Podcast MP3s can't become "normal" MP3 files
Has anyone run into this problem (and come up with a solution?)
I subscribe to a podcast in which each "show" is actually an individual song. Often, I want to keep one of these songs as a regular song in my library (and take it out of the Podcast list, where it may be deleted during an update).
Here's the weird thing: Even if you copy the podcast file (via iTunes by dragging it to your desktop or by copying the file via Finder), then try to add it to your regular iTunes library, iTunes -still- treats it as a podcast mp3. This causes a few annoying things to happen:
* The song appears as a "show" in the podcast area, subject to deletion.
* The song doesn't play as a regular song, even in normal playlists -- for example, after playing the song, iTunes just stops - it won't go to the next song, and shuffle doesn't work.
And here's something even more interesting - if you copy the song/podcast files to a flash drive and move them to another computer as regular mp3 files, then import them to iTunes, they STILL appear as podcasts, even on the computer that neer heard of these podcasts before!
So, is something about iTunes changing the mp3 tagging in a matter that they don't play the same as regular mp3s? Is there a way to prevent this?
I subscribe to a podcast in which each "show" is actually an individual song. Often, I want to keep one of these songs as a regular song in my library (and take it out of the Podcast list, where it may be deleted during an update).
Here's the weird thing: Even if you copy the podcast file (via iTunes by dragging it to your desktop or by copying the file via Finder), then try to add it to your regular iTunes library, iTunes -still- treats it as a podcast mp3. This causes a few annoying things to happen:
* The song appears as a "show" in the podcast area, subject to deletion.
* The song doesn't play as a regular song, even in normal playlists -- for example, after playing the song, iTunes just stops - it won't go to the next song, and shuffle doesn't work.
And here's something even more interesting - if you copy the song/podcast files to a flash drive and move them to another computer as regular mp3 files, then import them to iTunes, they STILL appear as podcasts, even on the computer that neer heard of these podcasts before!
So, is something about iTunes changing the mp3 tagging in a matter that they don't play the same as regular mp3s? Is there a way to prevent this?
