iTunes Movie files with extras not combining at end of download

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iTunes Movie files with extras not combining at end of download

Hello, I recently downloaded the Twilight movie and for some reason after it finished downloading the files, (The HD version, the Standard, and the Extras) It separated them into two parts one which contained the Extras file, and the other which contained both the HD and Standard Definition version. I had previously downloaded the Star Trek movie in HD with the Extras and it combined all of the files into one part. So my question is: How do I get iTunes to allow me to combine the two Twilight files into one part, like in the Star Trek movie.

MacBook Pro 2.5g 4g RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jan 5, 2010 2:40 PM

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Answer 1

Tyler M.

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Dec 24, 2014 5:37 AM in response to Dezhong

It actually appears that in iTunes 12 / Yosemite, you can delete the iTunes Extra file from iTunes altogether (just pick "Keep File" when deleting it from your iTunes window) and iTunes will recognize that there is an Extra's file in the folder with the movie. So instead of merging the files, just delete the Extras file from iTunes and pick "Keep File" instead of "Move to Trash". It will then look and act as expected.

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Jan 30, 2010 4:14 PM in response to btoews

I'm having the same issue. I copied the Star Trek movie from my MacBook Pro to my iMac using the "Home Sharing" feature. On my MacBook it is grouped but on the iMac they are separate. I've compared them both and I didn't find anything different in their settings.

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Austin F

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Feb 3, 2010 12:15 PM in response to btoews

This just happened to me with Up. This is annoying my OCD sososo much.

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Austin F

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Feb 3, 2010 12:23 PM in response to btoews

Solved it! I edited both the movie and extras and checked off the box "Part of a compilation". They should now be merged and you can even go back and uncheck the compilation boxes.

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Feb 28, 2010 12:20 PM in response to Austin F

Thanks Austin, it worked for me too.

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Apr 10, 2012 3:02 PM in response to Austin F

Thank you for this!

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kjanzen

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May 12, 2012 8:47 AM in response to Austin F

How do you edit the movie and the itunes extra? I have been searching and I have no idea where to go. I have several movies like this and the itunes extra file was all over the place from mocing the information to an external hard drive to move it to my new mac.

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May 14, 2012 3:44 PM in response to kjanzen

Right click the iTunes extra and right click 'get info' then click the info tab (if not already selected) and in the bottom right hand corner there is a check box for 'part of a compliation' when this is checked the extras and the movie will now be merged.

Hope this helps.

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Nov 9, 2012 2:31 AM in response to Austin F

Thank you Austin, I Will give a try cause have the same trouble.

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Dezhong

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Oct 18, 2014 1:43 AM in response to btoews

The "compilation" solution worked great for me, too. But after I updated to OS X Yosemite some movie+extras files that were previously together under one icon were separated. And now there doesn't seem to be a "part of a compilation" check-box anymore to undo this manually. While some of the movies+extras could be restored to one icon by just redownloading them from the itunes store, another one remains separated no matter how often I try. Is there any other way to put these files together again? (Already tried deleting both icons while keeping the files and reimport them, but they are always being added as two separate files, ie. extras and movie).

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