iTunes 101: Batch Edit iTunes Video Types
I recently ripped a few seasons of my favorite TV shows from DVD’s to MP4’s so I could put them on my iPhone for when I travel; however, when I imported them into iTunes they imported as movies, not TV shows. No big deal I thought, I would just select all, hit ⌘ + i and change them all at once. To my horror and dismay, when I tried to batch change the video type the option wasn’t available…are you kidding me Apple?
After a quick Googling I ended up at Doug’s Applescripts for iTunes site and found the following script:
Set Video Kind of Selected v3.1
“This script will change the video kind property of the selected tracks to your choice of “Movie”, “Music Video” or “TV Show”. Additionally, “Show Name”, “Season Number”, and “Episode Number” can also be set or cleared for each selected track.”
After you download it, just follow the instructions for the install. If you are successful you will have a new menu bar icon that looks like a scroll:
To use the script to change the video type to TV show:
- Select all the TV shows you would like to edit (⌘ + a - select all)
- Click the scroll and select “Set video kind of selected”
- A box will pop up allowing you to edit: Video Kind, Show Name, Season Number, Episode Start Number
- Select Video Kind and then click the “edit” button
- Another pop up box will appear. Select “TV show” from the list and hit the “ok” button
After a few seconds or minutes (if you have a lot of videos) all your video types will be changed to the correct video type. Enjoy!
#1 Galley says:Better yet, use MetaX to tag them before you add them to your library. It will download artwork, cast and crew and synopsis information.
#2 Jenny Kortina says:@Galley Ok, MetaX looks awesome…downloading and checking out tonight.
#3 Goobimama says:Thanks Gally! Will definitely try MetaX. And more importantly, thanks jenny for getting us through to Gally!
Great post btw.
#4 Tim says:MetaX uses a service called tagChimp, which is a repository of movie tags and cover art, to make tagging next to automatic. tagChimp currently has over 31,000 movies and TV shows in its database.
#5 Franqui says:Anything like this available for Windows?
#6 Willie Myette says:Thanks! Just what I needed.