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what files formats does Itunes support???
Been trying to load some anime into Itunes and they wont play on my Apple Tv, though they play on the computer. Why is that. I've got codes and all that other jazz. What gives....
iTunes 11 can currently read, write and convert between MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC and Apple Lossless (.m4a).
iTunes can also play any audio files that QuickTime can play (as well as some video formats), including Protected AAC files from the iTunes Store and Audible.com audio books. There is limited support for Vorbis and FLAC enclosed in an Oggcontainer (files using the Ogg container format are not natively supported) or Speex codecs with the Xiph QuickTime Components. Because tag editing and album art is done within iTunes and not QuickTime, these features will not work with these QuickTime components. As of Snow Leopard, iTunes 9 (Mac) will play HE-AAC / AAC+ internet streams. The latest version of iTunes (Win/Mac) supports importing audio CDs with the default iTunes standard file format of AAC at 256 kbit/s, but users can choose from 16 kbit/s to 320 kbit/s constant bit rates (CBR) in either AAC or MP3.[citation needed] Importing of audio CDs into MP3 or AAC formats can also be accomplished using variable bitrate (VBR) encoding.
The Windows version of iTunes can automatically transcode DRM-free WMA (including version 9) files to other audio formats, but does not support playback of WMA files and will not transcode DRM protected WMA files. Telestream, Inc. provides free codecs for Mac users of QuickTime to enable playback of unprotected Windows Media files. These codecs are recommended by Microsoft.[34]
In addition to importing CDs into the iTunes library, the user can also import non-Apple mp3 files from Amazon.com and other sources. This can be accomplished by either right clicking on the file, selecting open with, and then selecting iTunes or dragging the file into the open iTunes window. Alternatively, for Amazon.com mp3s, the Amazon MP3 Downloader application will automatically import the mp3 files into the iTunes library.
iTunes 11 can currently read, write and convert between MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC and Apple Lossless (.m4a).
iTunes can also play any audio files that QuickTime can play (as well as some video formats), including Protected AAC files from the iTunes Store and Audible.com audio books. There is limited support for Vorbis and FLAC enclosed in an Oggcontainer (files using the Ogg container format are not natively supported) or Speex codecs with the Xiph QuickTime Components. Because tag editing and album art is done within iTunes and not QuickTime, these features will not work with these QuickTime components. As of Snow Leopard, iTunes 9 (Mac) will play HE-AAC / AAC+ internet streams. The latest version of iTunes (Win/Mac) supports importing audio CDs with the default iTunes standard file format of AAC at 256 kbit/s, but users can choose from 16 kbit/s to 320 kbit/s constant bit rates (CBR) in either AAC or MP3.[citation needed] Importing of audio CDs into MP3 or AAC formats can also be accomplished using variable bitrate (VBR) encoding.
The Windows version of iTunes can automatically transcode DRM-free WMA (including version 9) files to other audio formats, but does not support playback of WMA files and will not transcode DRM protected WMA files. Telestream, Inc. provides free codecs for Mac users of QuickTime to enable playback of unprotected Windows Media files. These codecs are recommended by Microsoft.[34]
In addition to importing CDs into the iTunes library, the user can also import non-Apple mp3 files from Amazon.com and other sources. This can be accomplished by either right clicking on the file, selecting open with, and then selecting iTunes or dragging the file into the open iTunes window. Alternatively, for Amazon.com mp3s, the Amazon MP3 Downloader application will automatically import the mp3 files into the iTunes library.
ok, I have m4v and I have mp4. For some reason only one video shows up on the apple Tv(First Generation), while the rest don't show up at all on the Apple Tv. And they all have the same file format and everything. I've checked. Would there be a reason that this is happening. I've looked for codecing and all that, and tried many converters and nothing seems to work. HELP!!
.mp4 files can be significantly different from one another and not all formats work well with iTunes.
For example, if this is anime videos and they're encoded with x264/h.264 into .mp4 files you may have trouble with playback on the first gen Apple TV.
I can't speak directly on this but it is a huge issue with iPads trying to play .mp4 files properly, and likely the issue is present on similar devices like the Apple TV.
Good luck, sorry I'm not much more help.
On the upside, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will play any video file you can drag and drop onto it via USB.
Amazing how complicated Apple has made some things that should be straightforward.
I found this info. I'm going to see if MOV works. I also found a program that will write in Apple Tv Format MPEG 4 Normal and I will see that works. I hope this helps.
http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/m4v-to-itunes-solution.html
Why iTunes won't Import M4V Video Files?
Though M4V is developed by Apple and is used to encode TV episodes, movies, and music videos in the iTunes Store, not all M4V files are produced by Apple and supported by Apple devices like iTunes, Apple TV, iPad. So if you got the M4V video from someone or somewhere instead of iTunes Store, iTunes will refuse to import and play those M4V files (especially the M4V movies that are not purchased through iTunes or the M4V video created using CloneDVD Mobile, downloaded from websites, converted by HandBrake or Toast 10 and etc).
In order to successfully import M4V to iTunes to play M4V in iTunes or sync M4V to iPad/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV, a recommended solution is to convert M4V to a format that iTunes can handle such as MP4, MOV.
Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter is just the right M4V to iTunes conversion software! It can fast convert iTunes unsupported M4V video to iTunes supported one. Besides converting M4V to iTunes, Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter also helps to convert other video formats like AVI, WMV, MKV, WTV, VOB, FLV, MPEG, 3GP, MXF, MP4, MOV, MVI, RMVB, F4V, SWF, ASF and etc to iTunes MP4 or MOV.
The following is a step-by-step guide on how to convert M4V to iTunes with the help of Bigasoft iTunes Video Converter. Note: This guide does not apply to convert a protected M4V by using Apple's FairPlay copyright protection.
Thank you and no you have helped. And Seriously, this shouldnt be this hard. And it is an anime series. If I figure it out, I will post my findings in hopes that others can benefit from my misery.
what files formats does Itunes support
