Q: Problem with Organising Movies
I have a problem with organising my movies.
At present a series of iTunes moves over the years has left me with a whole mess of duplicate and triplicate movies that are difficult to reference.
So I popped the hood on iTunes and got to work.
So far I have:
*Renamed the movies to relavent titles.
*Sorted them all into folders and organised the folder structure the way music is stored.
*Deleted duplicates and triplicates (and even more copies in some cases).
*I did this first in an old back up.
*Then in live iTunes
*Found multiple folders with the movies.
*One located Music>iTunes>Media>Movies
*The other located Music>iTunes>Movies (found lower down in the file structure)
Doing this made no difference to the way the movies were being displayed in iTunes.
This means iTunes is getting the info on what to show on the screen from something or somewhere else?
How can I get iTunes to show the movies on screen as they are arranged in the folders or as iTunes organises the music?
Is it something to with the "iTunes Music Library.xml" or "iTunes Library.itl" file?
(Apologies for a lack of technical terms)
Hope this makes enough sense
Also I have spent months of going down rabbit holes (including the Apple iTunes support guides) searching this topic and have resorted to asking.
Below is an screenshot example of what I still see in iTunes
iPhone 4, iOS 7
Posted on Sep 2, 2014 10:14 PM
Limnos, it says you are a level 8. If there are 10 levels, you should be an 11.
I have been struggling with sorting this for 2 years now (determined efforts for months) and keep putting it off as each time it gets too confusing and I chuck it in.
If Apple had more flexible ways to arrange iTunes, it's usability would greatly increase. That is something I say thinking of all the other iTunes users out there that scratch their heads in confusion and turn to other music sharing platforms.
I am forced to use something that started as iTunes but is now iMess 8.3.4
You just made more sense than in anything I have read in a very long time to do with this issue.
I have previously read the links provided many times. However having you explain in plain english how it works means I can go over them again and understand them a little better.
(I did upload using the camera icon)
(Is my iTunes a mess? Yes, just like nearly *every normal person on the street)
*Total people surveyed at the train station and pizza shop may not actually account for the term "everyone"
Posted on Sep 3, 2014 7:49 PM
