Where are TV show description references kept?

Apple TV makes use of a description field for each TV show. You see it in the index for that show before going on to individual episodes. Where is this info stored?

Use the "iTunes > Info Window > Info Tab > Comment text box" to add up to 155 characters that will display in the TV "Description" area.




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The comments field shows up in the individual episodes, but not on the screen for the show itself.

I'm afraid you've lost me. What do you mean by "on the screen for the show itself?"

When you select "TV Shows" and then an actual show (before clicking on it), you see a poster for the show on the left side, which moves up and away revealing a description of the television show itself.

Thanks for the full description. Did not realize that "Description" and "Comment" were contextual in nature.

When you click you'll see a list of the episodes. Now, as you select each episode you'll see the "Description" information for that episode which is the content from the "Comments" field.

On my system, only the "Description" will show up as the "Show Series" description and then, only when there is only one episode in the episode list. If two episodes are in my list, then no description is displayed for the "Show Series" list and the "Description" field is displayed as the "Episode" description even if a "Comment" description is also present. On the other hand, if no "Description" filed is present and more than one episode is present, then the "Comment" filed is displayed as the "Episode" description, Very confusing,

There is additional metadata that some programs like the freeware "Lostify" can reveal. This even includes an actual "Description" field which shows up in iTunes but if that's empty, Apple TV will use the Comments information.

What version of Lostify were you using? When I tried to create a "Description" field, that data was always placed in the "Comment" field.... (Although, come to think of it, am not sure I was dealing with a designated TV Show file at the time. May have to go back a recheck this.) Had also tried to create a "Description" field in iTunes by random key combinations but have yet to find an "undocumented" combination that would open the "description text box" where a "description" did not already exist (i.e., no "info" icon available.

However, I've yet to find any software or metadata tag that provides the information for the general TV show that is displayed when you select the show before going to individual episodes.

As I indicated above, I was unable to get the "general" description display where more than one episode was present. If you have both single and multiple episode TV Show series available, please post back if your results are the same.

For movies that we rip ourselves, iTunes only allows you to use a poster frame, not a separate graphic. I thought perhaps that you could just place a graphic as a single frame in the movie file and then use this as your special poster, since at 24fps or more it would not normally be visible to the eye.

External graphics are only allowed with MP4 and M4V videos. For MOV file containers, try placing your graphic on a black background the same size as your movie frame and save the file. (JPEGs work well here.) Open the MOV file in QT Pro, press the "Goto End" key to move the playhead to the end of your movie, and simply "drag 'n drop" the saved graphic to the QT Player display area. This will add the graphic to the end of your movie on a separate video track (just in case your want to remove or change it later). Now set your poster frame for the graphic (or set it in iTunes later), reset the selection indicators, and save your movie.

Again, thanks for the information you already provided.

The metadata is stored within the file itself. That's why when you edit tags (similar to ID3 tags in MP3 files) the edited data moves with the file to a new computer.