Adding a video can be a difficult task especially if you do not know much about videos, your iPhone or iTunes.

First of all, Apple has designed your iPhone to only be able to view specific formats of video. Flash files do not work; at least not yet. Users can view YouTube videos straight from the iPhone without having to convert anything. However, ff you shoot a video using your own video camera, download something off the Internet from a site other than YouTube or a torrent file, you will most likely need to convert the file to an iPhone-friendly format…MP4.

There are many software programs available to do this, but they cost $$. If you are reading this article, my guess is you are looking for something free. The best program I’ve found is Free Studio Manager. It’s a free download; free to download and free to use to convert all your video or videos, not just a little bit as a trial. There are no limitations to this software!

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Download the software and then open it. Drag and drop the file you want to convert and let the software do the rest. Once the file is converted, you can add the file to your iTunes and then sync your iPhone.

To add the file to iTunes, open the software, click on File and then either Add File to Library or Add Folder to Library. Choose the file or folder and it will import into iTunes. Once that is done, you can plug in your iPhone. Once iTunes recognizes your iPhone, click on the Movies tab and make sure the file or files are present and available to be synced. Then sync your phone! When syncing is done, you should have a new video available to view using your iPod app on your iPhone.