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How to convert a podcast into a normal iTunes entry
I found a solution for this a while back. I wanted to create separate copies of certain podcasts as regular mp3 files that I could hang onto, yet leave the original podcast files in place and not mess with their auto-delete settings, etc.. I also wanted to be able to do this in one step.
After researching a little, it seemed clear the only difference between a podcast mp3 and a regular mp3 was certain fields in the header. It seemed a waste (at least of time) to use the "Convert selection to..." option, when all I really needed was the mp3's header data fixed. This earlier post turned me on to id3v2 as a means of dealing with the mp3 header information. After installing that and fidding around with the options, I found that the only way to reliably remove the header info that identifies an mp3 as a podcast was to blow away the header entirely using
Note that I borrowed some ideas from Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes but I can't remember which parts. Thanks for the great site Doug!
Compile this in "Script Editor" and save as an application (maybe call it "Convert Podcasts") under [username]/Library/iTunes/Scripts/.Normally I would just save this as a script (*.scpt), but for reasons I haven't been able to figure out (probably an applescript bug), it only works via iTunes' script menu when saved as an app. Once in place, you can select the podcasts you want to convert, then run "Convert Podcasts" (or whatever you called it) from iTunes' script menu. The copies should show up in the Music section of your iTunes library. Anyway, this works for me. Hopefully it will be helpful to others.
How to convert a podcast into a normal iTunes entry
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id3v2 via my script above, there's no need for lawn mowing whatsoever. That is, there's no converting being done to the audio at all (hence, no potential loss of quality). Only the header info is changed. Yes, there's a little up-front effort involved in installing the id3v2 tool, but it's not all that difficult.
Darwinports is one way to do this. To use darwinports, you need to have Apple's Xcode installed if you don't already. You can then download darwinports from here. The installation may take a few minutes to complete, but once it's done, you can input a few simple Terminal commands to download, build & install
There may be an easier way to install
How to convert a podcast into a normal iTunes entry
Excellent. I was never sure if iTunes maintained the "podcastness" of a track in its own database or whether this info was stowed in the file. Results of experiments were ambiguous (copy file of podcast episode to Desktop; delete original track and file; re-add copied file back; it shows up in the Podcast playlist; how'd it do that?).
Anyway, thanks for the trick and the nice words about my site. ---
What about the other way?
I've used the excellent AtomicParsley command line tool to manipulate the "podcastness" of AAC (.m4a) files. AtomicParsley operates by editing various tags in MPEG-4 files (sorry, no MP3 support).
After processing the file with AtomicParsley you must (re-)add it to the iTunes library. iTunes will use the track's Album name as the Podcast name, creating a new directory by that name if necessary in the iTunes Music/Podcast folder and placing the file there if you have iTunes Preferences ->Advanced ->General -> "Copy files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to Library" checked.
How to convert a podcast into a normal iTunes entry
Hi,
How to convert a podcast into a normal iTunes entry
This works great at converting them to the library, thanks! However I'm not sure if Leopard has broken some of this script, because the rewriting of the ID3 tags doesn't appear to be happening. The conversion does work, however only a blank MP3 (named 'copy' of course) imports into the library. Anything that can fix this? |
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