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iTunes file formatting is a pain

Thu, 2007-10-04 10:38 — dave

From another Dave L (this is toward the end of the post)-

Workaround for iTunes podcast annoyance

I finally found out what that was.

When iTunes downloads a podcasts it adds a special extended tag ITUNESPODCAST=1, to the MP3. It doesn’t expose that tag through the iTunes interface, so you can’t change it easily. But using a tag editor such as MP3Tag you can find this tag and delete it, turning this “special” MP3 into a normal MP3 that obeys all of your finely crafted smart play lists

I've had the same problem, especially when trying to get all the podcasts into one section. There was a similar issue I had with Audiobooks, but it was because of the file format (had to be .m4b). This is actually a relief, since I'm still looking for a better alternative to iTunes for podcast management.

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