# Help mapping TVSHOW & TVSHOWSORT to iTunes (MP4)
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 2, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546 "2022-03-02T02:49:28Z")
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### Author:  [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/1 "2022-03-02T02:49:28Z")
Hello,
I am trying to map TVSHOW and TVSHOWSORT to iTunes with no success. I have mapped from MP3Tags to MP4 tags before, mapping INVOLVEDPEOPLE to DESCRIPTION, so I am confused as to why I am having such difficulties.
I cannot even get MP3Tag to read the values I put in through iTunes. Windows 10 File Explorer sees the information I enter in iTunes in the "Show" field, listing it under TV show Name. But no matter what I try MP# will not show it. What I enter in MP3Tag under TVSHOW, also gets reported to Windows 10 File Explorer, but under the title: TVSHOW.
I am assuming that the values I would have to map them to are tvsh and sosn respectively. I tried mapping: Tag=MP4; Source=TVSH; Target=TVSHOW, but anything I entered in a field defined as TVSHOW did not reflect in iTunes, even after I played the tune, which is supposed to refresh the information.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/2 "2022-03-02T05:19:51Z")
They work for my iTunes library. I use TVSHOW, TVSHOWSORT, TVSEASON, TVEPISODE, DESCRIPTION, and you have to set ITUNESMEDIATYPE to "TV Show" as well.
Here is an example.
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### Author:  [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/3 "2022-03-02T15:08:29Z")
Is it perhaps because it is not a video but an audio file? No matter what I try I cannot get MP3Tag to see what Windows File Explorer sees when I tag the file with iTunes and vice versa. 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/4 "2022-03-02T16:36:07Z")
I've never tried this, but it could be. Logically a TV Show is a video format, not sure how this would be an audio file. I don't think you can force iTunes to look at these.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/5 "2022-03-02T16:44:40Z")
Perhaps it is something like this:
> [@MP4: Explorer File Properties Fields: "Subtitle," "Tags," "Directors," "Producers," "Writers," "Publisher," "Content provider," "Encoded by," "Author URL," "Promotion URL," and "Parental rating."](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-explorer-file-properties-fields-subtitle-tags-directors-producers-writers-publisher-content-provider-encoded-by-author-url-promotion-url-and-parental-rating/54774/3):
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> Sorry for the late response. I already went through [Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping), prior to creating the post? I figured it out for MKV files, but MP4 is the one that I am having an issue with. I am sure that there is a mechanism/way for my request to become a reality because it can be done via MetaX as shown via my attachments, but I prefer Mp3Tag due to its custom fields. The "Red-boxed" areas on the images correspond to what Mp3Tag is unable to fulfil, compared to MetaX, even t…
in the thread they talk about a tool called MetaX - perhaps that shows the missing data.
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### Author:  [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/6 "2022-03-02T16:53:32Z")
Well, that program does show the information inputted by iTunes, but not that which I place in MP3Tag. I still don't understand why this does not work as they are in the Field-mapping chart, which seems to indicate that they will work. I don't think it has to do with the type of file because MetaX read the video tag on the audio (m4a) file.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/7 "2022-03-02T17:16:10Z")
AFAI understood it: the data is stored in an extra data field with an xml structure. And this field is not read or updated by MP3tag.
Vice versa: itunes does not look at the mp4 fields but evaluates only the xml data.
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### Author:  [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/8 "2022-03-02T17:17:57Z")
If that is the case, bummer, but MotleyG got MP3Tag to read it.. 🤔
Well.... 🫢
I don't know what was going on before and why I was having so much trouble, but it is now working both ways??!!! 🙄
I took out all mapping and it works perfectly. I tried it before without mapping and it did not _seem_ to work, but I must have been doing something wrong. 🤦♂️
Sorry for any inconvenience! Hopefully this exercise will help someone in the future.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/9 "2022-03-02T17:28:24Z")
> [@esumsea](#):
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> I tried mapping: Tag=MP4; Source=TVSH; Target=TVSHOW
You don't need any mapping to make the `TV*` fields to work. Can you check that you're writing the mentioned fields directly?
The screenshot from @MotleyG should give you a pretty good overview on the fields that can be used for describing TV Shows for iTunes.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/10 "2022-03-02T17:51:27Z")
This XML field in question is only for the "enhanced" details in movies and TV Shows like the actors, producers, directors, etc. The standard fields I indicated above are completely visible and editable in mp3tag as-is. No mapping required.
Even though I still "have" to use iTunes to manage the content for the many Apple devices in the house, I do almost all of my tag editing with mp3tag. This is for all music and videos. The only exception is for this "enhanced" movie info that I do currently use MetaX for.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-mapping-tvshow-tvshowsort-to-itunes-mp4/56546/11 "2022-04-01T17:51:41Z")
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