Hi Sandy, I just googled "Media Kind in iTunes 11" and found a bunch of links which indicate there is an issue which may or may not be a bug. Most of what I read talks about changing MP3 files which are treated as music to Podcasts using Media Kind. Here is a link to a thread which may be of use:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4553858?start=0&tstart=0 One post seems to indicate you may get access to the Media Kind drop-down if you disable iTunes Match temporarily. I seem to remember you recently started using iTunes Match so this may in fact be true because I don't use it and for me the Media Kind was not greyed out. I did in fact try this. I added 3 MP3 files from an audio book and they were in my music library. I selected all 3 by holding the shift key and arrowing over them. Then I did the Control+I, iTunes asked if I wanted to edit multiple files and I said Yes. Then I arrowed to the Options tab, 3 tabs brought me to Media Kind. I now also had several additional options in there like "Movie" and "Home Movie" and some more. I selected Audio Book, pressed OK and the files were moved to the books library where I was able to start playing them. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 3:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: iTunes categorization: was RE: My Thoughts on ITunes 11 Sieghard, I amusing Window-Eyes 8.0. I am highlighting the book that is masquerading as an album. I type Control I to get to Info, right arrowed to the Options tab, and then tab through Options. I get the following choices: Volume track bar Equalizer preset Part of a compilation Remember position, and Skip when shuffling That's it. No media kind. I wonder why. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: iTunes categorization: was RE: My Thoughts on ITunes 11 Hi Sandy, I just checked this and as far as I can tell nothing has changed regarding this. I went to the list view of all the songs in my music library and pressed "Control+I" on a song for "Get Info". I then arrowed to the "Options" tab and then tabbed 3 times until I heard Jaws say "Media Kind". It's the same combo box with the same 5 choices, Music, Podcast, iTunes U, Audio Book and Voice Memo. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
