How to Filter Video and Audio Podcasts in iTunes

I love podcasts, but I do notice that iTunes lacks an easy way to filter between audio and video podcasts in iTunes, particularly when you’re making a smart playlist. Smart playlists are, obviously, great for setting up a playlist just based on your available, unheard podcasts, but audio and video, they just don’t mix.

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I struggled with this for awhile, but have finally figured it out: sorting by filetype. Of course, there’s no filetype filter in iTunes’ smart playlists. However, you can use the kind filter. Most video files are given a kind label of MPEG-4 Video File or Quicktime Movie File, while most audio podcasts have the word audio in that field. So…

How to Set Up a Smart Playlist with Audio-Only Podcasts in iTunes

  1. In iTunes, go to File > New Smart Playlist
  2. When the Smart Playlist dialogue box pops up, enter the following information (as per the image below.)
    1. Podcast is true
    2. Play Count is less than 1 (to only play podcasts you haven’t heard yet)
    3. Kind does not contain video
    4. Kind does not contain movie

audio_podcast

Voila, you’re good to go. Just click on that Smart Playlist and let it rip. And now for the video aspect.

How to Set Up a Smart Playlist with Video-Only Podcasts in iTunes

  1. In iTunes, go to File > New Smart Playlist
  2. When the Smart Playlist dialogue box pops up, enter the following information (as per the image below.)
    1. Podcast is true
    2. Play Count is 0 (to only play videos you haven’t watched yet)
    3. Kind does not contain audio

audio_podcast

And now you’ve got your own personal TV station, right on your computer.

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