How to play mp4 audio files as video on my iPod Touch?

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How to play mp4 audio files as video on my iPod Touch?

I know you are all thinking that this is a stupid question based on the topic, but I have videos for some reason that are in the form of mp4 audio, but they are video when I play them on my computer. I can open these videos (mp4 audio instead of mp4 video) using Windows Media Player and it's not just audio, there is also video. However, whenever I try to sync it to my iPod, it shows up in my music section instead of videos. If i play the video under music, all I see is the white iTunes background, no video. Is there anyway for me to set these files to be recognized as video and store it under my movies category?
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Windows Vista

Posted on Feb 8, 2011 1:05 PM

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Feb 8, 2011 1:37 PM in response to andyy1294

First, go into Get Info and change the Media Kind on the Options tab to tell iTunes that this is a video. Next, you need to sync this item from the Video tab on your iPod detail in iTunes (i.e. don't sync it as if it was a Music item). If you sync all video content then this will happen automatically once you change the Media Kind. But if you only sync part of your video library, make sure you include this video in the sync selection.

If you still have problems, you may need to convert the video for iPod playback, even if it plays fine in iTunes. If that's the case, right-click on the video and you'll see an option to convert for iPod use, which will make a copy (so make sure you know which version to sync to the iPod, or simply delete the original).

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Feb 8, 2011 1:47 PM in response to rockmyplimsoul

I tried changing the media type in the Options tab of the video when I press Get Info. The only media type that I can select is Music, Podcast, iTunes U, AudioBook, and Voice Memo. I don't see an option to change it to Movies or Videos.

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Feb 10, 2011 3:01 PM in response to andyy1294

please help.

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Feb 14, 2011 3:25 PM in response to rockmyplimsoul

Okay I tried syncing the videos into the movies column of my iPod touch seperately but it goes directly to Music. The video time is also all messed up as it shows 397:40:56, when it really should only be an hour or so. I can't change the media type to movies or videos. And if I right click on the video, I don't see an option to convert to iPod use. I don't know why the videos are in mp4-audio format when I can clearly play the videos on my PC using WMV, and it is a video.
Any other ideas?

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