Movie Genres

iTunes obviously has some preloaded movie genres. If you add a new movie and select the right genre it shows the iTunes icon for that genre when the "Genres" tab is selected. If you enter a genre that is not preloaded into iTunes (such as "Suspense"), it just gives the icon of whatever movie you have labeled as "Suspense". Is there a way (other than trial and error) to find out what genres are preloaded into iTunes and is there a way to form custom genres that have the same icon format as the preloaded genre icons?

Find the artwork you want in the proper shape. Label it "genre-xxxxM.jpg". (Replace xxxxx with the genre name you want. Drag it into the resources folder I mentioned above.
Click on the genres.plist file in the same folder. It will open in Text Edit.
Add the following for each genre you want to add:
<dict>
<key>matchString</key><string>xxxxx</string>
<key>resourceFile</key><string>genre-xxxxx.jpg</string>
<key>kind</key><string>movie</string>
</dict>
Use the tab key to align the new entry with the others, and save the file. You can insert the new entry between any of the original entries.
If you want an image for music genres, do the same thing, but do not put the "M" in the image title and do not add the "<key>kind</key><string>movie</string>" line in the .plist file entry.
Restart iTunes and enjoy your new images. Keep in mind that an iTunes update will replace all your hard work, save a copy of the new "resources" folder separate from your iTunes application.
Thanks for your question. Gave me a couple hours of work this afternoon. I found some good .jpg
files using Google Image Search.

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I have several videos stored in Itunes under "Movies".
I have noticed that you can create "Genres" or categorize the videos or movies to better organize them.
How do you go about creating new categories or "genres"
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Thank you.

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Jireteg wrote:
When I choose Movies and then by Genre The list is showing the different Genres for my movies. But when I select one genre the atv doesn't load the movies, instead it loads a list of all music songs in the whole library and no movies.
Is there anyone that has a solutions to this problem or has experienced the same thing? Or does it work for you
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It affects genres with an apostrophe in the name such as Children's Movies, John's Vacation, Anne's Wedding etc.
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Send feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html

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