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Convert Videos to iTunes U on Mac

Imagine students touring archaeological sites, watching historical footage, or studying the sound of heart murmurs - whenever and wherever they want. Professors can use audios and videos contents from museums, universities, cultural institutions, and public television stations to supplement their lectures.

If you want to use specific videos but not accessible from iTunes U, or if you want to share some videos on iTunes U, you need to upload them to iTunes U. However, iTunes U has its own supported formats. Apple recommends using the following file formats:

H.264 for video content. H.264 uses the latest innovations in video compression technology to provide incredible video quality from the smallest amount of video data. This means you see crisp, clear video in much smaller files, saving you bandwidth and storage costs over previous generations of video codecs.

Unfortunately, your videos are not in H.264 format, so you have to convert videos to iTunes U. In this article, I will show you how to convert videos to iTunes U on Mac with Video Converter Ultimate for Mac.

Video Converter Ultimate for Mac can convert AVI, RMVB, TIVO, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MPG etc. to iTunes U H.264 format. Follow the steps as below:

Guides: How to Convert Videos to iTunes U on Mac?

Step 1. Run Video Converter Ultimate. Then load your videos to the software. You can click the "Video" button located on the main tray to browse and add the video files you want to convert using the built in media browser on the right. You can easily drag in files from local video or even videos downloaded from the web. Preview the file first by double-clicking the file icon, before you drag it in.

Step 2. Selecting the Output Format. Click the "Format" image button (the default output format is iPhone 4). Choose H.264 as the output format.

Step 3. Start Conversion. Before converting, you can instantly preview your videos in the preview pane. Once you’re satisfied, simply click Start to convert. During conversion, you can pause or cancel conversions easily. The progress bar will show you the conversion speed.

Guide: Upload your Videos to iTunes U(Student Log in)?

Log into iTunesU through BannerWeb, then navigate to your course. Then click on the Student Uploads tab. Under the Links heading at the top right of the window, click on the Upload Files link.

Your browser will launch and you will be taken to this page. Click the 'Add Tracks' icon. Next, Click the ‘Browse’ button and navigate to your file.

If you have opened your file in iTunes, it will be located in a folder in your iTunes Library.

Mac Users: A Finder window will open. Click on your Music Directory, then iTunes>iTunesMusic>YourName>YourAlbum>Your file. Click on the file once to select it and then click open. The file will go into the upload que. Once it is uploaded, it will appear in the list of files in your browser window.

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