After the recent iTunes upgrade, iTunes no longer plays the MP3s for Radiohead's In Rainbows. [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2008 - 4 answers

Who can license music for download/sale? A friend came up with a wicked cool idea for selling music using the internet, but it can't be done through some affiliate mp3 link (like Amazon). We're just a couple of college guys, and we don't know any rockstars or label executives. [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 15 answers

Legitimizing iTunes Library. I have *ahem* a friend. This friend has a reasonably large digital music collection being managed by iTunes on a Mac. He would like to understand the cost of ensuring this collection is 100% legal, having realized that the vast majority of it is not. [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 12 answers

What's the best way to organize and re-tag my enormous MP3 library? (iTunes, Mac 10.5, 20k+ songs) [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2008 - 21 answers

Need replacement for the Creative Media Explorer for my Creative Zen V+. It is simply the worst. Not fond of Windows Media Player either & ITunes doesn't work with my player. I love my wee little Zen, but oh how I dread creating playlists & using the SW that came with it to transfer files. Help a gal out! [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm looking for a program that lets me do on-the-fly downsampling to my ipod. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 3 answers

Is there software to automatically manage podcasts on my Rio Carbon Pearl? I'm looking for something that will function like iTunes for an iPod or Zune for a Zune -- keep only unplayed shows on my player, download new shows when I run the software, etc. Are there any iTunes alternatives which will handle this on my Rio Carbon? I'm running XP.
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 7 answers

1. How do I get my music off of iTunes and into a usable (DS-friendly) format? 2. Is there any good software for making a DS into an mp3 player? I don't care about ratings or album covers, but playlists are nice. [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 6 answers

How to burn Mp3 random mixes (not entire albums) into several folders on Macintosh for easy navigation in my car cd player...I used to be able to make mp3 discs of whatever songs i wanted and then place them into folders on my desktop, then burn them to disc. It seems that Itunes only allows some form of folder separation (if any at all) by sorting things only by each group's album. This is not helpful if you want several folders with random songs in each folder...for example...I want one folder with songs by rock groups..another that is jazz...whatever. On the new imac, it does not seem to let me take the drag and dropped mp3s in folders on my desktop to a burn disc icon as it did in my older G4. Any suggestions on software or a simpler way around this? I appreciate your input. When it did work, it worked great and saved me from using a crummy fm transmitter on my ipod. The mp3 cds for me sound much better and are easily disposable if left in car.
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 11 answers

i have a 12,000 track itunes music library in os x. some of the tracks (~10%) have album art with them, but most do not. all tracks are tagged properly, and in theory should all have album art with them. i've tried itunes built in fetcher and many third party programs for adding album art. i can't recall names of programs, but most were very poor and would crash or not work at all. i would like to fetch art all together, because i don't want to go through 12,000 songs track-by-track. any ideas? thanks! -will
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I nicely organize my library of 80 gigs of MP3s? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 27 answers

What tools exist for OS X to manage my music library? [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 9 answers

I had two iTunes libraries on my MacBook Pro. One was linked to a linux server and was where my main, 100+gig music collection is stored. The second points to a few CDs that I keep on the laptop for when I don't have access to the main repository. I was cleaning the local iTunes library only to find out that some of the music in there was linked to the remote server, not on the laptop. Here's where things get complicated... [more inside]
posted on Nov 1, 2007 - 2 answers

In this era of mp3s and mp3 players, what's the equivalent of a mix tape? [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2007 - 20 answers

My iPod/iTunes is completely out of control. I have 8,000+ songs, and they are minimally rated. My default rating when I add tracks is 4 and I downgrade tracks if I don’t want them to come up in shuffle, which runs off a playlist that’s “all songs rated 4 or higher.” This just ain’t cutting it and I find myself skipping more songs than I listen to. [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 9 answers

Occasionally in iTunes, I'll be unable to get an album's tracks to line up in the proper order even if I've set all the track numbers properly. It occurs with albums that have been [ahem] cobbled together from various sources. [more inside]
posted on Oct 14, 2007 - 6 answers

