Author

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Aug 11, 2007 8:24 AM in response to Diane Wordsmith

Brilliant - that's fixed it.
The "Skip when shuffling" must be a default.

Another question for you (since you've been so much help):
Is there any way of setting a second monitor as the main monitor when viewing videos at full screen (without changing the screen arrangement in system preferences)?

Cheers,
Matt

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Aug 11, 2007 9:10 AM in response to Adrick

Sorry, Matt. But that question is way outside of my area of expertise. You might want to repost that one as another question.

And, yes, I believe the Skip setting is the default setting in iTunes. It's tripped up many an iTunes user. Glad we solved that one. Good luck witht the monitor question.

Diane Wordsmith

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