How to move a downloaded track into the Podcast section of the iTunes Library?

Question

Pretty much the exact opposite of this question. I subscribe to a podcast, and I recently found a bunch of old episodes available for download on the publisher's website. When I add these manually-downloaded MP3's into iTunes, it puts them into the Music section (which I expect), but I'd really love for them to be grouped with the other podcast episodes instead. Is there any way to do this?

I'm using iTunes 9.0.1 on Snow Leopard, in case it makes any difference.

Solution

In the Get Info window for a track, go to the Options tab. There should be a Media Kind field with a drop down selection box. You should be able to choose Podcast from that selector.

Also if you're using an old version of iTunes, I recommend upgrading to iTunes 9. It's free!

Comments

[Bad Boy]

Hi JDB. In the version of iTunes I am using, there is no Type field, but there is a Genre. Is that what you're referring to? I changed it to "Podcast" for the tracks and this did not seem to do anything.

[Bad Boy]

That did it! By the way, I mentioned in the original question that I'm using iTunes 9 ;-)

[Matthew]

Matt - this initially bit me too. I think you're looking at the "Info" tab; check out the "Options" tab.

[Bad Boy]

There was a hint on macosxhints.com yesterday with these same instructions :-): macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090923194952306