Hi Paul,
The genre field of track in iTunes can be set to anything, and does
not determine whether a file appears in music, photos, ring tones,
etc. A file will show up as a ring tone if and only if it is
basically one of Apple's AAC files (usually with .m4a extension, if
this started as a music file), is under 40 seconds in length, and has
a .m4r file extension. If you clip an AAC music file to under 40
seconds in length, rename the file extension from .m4a to .m4r, and
import it into iTunes, it will automatically show up under ring tones.
For audiobooks, mp3 or AAC files in your music library can be placed
in this playlist if you select these tracks, do a "Get Info" with
Command-I, then navigate to the "Options" tab and press the pop up
menu button for "Media Kind" with VO-Space, then arrow down to change
it from "Music" to "Audiobook". To put tracks in to the podcasts
playlist, change the "Media Kind" to "Podcast". You might also want
to check the boxes for "Remember playback position" and "Skip when
shuffling" if you want these tracks to bookmark and be kept out any
shuffled playlists you create. (If your podcast is a music podcast,
you might not want to check these boxes.) The first checkbox lets you
resume your listening at the point you left off. If it is not checked,
your tracks will always start playing from the beginning (even if they
are placed in the audiobook or podcast playlist because you changed
the "Media Kind"). The second checkbox keeps the tracks from
appearing in shuffled playlists which would otherwise sample your
whole library. It can be disconcerting to listen to shuffled music
selections, and suddenly have a track from an audiobook show up <smile>.
You can select multiple tracks at once to change "Media Kind" on the
Options tab with Command-I. You'll simply be asked by iTunes whether
you are sure you want to edit multiple tracks. Once you change the
media kind of a track that is initially in your music library, upon
exiting "Get Info", the track will disappear from the music playlist
and reappear under Books or Podcasts.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Sep 8, 2010, at 00:38, Paul Erkens wrote:
Hi list,
When importing files into itunes, I suspect that the genre field in
the mp3 tag determines in which playlist (music, photos, ring tones
etc), the imported file is going to appear.
For example, a tag that itunes does not know about, will place its
file in music. If you set the genre tag of a file to podcast, it
might appear in podcasts instead of in music.
Does any of you know about a list of tags to which itunes
normally responds?
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