ItunesFilter: I have too much music! Help me manage my XML iTunes library! [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2007 - 16 answers

Can I use iTunes to tag the specific musicians playing on a track? [more inside]
posted on Aug 19, 2007 - 12 answers

I want to clean up my iTunes library. How do I rename my music folder? How do I get rid of duplicates? and dead links? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2007 - 7 answers

What's the best way to turn an iTunes (Mac) playlist into a self-contained Flash player that will play the music in that playlist? It seems like someone should have already figured this out and created some kind of script that can do it, but I haven't been able to find any such thing.
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 4 answers

Itunes question: Every song I play gets a case of the slowdowns and cracks the CPU usages up to 100%, but ONLY from 0:10-0:20. Otherwise it runs fine. It never used to be this way. What's up with that? (details inside) [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2007 - 7 answers

Why do mp3s get damaged? [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2007 - 6 answers

Is there a way in iTunes (or another application) to make all of the songs on a playlist be approximately the same volume? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 9 answers

A month or so ago, I became unable to add new tracks to Itunes. Whether I try to add via clicking on the track, dragging into iTunes, or adding the track from the file menu, the result is the same. I have also tried changing my preferences so that the track does not copy to the iTunes library when it is added; still the same. When I try to add a track, my hard drive just spins and makes a little clicking noise and iTunes goes into "not responding" mode, with the spinning pinwheel. [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2007 - 7 answers

Itunes smart playlists on an ipod are apparently quite stupid: A smart playlist that will list by date added to the ipod, not the entire itunes library? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2007 - 6 answers

I am having difficulty making my laptop burn songs as MP3s - iTunes keeps burning them as other format called .m4a. How can I fix this? [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2007 - 12 answers

Some music copied from an Mac drive to a Windows drive doesn't load in iTunes on Windows XP. [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - 5 answers

iTunes filter: Can I sync my music on my iTunes player to my non-apple MP3 player? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - 8 answers

Help me drag radio commentator Paul Harvey into the 21st century. A request for podcast help and Mac compatibility follows inside. [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2007 - 9 answers

I have 2 installations of iTunes. I want to transfer a play-list from one to the other. Both have identical libraries. However the file paths of the two libraries is different on each computer. Is there a way to do this? Theres [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2007 - 9 answers

Can anyobdy help with automatically converting MP3's to AAC's in iTunes WITHOUT duplicating the file? [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2007 - 21 answers

iPodFilter : In 2005, I bought her a Mini. Now, she has a Nano. Not sure how to deal with it the iTunes way. [more inside]
posted on Dec 26, 2006 - 10 answers

I imported some mp3s into iTunes, searched for them in my music library and couldn't find them. I tried re-importing them: same thing. Finally, I found them in the podcast library. I don't want them there. How does iTunes decide to put a particular mp3 in the podcast library? I can't see any obvious tag that tells it to do this. What can I do to these mp3s to get to to show up in my main library?
posted on Dec 2, 2006 - 9 answers

I cleaned loads of mp3 files from my hard drive. iTunes still shows the deleted files in the library. I could not find a "refresh" function. How do you refresh your library in iTunes? Thanks.
posted on Nov 9, 2006 - 13 answers

(MacWinFilter) - How do I access a Mac OS/X Server share from Windows XP using AFP (iTunes)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 7 answers

For some reason, when I try to rip/import anything off a CD, all the audio on my laptop slows down to a choppy crawl. [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2006 - 6 answers

What should I use to convert m4a to mp3. [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2006 - 26 answers

How do I set priority in an iTunes playlist? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2006 - 6 answers

Having read this thread, I downloaded several *awesome* box sets... but then I download Itunes which resulted in this annoying problem. What can I do?! [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2006 - 9 answers

Can I use an iPod without the iTunes software? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2006 - 25 answers

