I have an issue where some of my songs will not add to Itunes. I am using WinXP pro. I recently got an Ipod Mini and have started using Itunes. Most of the recorded music I have can be added fine but not all. I did find something on the web about bit rates being too big and Itunes wont add them, but these songs all have a bit rate of 160. Itunes will not even play them.
Unable to add some songs to Itunes
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ElDiabloConCaca
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What format are those songs in? MP3? AAC? OGG? WMA?
ElDiabloConCaca
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What happens when iTunes tries to play them? Does it act like it's playing them and just produces no sound, or does it fail to try and play them at all? Any error messages when trying to play them?
Where did the MP3s come from? Are they known-good MP3s, or is there a chance they could be corrupted (have they EVER played fine)?
Where did the MP3s come from? Are they known-good MP3s, or is there a chance they could be corrupted (have they EVER played fine)?
It looks like I tunes does not even try to paly them. There are no error messages unless there is an error log kept somewhere. The files play fine in other players (Media player, winamp...) The files were made from one large MP3( I got from emule) and I used MP3diretcut to cut the large file up. I have done this before with other files and it has worked fine. Just wonder if there is some way to tell why these files can't be added.
ElDiabloConCaca
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Hmmm... can you try opening the files in QuickTime Player and see if they play there?
I fixed it. I found a free MP3 converter. Converted the files to .wav and back to MP3. They now play fine and I was able to add them to ITunes. There must have been an issue in the file format even though they were MP3 files. For some reason Quicktime player and Itunes did not recognize them as such. Thanks for your help.