I just got handbrake for my pc and it won't work with iTunes

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AustinBDay
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I just got handbrake for my pc and it won't work with iTunes

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I rip the movies to my computer and it works fine, I rename the files .mp4 and it acted like it was okay when I dragged into my movies library on itunes. Then it just didn't show up. So I re-ripped it and named it a .wmv and it worked fine on Windows Media Player...any ideas as to why?
deckeda
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Re: I just got handbrake for my pc and it won't work with iT

Post by deckeda »

AustinBDay wrote: ... I rename the files .mp4 ...
I smell trouble right there. I get the feeling you're under the impression that just giving a file a different filename extension is enough to make it acceptable to whatever app you feed it to.
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s55
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Post by s55 »

You can't just rename files like that.

You got to save them as mp4 from the GUI or CLI. Renaming doesnt change the container.
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