<p dir="ltr">I don't mind iTunes, but I don't use it for video content. So I might be mistaken here, but for music, all that metadata you add doesn't go to the files tags. It's stored in their own proprietary database. There are some tools out there that can interface with it to get the data and write it into the tags, but iTunes doesn't do it for you. That's probably why you have a hard time with compatibility. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I found this the hard way when I stopped using an iPod and went to using my Android phone for music. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 7, 2014 12:21 AM, "Sam Jacobs" <<a href="mailto:samlists@ijacobs.co.uk">samlists@ijacobs.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 7 May 2014 at 03:58:05, Phill Edwards (<a href="mailto:philledwards@gmail.com">philledwards@gmail.com</a>) wrote:<br>
> I for one love mythfrontend and have never found a reason to replace it<br>
> with XBMC.<br>
><br>
> But I accept they do different things and there is definitely scope for<br>
> them to sit side by side on the same machine.<br>
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This.<br>
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Although I’m probably unique amongst MythTV users, in that I actually *like* iTunes, and have all my media in it. Literally nothing, since the loss of Front Row, is able to present me with a 10 foot interface to my iTunes library that actually works properly, which I’m feeling quite acutely now because I sold my Apple TV (couldn’t justify having both it and the Mac mini connected to the TV).<br>
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What I don’t get is why every 10 foot interface feels the need to require me to use *their* piece of software to organise my media. Why can’t they read the tags that iTunes has placed in the files, and do the right thing? I added one file to mythvideo, just to test it, and I’m buggered if I know why I have *three* entries, two of which won’t play, and none of which show any of the tags…<br>
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Sam<br>
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Sam Jacobs on MythTV 0.27, UK Freeview SD & Freesat HD, EIT-only EPG<br>
Mac mini, MBE+FE: OS X Mavericks, bundled FE, macports BE<br>
Acer Aspire L310, SBE: Debian testing, Elgato EyeTV for DTT Stick (Hauppauge Nova-T USB Stick in disguise!) & DVBSky S960 DVB-S2 USB<br>
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