video files not showing in iTunes library

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video files not showing in iTunes library

I have my iTunes backed up on an external drive. I tried to show the files to copy some to my iphone, and not all of them are showing up in the library. What can i do to fix this?

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Posted on Jun 16, 2009 10:07 PM

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Answer 1

Sboq

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Jun 17, 2009 11:25 AM in response to tompap98a

i'm not quite sure what you're trying to do. what do you mean, you have iTunes backed up on an external drive? where is your music and other content? is it on the external drive or an internal one?

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tompap98a Author

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Jun 18, 2009 7:17 PM in response to Sboq

My music is still on the hard drive, but I moved the video file to an external WD portable hard drive since they won't fit on my laptop.

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Sboq

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Jun 18, 2009 9:10 PM in response to tompap98a

do you have the settings for syncing videos? after you connect your iPhone, go to the 'video' tab and scroll down. you'll see a list of all of the files in your 'movies' category on the left side of iTunes. you'll also see your 'tv shows'. does that help?

obviously, you'd need whatever drives connected that have your iTunes content.

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tompap98a Author

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Jul 25, 2009 10:13 PM in response to Sboq

Whenever I connect my external hard drive, I add the folder that my TV shows are saved under, most shows show up with no problem, but there are a few that only have some episodes show up, or none at all, like entire seasons not there. But the files are still there when i look under "My computer" and check the drive

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Answer 5

Jul 26, 2009 7:22 PM in response to tompap98a

iTunes keeps a central archive of where files are located, for whatever reason iTunes
some of your files are not being added to it.

I am not at my computer, but in iTunes under file or edit is the option to add file to iTunes.
Try that.

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