Update: Adding movies to iTunes for Tiger

Here is an Automator workflow (why not?) which converts movies into
QuickTime Media Link documents and then imports them into iTunes 4.8.

This is an update to the earlier hint which didn't work in Tiger.

1. Create a new Automator workflow by opening Automator.


2. Add an "Ask for Finder Items" action, type Files, and tick the Allow
   Multiple Selection box.


3. Add a "Run AppleScript" action. The script box should be edited to match
   the below script:
   
   
   

   on run {input, parameters}
       set itemno to 1
       repeat (count of input) times
           set str1 to POSIX path of (item itemno of input)
           set str2 to ""
           set charno to 1
           repeat (length of str1) times
               if (character charno of str1 is equal to character 1 of " ")
   then
                   set str2 to (str2 & "%20") as string
               else
                   set str2 to (str2 & character charno of str1) as string
               end if
               set charno to (charno + 1)
           end repeat
           set astring to {"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><?quicktime
   type=\"application/x-quicktime-media-link\"?><embed src=\"file://localhost"
   & str2 & "\" />"} as string
           set afile to open for access (((item itemno of input) as string) &
   ".mov") with write permission
           write astring to afile as string
           close access afile
           set mfile to alias (((item itemno of input) as string) & ".mov")
           tell application "iTunes"
               add mfile
           end tell
           set itemno to (itemno + 1)
       end repeat
   end run



4. Run the workflow. Select your movie files and they should get imported
   into iTunes.

There are some limitations to this approach. I'm converting the file name to
a URL and the only character I'm fixing is the space. If your files contain
other special characters that can't occur in URLs, you'll have to rename
them or edit the script above. And in my opinion, while there is a lack of
useful actions, Automator is only slightly better than using AppleScript
directly.