Why does the DataBase not have a menu for podcasts

[axlgreasetires]

I have about 15 podcasts that i subscribe to and i really am not a big fan of the original apple os.  Why hasn't some1 made a database menu for playlists that organizes them in the same fasion as the apple os?

[frodo]

I just put the podcasts in separate directories. That way, they are easy to keep apart.

(Then again, I use a complete directory structure for other audio files too, and don't use the database.)

[soap]

I have about 15 podcasts that i subscribe to and i really am not a big fan of the original apple os.  Why hasn't some1 made a database menu for playlists that organizes them in the same fasion as the apple os?

How should the Database know a given mp3 is a podcast?

[axlgreasetires]

Yeah i was wondering if that would be a problem too i guess it is.

[bascule]

If your podcasts are genre-tagged correctly then you can create a custom Database entry to show them.

Alternatively, if they are in a separate folder, then your custom Database entry can also filter by filepath to achieve the same effect.

See the link in my sig.

[jmdennis]

I have also wondered this same thing.  I do like the podcast menu in Apple's firmware in that it is date based.  I just do not want to load the podcast using iTunes as then when I created playlist they would not be recognized because it would not know they were podcast.  I do not know why since the iPod knows they are podcast using the apple firmware.  I would also like to see a shuffle menu added as well but would be more then happy with a podcast menu that we as users do not have to create ourselves.  I realize that we just have to add it to a custom menu but it would still be nice if they could add this themselves.