iTunes TV Shows. How can I consolidate the view?

dbrewer80221 · 08:36 PM

I have multiple seasons of various TV shows in iTunes. Each season has its own listing when you click on TV Shows. What I would like is for the view to condense the TV shows, then I could expand them to see the individual seasons and episodes. I'm attaching a link of what one TV show looks like in iTunes.

I've seen pictures of various people's iTunes libraries where they are condensed into listings of the show, with the seasons/episodes listed within them. I don't get how this is done because even when you buy multiple seasons on the iTunes store, they show up as separate entries in TV Shows.

Edit: Here is a screenshot of someone else's iTunes library, describing exactly what I'm looking for. It's old, but you get the idea:

http://forums.macrumors.com/attachme...8&d=1194653872

dbrewer80221 · Nov 3, 2012, 07:48 PM

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kgs · Nov 3, 2012, 07:52 PM

View->Album List

?

Is that what you want?

dbrewer80221 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kgs

View->Album List

?

Is that what you want?

Not exactly. Look at the screenshot of my library. You'll see that each Season is sorted into it's own album. Now look at the screenshot of some random person's library I found - you'll see that each show is an album, with the episodes ordered by season.

I'm trying to get my library organized like the second screenshot.

westonm · Nov 4, 2012, 11:48 AM

I believe that's just the way "it is" now. The random persons screenshot you reference is from an older version of iTunes. (I'm not 100% on that, but iirc...)

You might be able to fake it with some clever metadata shenanigans.

dbrewer80221 · Nov 4, 2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by westonm

I believe that's just the way "it is" now. The random persons screenshot you reference is from an older version of iTunes. (I'm not 100% on that, but iirc...)

You might be able to fake it with some clever metadata shenanigans.

Yeah, I've been trying that. Like setting the "Album" on the TV shows to the title of the show- still separates them out.

Also makes it a PITA when browsing on Apple TV. Instead of seeing album artwork for each show, I'm seeing it for each season. So I have to go through 12 seasons of Are You Being Served? before I get to anything else, lol.

From A Buick 8 · Nov 4, 2012, 06:18 PM

I gave up trying to configure my metadata in a way that would sort things correctly. I now just use smart list and smart list folders.

imMango · Nov 4, 2012, 08:57 PM

I'm hoping this functionality comes in 11. Fingers crossed. It bugs me too (especially on the aTV)

dbrewer80221 · Dec 2, 2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by imMango

I'm hoping this functionality comes in 11. Fingers crossed. It bugs me too (especially on the aTV)

Looks like we got what we wanted! Look how organized that library is now!

imMango · Dec 5, 2012, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dbrewer80221

Looks like we got what we wanted! Look how organized that library is now!

Yeah loving it. Hope it comes to the ATV as well.

From A Buick 8 · Dec 6, 2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by imMango

Yeah loving it. Hope it comes to the ATV as well.

Amen brother

Cobra611 · Dec 7, 2012, 12:34 AM

I would just go in and change the data myself when I added a full season of a show. You just have to be sure that the info is the same across all episodes...such as year, program title, episode number, and things like that. It took me a while to do all of mine manually. But, regardless it looks as though your question was answered.

dbrewer80221 · Dec 7, 2012, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Cobra611

I would just go in and change the data myself when I added a full season of a show. You just have to be sure that the info is the same across all episodes...such as year, program title, episode number, and things like that. It took me a while to do all of mine manually. But, regardless it looks as though your question was answered.

If you look at my screenshots, you'll notice the difference from iTunes 10 - 11. I didn't change any of the metadata in the files, because my library is already incredibly well organized. It was resolved simply by upgrading to iTunes 11 when it became available.

Jul 9, 2012, 06:33 PM	#1
dbrewer80221 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Reno, NV	iTunes TV Shows. How can I consolidate the view? I have multiple seasons of various TV shows in iTunes. Each season has its own listing when you click on TV Shows. What I would like is for the view to condense the TV shows, then I could expand them to see the individual seasons and episodes. I'm attaching a link of what one TV show looks like in iTunes. I've seen pictures of various people's iTunes libraries where they are condensed into listings of the show, with the seasons/episodes listed within them. I don't get how this is done because even when you buy multiple seasons on the iTunes store, they show up as separate entries in TV Shows. Edit: Here is a screenshot of someone else's iTunes library, describing exactly what I'm looking for. It's old, but you get the idea: http://forums.macrumors.com/attachme...8&d=1194653872 Attached Thumbnails Last edited by dbrewer80221; Jul 9, 2012 at 08:36 PM. Reason: Included example of consolidated seasons
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Nov 3, 2012, 07:48 PM	#2
dbrewer80221 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Reno, NV	Bump
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Nov 3, 2012, 07:52 PM	#3
kgs macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2012	View->Album List ? Is that what you want?
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Nov 4, 2012, 11:48 AM	#5
westonm macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007	I believe that's just the way "it is" now. The random persons screenshot you reference is from an older version of iTunes. (I'm not 100% on that, but iirc...) You might be able to fake it with some clever metadata shenanigans.
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Nov 4, 2012, 08:57 PM	#8
imMango macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2011	I'm hoping this functionality comes in 11. Fingers crossed. It bugs me too (especially on the aTV)
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Dec 7, 2012, 12:34 AM	#12
Cobra611 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Beacon, NY	I would just go in and change the data myself when I added a full season of a show. You just have to be sure that the info is the same across all episodes...such as year, program title, episode number, and things like that. It took me a while to do all of mine manually. But, regardless it looks as though your question was answered.
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