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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | iTunes |
I knew there was a reason why I avoided itunes for so long. Is there any reason why it'll happily import some MP3's from an album but not others? I've imported my music collection after mounting my PC from the MBP, but it has imported half the songs and left the others.... Having tried a 2nd time, it point-blank refuses to acknowledge that the other tracks exist. Help! |
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
Are they all mp3's? you should be able to drag & drop them to your mac. WMA's will need converting (itunes does that for you, or should do) |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:29 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes | |||||||||
I don't have any WMA's - I've spent a decade avoiding them! They're all MP3's...all over 128kb/s, but clearly some MP3's are more MP3 than others! |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
If you are using a SMB share, it could be a problem transferring the data over the network. Networks are generally reliable, but it can sometimes start dropping packets... Try copying the files manually, then importing them... |
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| Author: | steve74 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
They don't have any unusual characters in the file name, do they? I believe a : may be a problem, as are file beginning with a full stop, as OS X treats them as invisible files. I expect you already know that, but just wanted to check! Also, doesn't OS X have a limit to the length of file names of (I think, possibly) 27 characters. Maybe the problem files are longer? You could have better luck if you try renaming the problem files, as long as the ID3 tags are correct with the artist/track details, then it shouldn't matter what the actual file names are called, so you could rename them I think. |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
The file names are nothing out of the ordinary and I restrict the symbols to "-", so, it's a little strange. Oh well, looks like I'll be digging the CD's out. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
File names can be essays in length, so that’s not a problem. The : character is sued in Finder as a separator for paths: Macintosh HD:Users:username:Desktop:file.extension The / character is also used as a delimiter for paths, which is laid down by the UNIX underpinnings (referred to as POSIX files in AppleScript): /Users/username/Desktop/file.extension So if the files have these in them, then this may be the problem. This thread may help with the file problems - some mp3 formats may need massaging. http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=92743 The advice seems to be to use doubletwist to rebuild them. However, it could be that the files are not really mp3 files, but other formats with the .mp3 extension erroneously applied. EDIT: This thread on Apple’s support may be of interest: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp ... 8&tstart=0 |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
It gets more interesting - it imports the first track of some albums...gets bored and then moves onto the next! |
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| Author: | big_D [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
It does sound like either a rights problem or a network timeout... 
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:37 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes | |||||||||
Or it doesn’t like the music and is trying to find something better  Have you tried copying the files from your old machine to the Mac’s HD and then dragging/dropping them into iTunes? |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:19 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes | ||||||||||||||||||
I've copied them all "in tact" to my Music folder and then imported them into itunes...from the same drive...it still skips them. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:06 am ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What happens if you drag one of the skipped files to iTunes? Does it ignore it, or does it import it? |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:01 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes | |||||||||
Ignores them! |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
If you right click on one and choose QuickTime to open it, does it play? |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: iTunes |
I suspect that there is an “atom” of data in the MP3s which are causing the iTunes to skip them. You may have to get a track thta does work and a track that doesn’t and compare the meta data. |
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