Speeding up the Organizing of Movies in iTunes Library
April 10, 2015 5:16 PM Subscribe
I am running iTunes 10.6.3 on an external HD for my iMac 2.93 Ghx Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB Memory. Movies are mp4. I want to organize in bulk by selecting a bunch of movies and putting them under "Horror", "Action", and "Unwatched", for example.
I don't really care about album art or other things niceties.
The problem is that iTunes is slowwwwwwwwwww when I select a movie and edit the metadata tag and am wondering if there is a workaround similar to those who change their mp3s in bulk to a different album title for example. I can't seem to select many at once to do bulk changes regardless. I want this very general organization for my Apple TV so I don't scroll through so many movies. If you recommend this answer as an alternative which bascially recommends XBMC or PLEX, feel free to suggest though if iTunes is capable I would prefer that for now. Thanks in advance.
I don't really care about album art or other things niceties.
The problem is that iTunes is slowwwwwwwwwww when I select a movie and edit the metadata tag and am wondering if there is a workaround similar to those who change their mp3s in bulk to a different album title for example. I can't seem to select many at once to do bulk changes regardless. I want this very general organization for my Apple TV so I don't scroll through so many movies. If you recommend this answer as an alternative which bascially recommends XBMC or PLEX, feel free to suggest though if iTunes is capable I would prefer that for now. Thanks in advance.
Response by poster: I would happily update but I hear crummy news about iTunes 11 on up. (Well, to be frank, I think i've heard bad news about iTunes regardless so maybe it doesn't matter.)
posted by chicaboom at 5:54 PM on April 10, 2015
posted by chicaboom at 5:54 PM on April 10, 2015
Response by poster: Just tried Doug's scripts...looks like mine is too new for it but too old (yet) for iFlicks. I may update iTunes and bit the bullet of the newer interface.
posted by chicaboom at 6:00 PM on April 10, 2015
posted by chicaboom at 6:00 PM on April 10, 2015
You need more memory, 4Gb is not cutting it for what you want to do...
posted by Mac-Expert at 6:28 AM on April 11, 2015
posted by Mac-Expert at 6:28 AM on April 11, 2015
The interface on the new iTunes is different but that's mostly the default interface. You can still (sort of) get the version you are used to with a little work. I'd start there and re-assess if you need something else after that. I'm surprised you are seeing that sort of slowness with bulk metadata updating.
posted by jessamyn at 8:10 AM on April 11, 2015
posted by jessamyn at 8:10 AM on April 11, 2015
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You might find some useful scripts on Doug's Applescripts for iTunes, such as Make Video Tags.
posted by bcwinters at 5:45 PM on April 10, 2015