Transfer audio or video podcasts to the iTunes Library
Oct 17, '07 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
This app has been recommended once or twice already, but here's another great thing you can do with AtomicParsley:
If you're trying to permanently save a Podcast episode to your iTunes library, iTunes will always put it back into Podcasts, no matter what you do. The trick is to remove the Podcast flag, which is something iTunes does not let you do. But here's how:
- Open a Terminal window (/Applications » Utilities » Terminal.app).
- If you haven't done so yet, download AtomicParsley, expand the archive, and move the executable somewhere on your path, like /usr/local/bin: sudo cp ~/Desktop/AtomicParsley-MacOSX-0.9.0/AtomicParsley /usr/local/bin
- Control-click on the podcast episode in iTunes you'd like to keep in the library and choose Show in Finder from the pop-up menu.
- Back in Terminal, type AtomicParsley /path/to/podcast --podcastFlag false. The easiest way to get the /path/to/podcast bit is to drag the file from the Finder into the Terminal window after typing "AtomicParsley ".
AtomicParsley will create a copy of the file, which you can drag into your iTunes library. You may want to add the following options as well to wipe all information of the file being a podcast:
--podcastURL '' --podcastGUID ''
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]
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