Podcasts clutter up my music library

I am subscribed to several podcasts. When I download one, it appears in the library list. I do not like this, as I find it clutters up the view. My podcasts are already listed in the podcast section, so it seems redundant for them also to be listed in the library view. I would like for only my songs to be listed in the library. Is there a way to set ITunes to do this?

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I subscribed to iTunes U podcast. iTunes downloads chapters and throws it into iTunes U label but at same time it adds it into Music Library.
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See screenshot for details:
Screen 1: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/163795/Zrzut%20ekranu%202009-09-22%20%28godz.%2004.58 .01%29.png
Screen 2: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/163795/Zrzut%20ekranu%202009-09-22%20%28godz.%2004.58 .15%29.png
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See screenshot for details:
Screenshot 3: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/163795/Zrzut%20ekranu%202009-09-22%20%28godz.%2005.01 .33%29.png
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Screenshot 4: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/163795/Zrzut%20ekranu%202009-09-22%20%28godz.%2005.01 .44%29.png
Screenshot 5: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/163795/Zrzut%20ekranu%202009-09-22%20%28godz.%2005.02 .15%29.png
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Though it grieved me greatly: I have a 2+ hour
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library in iTunes 6. On the downloaded Podcasts, I go
to Information and then in the Tab "Options". There
you can specify a start and stop time (corresponding
to the section you want to hear). I then go to the
"Advanced" menu and select "Convert the selection to
AAC". This ended up creating a portion of the Podcast
in the Library i iTunes 6.
In iTunes 7, the same works the same way, BUT at the
end of the process, the copied portion of Podcasts is
not visible in the "Music" part of the Library (nor
anywhere else).
When searching for the file with Spotlight, the file
(copied and converted to AAC portion of Podcast, thus
a m4a file) is there, but apparently "not seen" by
iTunes!
Anyone experienced the same... and found the
workaround???
Hi!
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Hi,
I hope this is roughly speaking the right place to ask this.
As the subject says I have downloaded a lot of podcasts from iTunes U and rather than being in the podcast library they have appeared inthe music library.
Downloading via my iPod touch they appear as regular podcasts so the issue is in iTunes.
Is there a way of forcing these podcasts be act like proper podcasts.
I don't mind too much if I have to hack a script together, but I would prefer something involving less effort.
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glun wrote:
After downloaded a number of podcasts from iTunes U, they appear in the music library of my computer (but yes too it's better if they go under podcasts...)
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