[iTunes] genres

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 1/2/05 11:49 AM, "Emma Gilbride" <macemma at pacbell.net> wrote:

> 
> Why don't the rest of the Gracenote's CDDB genre tags show up in iTunes?
> 
> iTunes is only shows the CDDB metagenre tags (there's 20) and doesn't
> show any of the 251 subgenre tags. As the number of tracks in my iTunes
> library increases, I'm really starting to need those subgenre tags.

Just create your own genres - type the name of any genre you want into the
Genre field; even make up your own

Frankly, I think it's good that they're not all available from the Genre
popup menu - it'd be too many.
> 
> The CDDB also has a field for URRL's from Artist or Fan sites, Genre
> sites, movie sites for Soundtracks, etc.. It would be great if this
> field was also added so I could visit the artist's or fan site.

True. I put that stuff in the Comments field.

Best,
 

Kirk
 
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