Q&A: Reorganizing the Video Library in iTunes 11

Q.

I have several home-ripped and downloaded old television shows in my collection, but iTunes 11 has put these into the Movies section under Home Videos. Can I move those files to the TV Shows section?

A.

While iTunes 11 automatically sorts movies and television shows purchased from the iTunes Store into the correct content library, new videos imported from other sources often get filed automatically in the Home Videos area because the program needs more information about the clips. To move those home-ripped files into the TV Shows library, you just need to edit each file’s information field.

Start by clicking on a video you want to move. Go to the iTunes File menu and select Get Info. (If you prefer keyboard shortcuts to menus, click on the video and press Control and I keys on a Windows PC — or the Mac’s Command and I keys — at the same time.)

When the video’s information box appears, click the Options tab. Use the drop-down menu next to “Media Kind:” to change Home Video to TV Show. If you want to add additional information about the video, like the proper name of the show, a short description of the episode or the season number, click the Video tab and type in the details. Click the Info tab to edit the name iTunes displays for the video. Click the OK button when you have finished and the video should now appear in the TV Shows library under the name you have given it.