Sorting tv series out

See Re: seperate tv show in ipod for some advice. The images are from iTunes 11. The bit about season images doesn't quite hold for iTunes 12 as all seasons of the same show end up under one artwork, but the general principles are the same, and it soulds as if you are on 11 anyway.

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If giving each show the same show & album names but different season & disc numbers doesn't separate the seasons the way you want then you will need to give each season a unique name.

Looking at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/peppa-pig-series-1-vol.-1/id432768070 it seems each series/season is broken up into two volumes. You're saying those two volumes merge together as one in your library, but you would like to keep them separate? To merge as one they must have a common Show name, which I assume is either Peppa Pig or Peppa Pig, Series 1. Changing this to something like Peppa Pig, Series 1, Vol. 1. should allow each volume to show up independently in the library if that is what you want.

Depending on the version of iTunes you may be able to keep everything under one show name, but listed as separate seasons if you tweak the season numbers. E.g.

Series 1, Vol. 1 >> Season #1

Series 1, Vol. 2 >> Season #2

Series 2, Vol. 1 >> Season #3

Series 2, Vol. 2 >> Season #4

etc.

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So what do you see as the Show name for Series 1 Vol 1 and Series 1 Vol 2?

Have you tried giving these different Show names as suggested?

E.g.

Peppa Pig 1.1

Peppa Pig 1.2

Peppa Pig 2.1

etc.

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OK, put your TV Shows in the Episode List view, type in Peppa Pig in the search box, enable the columns as shown below, and sorted on the Show column. Please post back a similar screenshot. This should give a clearer picture of what values you have set now so that I can make suggestions that might achieve what you want.

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Although I'm in the UK I prefer the US labels of Movies, TV Shows & Season, to Films, TV Programmes & Series which is why we have different labels. If you change the Programme name for the first 13 episodes to Peppa Pig 1.1, the next 13 to Peppa Pig 1.2, and so on, then each half season will have its own artwork space in the list of programmes, and show just 13 pairs of episodes when selected.

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You're welcome. 🙂

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Hmm, recent versions of iTunes/iOS firmware may give preference to the original store metadata for purchased items.

In iTunes go to Edit > Preferences > Store and turn off

• Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases
• Share details about your library with Apple

On any iOS device go to Settings > Music and turn off

• Show All Music
• Show All Videos

Close and reopen iTunes and/or reset the device and you should see your version of the metadata for each item rather than the original store data.

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😕

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