Separate radio streams and spoken MP3s from music in iTunes
Feb 04, '10 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
Here are two problems that have frustrated me with iTunes for the longest time:
- My iTunes library contains a few entries that are not really music (e.g., comedy or spoken word), and I don't like them cluttering up my "Music" library.
- I have a few streaming radio stations that I listen to often and are listed in my Music library as well. Unfortunately, each radio station has its own special genre (e.g. "Eclectic, Alternative, NPR, Public, News") that doesn't correspond with my own classification scheme. True, you can change the meta-information of a stream, but it reverts back the next time you play it. I've seen this problem described in numerous Mac forums, but without a satisfactory resolution.
My solution (and it's a bit of a hack) is to select these items (streams, comedy, etc.) in iTunes and classify them as Audiobooks (by selecting the items, choosing File » Get Info, selecting the Options tab, and changing Media Kind to Audiobook).
Now, when I browse my Music library, it is no longer cluttered with non-music or genres that only apply to a single radio stream. And when I want comedy or radio, I just open up my Audiobooks library. This works nicely for me because I don't have any audiobooks. Presumably, you can also use the other Media Kinds (Podcasts, iTunesU, or Voice Memo) instead, depending on which of those you don't use.
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