keriah

Q: How can I hide/remove the Artwork column in Home Videos List view?

I just upgraded to El Capitan and with it comes iTunes 12.  As I loaded a few videos into my iTunes Library I see that the List View for Home Videos includes a column for "Artwork" which does not appear to have a way to remove it (i.e., it is not listed in the list of items for column view customization).  There also is no option to "Hide Artwork" under the View menubar item.  I don't want to see this "artwork" (esp. since it's some random frame from the video, which conveys zero information!!)

 

Having this artwork (even at the "small" setting) really expands the space my rather large list of videos needs.  I'd like to turn it off.  But how ??!??

 

Thanks.

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Posted on Jun 27, 2016 12:14 PM

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Q: How can I hide/remove the Artwork column in Home Videos List view?

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  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Jun 27, 2016 3:44 PM in response to keriah
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    Jun 27, 2016 3:44 PM in response to keriah

    I'm confused.

     

    keriah wrote:

     

    As I loaded a few videos into my iTunes Library ...

    I'm not sure what "videos" means.  Then later you refer to "home videos" which confuses me even more.

     

    I do not see any category in iTunes' menu called "Video".  I believe these are all the categories:

     

    Screen Shot 2016-06-27 at 3.39.19 PM.png

     

    Further, if "home video" means something like an iPhone- or iPad-produced video, wouldn't you manipulate it in the Photos app?

  • by keriah,

    keriah keriah Jun 27, 2016 4:02 PM in response to sberman
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    Jun 27, 2016 4:02 PM in response to sberman

    sberman wrote:

     

    I'm confused.

     

    keriah wrote:

     

    As I loaded a few videos into my iTunes Library ...

    I'm not sure what "videos" means.

    I mean .mp4 files. 

     

    (BTW, while iTunes does not refer to these as "videos" the name of the iOS app used to play them from iTunes, using Home Sharing, is indeed "Videos" -- so much for the confusion/consistency!!)

     

    sberman wrote:

     

     

    Further, if "home video" means something like an iPhone- or iPad-produced video, wouldn't you manipulate it in the Photos app?

     

    No, not Photos for manipulation - they are in iTunes for viewing.  I stream these to the AppleTV and/or iPad, using Home Sharing.

     

    The window looks like this in iTunes.  I want the Artwork removed (or hidden) so that the list is more compact:

     

    mp4.png

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Jun 27, 2016 7:48 PM in response to keriah
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    Jun 27, 2016 7:48 PM in response to keriah

    Thanks, you have really cleared up my confusion.  Your screen shot was especially helpful.

     

    However, I do not use home sharing, so I have not seen the artwork as you show it.  I do have an Apple TV, and somehow manage to get what I want to see over there (including videos from my Mac; however, these videos are not stored in iTunes) without using home sharing.  I get videos to my Apple TV from my Mac by simply using AirPlay.

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Jun 27, 2016 8:12 PM in response to keriah
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    Jun 27, 2016 8:12 PM in response to keriah

    Personally, I can't even imagine why someone would not want to see the visual cues that artwork provides, but I'm sure you have your reasons.

     

    Unfortunately, there is currently no way to eliminate the artwork / key frame column.

    To provide feedback directly to Apple, you can use this link: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • by keriah,

    keriah keriah Jun 28, 2016 6:42 AM in response to sberman
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    Jun 28, 2016 6:42 AM in response to sberman

    sberman wrote:

    Thanks, you have really cleared up my confusion.  Your screen shot was especially helpful.

    ...  I get videos to my Apple TV from my Mac by simply using AirPlay.

    You're welcome.  Thanks for the attempt to help!!

     

    We also use Airplay (sometimes) but since the computers are at one end of the house and the TVs in another it's not a convenient way to start/stop watching shows -- esp.  when there are a lot of shows to scroll through (on the ATV) to select which to watch.

  • by keriah,

    keriah keriah Jun 28, 2016 6:51 AM in response to Rysz
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    Jun 28, 2016 6:51 AM in response to Rysz

    Rysz wrote:

     

    Personally, I can't even imagine why someone would not want to see the visual cues that artwork provides, but I'm sure you have your reasons.

     

    Hmmm, why would I need the "cues" in the iTunes LIBRARY, where I'm only adding and organizing them there.  It's not like this is the interface where I'm scrolling through to find something to watch -- I do that on the ATV where, yes, I'll admit that visual cues can be helpful (tho' the name is generally descriptive enough).

     

    But here's the really odd thing.  I also have the latest iTunes 12.4 on my MacBook, which is running Mavericks.  And it does NOT have a column for the Artwork.  So it was a surprise to find that the same iTunes has such a different look under the newer OS.  Here's how iTunes appears on Mavericks, for the same assortment of options (which is what I'm used to and therefore prefer):

     

    mp4.png

  • by williamfromcarterville,

    williamfromcarterville williamfromcarterville Sep 20, 2016 6:29 AM in response to keriah
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    Sep 20, 2016 6:29 AM in response to keriah

    While I have not found the "proper" way to do this, you do have the option of changing the media type (get-info) to "Movie" in which case you can hide the artwork column.  Of course, you now would have your home videos mixed in with your purchased movies.  Its an imperfect workaround.

  • by MasterMacros,

    MasterMacros MasterMacros Oct 6, 2016 9:24 PM in response to williamfromcarterville
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    Oct 6, 2016 9:24 PM in response to williamfromcarterville

    I have been looking for an answer to this for a long time.

    I too run the home sharing and do not want the artwork to show in the home video section of itunes.

    By selecting my entire video library and changing the media type to Movie - this fixed the issue of not being able to remove the Artwork column in Home Videos.

     

    Thank you very much.