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rohanxlr8

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Aug 8, 2008

Aug 12, 2008 1:16 AM

Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

Hey Everyone

I've got a couple of .mp4 files in my iTunes library and on my iPod but i can only put them in the movies section on both of them. How is it possible to somehow move them to TV Shows and Music Videos because its really annoying because there are so many of them in Movies.

The same thing for audiobooks. I have a few of them in .mp3 format and i can only put them in Music and not in the Audiobooks section.

I was wondering if anyone could help in my dilema??

thanks a lot

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rab777hp

1,203 posts since
Jun 11, 2008

1. Aug 11, 2008 8:46 AM

in response to: rohanxlr8

Re: Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

Unless you buy something with iTunes, they will not go into the proper sections. Audiobooks will go into the audiobook section also if they are bought via audible.com, and are in AA format.

Jon Seff

1,007 posts since
Dec 13, 2000

2. Aug 11, 2008 9:24 AM

in response to: rab777hp

Re: Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

That's not correct, actually. You can get info on a file in iTunes, click on the Video tab, and under Video Kind choose either Movie, TV Show, or Music Video. Or you do what I do, which is tag files I convert with an MP4 tagger such as Lostify or Parsley is Atomically Delicious. Either way will put video files in the right place on your iPhone/iPod.

Jon Seff - Senior News Editor, Macworld

Jason Snell

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Dec 11, 2000

3. Aug 11, 2008 12:50 PM

in response to: rohanxlr8

Re: Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

rohanxlr8 wrote:
The same thing for audiobooks. I have a few of them in .mp3 format and i can only put them in Music and not in the Audiobooks section.

If you convert those MP3s into AAC format and change the extension at the of the filename to .m4a they magically become Audiobooks.

Jason Snell, Editorial Director, Macworld

rohanxlr8

2 posts since
Aug 8, 2008

4. Aug 12, 2008 2:54 AM

in response to: Jason Snell

Re: Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

um, i tried that - however, when i converted them to aac they had become .m4a already, but i still can't find a way to put them in the audiobooks section!

zarmanto

462 posts since
Feb 11, 2004

5. Aug 12, 2008 12:17 PM

in response to: rohanxlr8

Re: Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

I think Jason made a minor typo... he meant to say change the extension from m4a to m4b. The entire process is described in detail on the following webpage:

http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/turning-mp3-audiobooks-into-ipod-audiobooks/

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Dan Frakes

3,644 posts since
Apr 14, 2003

6. Aug 19, 2008 7:46 AM

in response to: Jon Seff

Re: Converting for iPod and iTunes - help please!

My favorite approach to this particular issue -- moving a video from Movies to TV Shows -- is Doug's Set Video Kind Of Selected script, which I covered here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/53892/2006/11/dougsapplescripts.html

You can download it here:

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=setvideokindofselected

After you install it, you just select the video file(s) in question, and then choose the script from iTunes' script menu to set your options.

Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld

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