Missing podcast files in iTunes

I probably didn't do this right, but I changed a video file into a podcast by right clicking and choosing info and changing the media kind to podcast (from movie). It does not show up and is completely missing now in itunes including trying to re-import the file. I tried it again with a different video file - same results - poof.
1) How do I change it back when it is missing?
2) How do I get it to show as an podcast if I so choose?
I appreciate the help everyone
Ken

Ive never done this with a movie file, but with an audio file what you get is a podcast with an empty title, which when you click the disclosure triangle show the file as an episode within it. You can't get it to show directly in the podcast list, because a podcast is defined by its feed, which in this case doesn't exist.
If you're not seeing why it's displayed in this way I can't answer that; your best bet would be to use Spotllght to see whether you can find the actual file.

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