While iTunes began as a tool to manage your music library, this is no longer the case. It’s the portal to the iTunes store and your external devices. And it also beautifully organizes your movies and TV Shows. If they are in the right format. And that’s where VideoDrive comes in.

iTunes only supports the import of MP4, M4V and MOV video files. If you drag such a file into your iTunes library, the file will show up in the movies section. VideoDrive handles all your other video formats as well. And it will add descriptions, artwork and put TV episodes in the TV show section. Ready to be watched in Front Row, streamed to other iTunes libraries or on any of your external devices.

The rule of thumb is: “if the videos plays in QuickTime, you can add it with VideoDrive”. VideoDrive supports mov, mpg, mpeg, mp4, m4v, avi, wmv, m2v, flv, wma, divx, mkv, asf, dv, 3gp, ogg, ogv, gif, xvid, flac and omg video formats. For this, we recommend installing the Perian and Flip4Mac codecs.

After downloading VideoDrive, drag the application to the Applications folder and launch it. Accept the user agreement. VideoDrive is now ready!

Determine the right import method for you. This is done by selecting where you want to watch your videos. The higher the number of the import method, the slower the import process.

Click the import videos button and select one or more video files to import into iTunes. VideoDrive will start searching for metadata.

VideoDrive will show the found metadata and ask for confirmation. If the metadata is wrong, enter the correct title and click search again. When correct, click accept to continue.

VideoDrive will now import the videos in iTunes. When finished you will receive a Growl notification (if installed). Have a look at all Preferences to customize VideoDrive to your liking.

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