TV Show Descriptions

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TV Show Descriptions

I am trying to put the descriptions for the episodes into itunes to show on ATV. I can edit the description, comments and long descriptions but all will only take 254 characters. I thought the long description would be, well, longer!

Also only the comments field displays on ATV.

Is there another location to put the episode description show it will show up?

PC, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Mar 30, 2008 3:38 AM

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Answer 1

catboy916 Author

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Mar 30, 2008 3:44 AM in response to catboy916

I have used this script to edit the 'Long Description' but it will still only allow 254 characters.

Any ideas why?

' ###############################################################################
' #
' # itunes_description.vbs
' #
' # This script will eject all connected iPods
' #
' # written by: Robert Jacobson ( http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/index.html)
' # Last Updated: 19 Sep 2007
' # Version 1.0
' #
' # This script is GPL v2. see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
' #
' ###############################################################################

Option Explicit

Dim iTunesApp ' iTunes.Application object used to access the iTunes application.
Dim tracks
Dim track
Dim lastvalue
Dim input
Dim i
Dim name

Set iTunesApp = CreateObject("iTunes.Application.1")
Set tracks = iTunesApp.SelectedTracks

lastvalue = ""

For i = 1 to tracks.Count
Set track = tracks.Item(i)

IF track.Kind = 1 Then
name = track.Name
input = InputBox("Enter the description you want for the track" & name, "Enter Description", lastvalue)
If Len(input) > 0 Then
track.LongDescription = input
lastvalue = input
End If
End If
Next

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Answer 2

brianv33

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Mar 31, 2008 9:37 AM in response to catboy916

oh yes, if you get an answer, please let me know... When I rent or buy movies on iTunes they come with a "description" that shows in itunes (under tab "description") and then this info is displayed on my appleTV. I have movies I have ripped and home videos, etc. and I want a description to show up for them on appleTV and iTunes - I cannot (itunes won't let me) add any text within the description field. what do I do? Thank you.

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Answer 3

Karlmax

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Mar 31, 2008 10:17 AM in response to brianv33

Do a web search for a free program called "Lostify". It will allow you to edit TV show and movie descriptions and air dates. It's a bit of a kludge, as you have to save a new version of the file then re-add it to iTunes (I've found the "replace original file" setting doesn't work reliably). There is still a limit on the size of the description. You can put as much as you want in the field (at least I think so), but there's only space for so much for the ATV to display.

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