Media Kind: Podcast

On my iPhone, with the new 30 software, the Podcasts have a 30 sec repeat feature. I love it.
I have some audio files I need to transcribe and I thought the 30 sec repeat would be perfect to skip back a bit while I typed.
I imported the audio files into GarageBand '09 and exported as a Podcast to iTunes, but the audio files are not showing up in the iTunes podcast directory.
Under Info > Options > Media Kind it should say "Podcast" like all the real podcasts I subscribe to, but the only options I see are Music, Audiobook and Voice Memo.
Any ideas?

No, not to iWeb, but to the iTunes Store. You'll make them available for the whole world (and I'm not sure they'll be accepted as a podcast).

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I have imported an mp3 to my Library. I want to keep it as media kind = podcast but no matter how often I change the tag in get info > options > media kind, the change will not persist, and the file remains in my Music list not my Podcast list.

Resolved in update.

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With iTunes 8 I could finally set my audiobooks to "Media Kind: Audiobook", so that they will show up in my "Audiobooks" folder and no longer in "Music".
But there are still other media items that are in wrong folders:
1) Audio Podcasts in the "Music" folder
2) Video Podcasts in the "Movies" folder
I am not able to select "Media Kind: Podcast" for this item because it is simply not an option.
Also the method of setting the "Genre" to Podcast does not help, as so often tried by others already.
Is there any solution to this problem?
Message was edited by: xenesthis

Thank you for your suggestion, Katrina.
I tried the program and found several hidden iTunes tags that cannot be accessed on iTunes itself. I tried to set the value of one of the older podcast episodes to the value that the new one had but it did not work. This whole issue is simply a pain in the butt, and you are right, I should not have to use a third party program in order to get the older episodes into the same podcast folder as the new ones.
iTunes needed 8 versions to finally make it possible to tag files as "Audiobook" in iTunes itself (although there is still one flaw: every time you import the files anew you have to tag them again as "Audiobook" because iTunes does not remember).
I hope it doesn't take another 8 versions for adding "Podcast" as a "Media Kind" option so that I can have finally all my podcast episodes in one place.
I will definitely send feedback to Apple about this issue.

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I realize that the way I do things is unorthodox, but I fail to see why itunes can't manage something that seems as simple as switching the media kind back and forth. I had this problem with my old 160gb ipod classic and older versions of itunes, but I thought that this bug would be fixed by now with itunes 11.
Thank you.

iTunes is looking for your music in the default directory. Since everything was moved, re-direct it with the instructions I gave you:
In iTunes, click tools, and then preferences, then go to the advanced tab.
If you know where the music is on the E: drive, select it from the iTunes media folder location option.
It will reload all of the music to your iTunes - You can then select what music you want to add to your iPod.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808

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chg2winter wrote:
How do I get it to come out as a media kind = podcast from within Garage Band?
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Sorry – I didn't mean to suggest that my solution was a good solution, just that it might be a temporary fix for some of you until Apple fixes the bug (if indeed they consider it a bug).
skirsman: I'm not sure why you say ID3 Editor needs to be compiled. Go to http://www.pa-software.com/downloads.php and look for the download options under ID3 Editor. However, you're right about it being trial software. For me this wasn't a problem, because I'm not looking for a long-term solution, and I was able to change the metadata for 140 MP3s. If you're interested in this approach, it'd be worth searching for other apps that do this – ID3 Editor was simply the first thing I found, and its trial period was sufficient for my needs. I believe it's also possible to write AppleScripts or Python code (or whatever) to do this automatically, and I might attempt something like that if this problem sticks around.
7smcb: Sorry I didn't give more detailed instructions. Here are instructions for the Mac version (Windows version is probably similar):
Run ID3 Editor.
It will ask you to open a file. Choose the MP3 you want to modify.
Go to the Podcast tab (see screenshot).
Enable the "podcast tag" by checking the box (see screenshot).
Give an identifier, feed location (optional), and description (optional). See info further below.
Click Update.
Import the file into iTunes.
As far as I can tell, you don't need to give both an identifier and a feed (just one is sufficient), but I gave both. I also added a description as well, but this seems to be optional. If you leave all the fields blank iTunes will not accept the file as a podcast.
If you want to do this with a whole bunch of files at once, go to File > Open Group in ID3 Editor, which allows you to modify the metadata for many files at once.
As far as I know, the identifier should be set to something unique for each file, so that iTunes can treat it as a separate episode or whatever. I didn't experiment with giving loads of files the same identifier – not sure what iTunes will do in this case.
The location should point to the RSS feed where new episodes can be downloaded. For many of you, you won't need to bother setting this.
Hope this helps.

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There is a bug in iTunes.
I have several videos I downloaded. the default media type is "movie". I was changing them one at a time to "music video". Then I selected several movies (a bulk change) right clicked GET INFO. The warning came up I clicked YES, selected the options tab, clicked the MEDIA KIND check box and selected "music video" from the drop down. clicked OK
nothing happened. I selected one of the movies I had just tried to do a bulk change on and the MEDIA KIND was not changed it was still MOVIE instead of MUSIC VIDEO.

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Have you tried:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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This for Mac only (sorry).
'Subler' offers a nice 'clean' way of adding the requisite tags to m4a files, also for iTunes U.
It's free at http://code.google.com/p/subler/
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Now that I've upgraded to iTunes 11, this no longer works. I can still select Podcast as Media Kind, but the files stay in the music library and when I do another get info on them, they are still listed as Media Kind of music.
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I've got the same problem. Here is a temporary workaround in windows:
install mp3tag v2.53, a free tag editor {Google it}
select mp3 file to set as a podcast
right click file, select extended tabs
select starpage icon
create these fields and values :
field: COMMENT ITUNPGAP
value: 0
field: PODCAST
value: 1
field: PODCASTDESC
value: any value, Example ; The Saint
field: PODCASTID
value: any value, Example ; The Saint
field: PODCASTURL
value: any value, Example ; The Saint
field: RELEASETIME
value: Example ; 2012-11-28T12:00:00Z
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