Is there a way to add 2 different genres in iTunes? (like using a "," or something)

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Is there a way to add 2 different genres in iTunes? (like using a "," or something)

I'm using iTunes as my media library (for everything), because i want to have access from my other apple devices (iPhone, Apple TV). But one thing i don't know how to do is to put two different genres into the movies genre field (as seen in the picture). It is very important because many movies belong to many different genres at the same time and it is not right to just put one genre (sometimes it is even impossible due to the nature of the movie...). Is it possible? And if so how can i do this?

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Posted on Dec 8, 2016 1:24 PM

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Limnos

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Dec 8, 2016 1:50 PM in response to ΙΚΑΡΟΣ

What you enter on the genre line is regarded as one data set. If you put in "XYZ, ABC" then you will get a genre called exactly that. not two. If you need to you can enter genre characteristics in other categories such as comments and then use the search function to isolate them. I just did this with a bunch of Christmas music that I consider primarily being as other genres such as jazz or rock (or Greek music 😉) but want to be able to find once a year when searching for holiday music.

You can ask Apple to consider adding more genres but I think this has long been a request and they seem to be more focused on completely redesigning iTunes for each new release than actually adding or retaining useful features:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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