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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.

what do you use for podcasts?

Tue, 2006-07-18 12:11 — dave

I need some help. Right now I use iTunes for all of my podcasting goodness. I'm not sure that I like it though... It's mostly good, and I mostly like it. They're pretty well managed, and I can edit what I need to (most of the time), but I can't add externally downloaded podcasts and have them show up in that directory.

I'm looking for something else (maybe), and I want to get some recommendations. I already looked in a couple of places (like Podcasting News and Wikipedia), but I'd like some feedback on what other people are using before I start installing everything.

As far as features go, I'm looking for something that works like almost a cross between iTunes and Picasa, but for audio. It would allow me to subscribe to podcasts and manage them, and (hopefully) have bittorrent support... I'll leave the rest open for now.

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