Can't set media kind to movie

I imported a video in to iTunes, and it came in as a movie. It's an educational video, so I thought it would be nice to set its media type to iTunes U. I did that, then clicked iTunes U in my left hand pane, and the video did not appear. I created a smart playlist where media kind = iTunes U, and there it was. So I figured I'd change it to Podcast. I changed it, and it didn't show up under Podcasts, (but again does appear under smart playlist). So I figured I'd change the media kind back to Movie, but now that media kind is no longer available from the dropdown list! My only choices are Music, Podcast, iTunes U, Audiobook, Voice Memo.
How can I change the media kind to movie so it appears in my movies?

Was the "Movie" option missing after you had changed it from "iTunes U" to "Podcast"? I found it missing after originally changing the media kind to "iTunes U", but after changing it again to "Podcast", the "Movie" option became available again.

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right click file, select extended tabs
select starpage icon
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value: 0
field: PODCAST
value: 1
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field: PODCASTID
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field: PODCASTURL
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Just a couple of general points that may help in future.
Unless a file has the Podcast flag set, audio files imported into iTunes will be treated as Music (apart from m4b audiobooks) and video files as Movies. You need to manually change the Media Kind after import.
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I was moving some audiobooks that were incorrectly categorized as music, and accidentally labeled a bunch of music as audiobooks, as well.
To my horror, I find that I cannot reset entire albums from audiobook back to music. Experimentation shows that I can set a single song back from audiobook to music, but if I select either an album, or multiple tracks (open the album, select all), then I can change the media type, but when I apply the change in the Get Info window and close, the change in media type does not stick.
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