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does itunes duplicate dvd rips when importing to the library?
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hi all. i have been ripping many of my dvds to my imac so i can watch them on my atv. i use handbrake to convert, then import to itunes. it appears that itunes creates a duplicate of this when it is importing it into the library. for example, if i delete a movie from itunes it asks if i want to throw it in the trash. if i do this, it does not affect the original rip, which is sitting in the movies folder.
so my question is, does itunes create a duplicate for itself? if so, why?!?! that seems ridiculous. am i supposed to delete the original that i create in the movies folder? any thoughts here? thanks!
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I'm guessing you have "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when importing" checked in the iTunes preferences.
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Chuck
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i do have that checked for music. why does it do this for movies if they are not music?
for music, my itunes folder is the "music" directory. i put everything there anyway, therefore it doesn't actually duplicate it (itunes is not allowed to manage my music).
i just noticed that the movie files are in the movies directory in my itunes music folder. damn. can i disable this for movies somehow?
thanks for the quick reply!
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Oh... I don't think you can. Now I want that option though!
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Chuck
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That's perfect 
EDIT: Thanks!
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22" WS / Vista Home Premium SP1 32-Bit / 2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad/ 3 GB RAM / 500 GB HD / Radeon HD 4850 512 MB RAM
iPod touch / Version 2.0.2 / 8 GB
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I'm having the same problem with itunes... I think.
I want to add an album to itunes and have it show me only the one entry into the library for the song it copied into the library.
When I DL'd some music I put it on my desktop to get at easy. I opened iTunes and then went to file>add to library and it adds them. I do have copy to itunes library checked but it used to just add one copy. Now when I do it I've got 2 copies of every song.??? I have to go back and command click the dupe and delete them every time I add an album to my library. What can I do so that itunes will add only one song on the list?
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