Fix non-iTMS video labels

Another gem from MacOSXHints covers a method, albeit not exactly pretty, for labeling TV video files you bring into iTunes as TV shows. This helps with organizing videos and I believe using the new Search Bar in iTunes 6 (Edit > Show Search Bar).

The MacOSXHints post offers a command line tool by the name of AtomicParsley for doing the editing and applying the correct label, while a commenter on the post created a GUI wrapper for it. Make sure you follow the instructions when using a tool like this, because it's playing around with some real low-level stuff in your video files.

While these are some handy tools, I'm much more of a fan of simply editing all the files in iTunes using Get Info and applying a Grouping label. A Smart Playlist can then organize everything for me - no fuss, no muss.

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Source: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200512151133159…

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Another gem from MacOSXHints covers a method, albeit not exactly pretty, for labeling TV video files you bring into iTunes as TV shows....

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Colin Frame

The other benefit being that it would allow the videos to be picked up by frontrow as well, thats tempting enough for me to give it a try sometime (once I've back up the files anyway...)

December 21 2005 at 8:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

icruise

"While these are some handy tools, I'm much more of a fan of simply editing all the files in iTunes using Get Info and applying a Grouping label. A Smart Playlist can then organize everything for me - no fuss, no muss."

The point is that iTunes doesn't allow you to designate your own files as TV shows.

December 21 2005 at 5:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Natrino

Not to shabby.

December 21 2005 at 5:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply