Can I edit the “Release Date” field of podcasts in iTunes?

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My workaround for iTunes automatically assigning hollow star ratings to new podcast episodes has an unfortunate side-effect: after dragging the podcast files back into iTunes, they not longer have their “Release Date” field populated, meaning they can’t be sorted in release date order. (Which gives my tiny little mind the heebie-jeebies.)

I can figure out what the release date was for these podcasts, but iTunes won’t let me amend this field via the UI.

Is there any way I can edit the value of this field?

This discussion on Apple Support suggested that adding a RELEASEDATE extended attribute to the MP3 file with the release date as the value might restore the value in iTunes. I tried it with MP3TAG on Windows, but unfortunately it didn’t seem to have any effect. — Paul D. Waite, Aug 30, 2011 at 16:28

Paul D. Waite · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-01 22:58:56Z

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Best I can tell, the answer is a resounding “no” — at least without deleting your iTunes Library .itl file.

answered Sep 1, 2011 at 22:58

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Troy Davis · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-18 02:48:56Z

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There's an application called ID3 Editor that will allow you to restore the release data info for podcast files.

answered Nov 18, 2012 at 2:48

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Can you add a link to the application's website?
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