I have some songs I would like to import to iTunes but the name and all related info are in hebrew, so it shows up in iTunes as gibberish. Any update or install I can do that would show the hebrew font in itunes and on my ipod?
posted on Jun 7, 2006 - 3 answers

I need good hip hop Podcasts... [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2006 - 7 answers

I have 90GB of mp3s on a hard drive and 27GB of mp3s on my 5th generation iPod. How do I determine which songs on my iPod are already present in my 90GB library, and which ones aren't, using a smart playlist? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2006 - 6 answers

I want to apply multiple 'tags' over time to songs in Itunes on WinXP. How to do this without overwriting previous tags? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2006 - 10 answers

How do I get iTunes to stop reverting the music folder back to my local laptop drive every time I leave the house? How can I play music that is housed on my desktop from my laptop through my stereo receiver?! [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2006 - 13 answers

How do I convert an iTunes Music Store purchased track (MPEG-4 with DRM) into a plain old MP3? I own two tracks of the same song — both purchased at iTMS... and I want to give one of them to a friend... but iTMS music has DRM in it, and isn't letting me. Any suggestions? I'm on Mac OSX 10.4.5.
posted on Mar 2, 2006 - 28 answers

Accidentally renamed music files won't play. [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2006 - 11 answers

There’s GOT to be a way I can convert my .aa audio books from Audible.com into plain old audio files (eventually convertible to mp3s for compact packing onto as few as possible CDs) without burning them all onto physical CD disks at 44.1k first, doesn’t there?? (“Virtual” disks would be fine!) On a Mac, btw... And yes I’m aware that this seems to be something of a grail quest, but surely some M’Filterite has found it...yes?
posted on Feb 19, 2006 - 18 answers

Why won't my iPod play some songs that it used to play? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2006 - 7 answers

iTunes help - Windows version, am confused as to how the library works. [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2005 - 8 answers

iTunes Smart Playlists: how do I see what I've been listening to a lot recently? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2005 - 10 answers

I need to listen to music at work, but my iTunes library is at home. I've set up remote sharing via SSH tunnelling and Bonjour proxying, but I'm a bit of a nazi about playcounts -- I have multiple Smart Playlists set up to create mixes based on play count -- and iTunes doesn't update playcounts for shared tracks when they're played remotely. Fellow iTunes micromanagers: Is there a better solution for having one iTunes library in two places at once? [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2005 - 7 answers

Esther has failed me, or rather Itunes has. [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2005 - 5 answers

I just got an iPod, of the 20GB click wheel variety. I have a few audiobooks in mp3 format. How do I get iTunes (and my iPod) to recognize these as audiobooks? [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2005 - 18 answers

Irritating iTunes problem. [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 5 answers

What nifty playlists do you have in iTunes or for your iPod? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2005 - 21 answers

iTunesFilter, part I: Why can't podcasts downloaded from the Music Store play in shuffled playlists? Is there any way around this? If I'm in a shuffled playlist mixed with podcasts and regular MP3's, it will only go from regular MP3's to regular MP3's and skip the podcasts downloaded from the MS altogether. Of course, if I go back to linear play mode, the podcasts play allright. iTunesFilter, part II: Is there any way to make the podcasts always start at the beginning of the track (i.e., to remove the bookmark function)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2005 - 2 answers

Does anyone know how to get a Windows-based ipod and Last.fm to work together? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2005 - 8 answers

Should I start using iTunes? Why? [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2005 - 33 answers

How can I rename my music folders on my Mac based on ID3 tags? [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2005 - 12 answers

How can I share an iTunes library without using iTunes share? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2005 - 10 answers

Why does the random feature (party shuffle) on my itunes SUCK, IE work very badly.. [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2005 - 19 answers

CD burning emergency: Itunes files to Mp3s, or vice versa. Must be done by morning! Help! [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2005 - 7 answers

What's the best way to regularly back up 10-15 gigs of music? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2005 - 16 answers

How can I make iTunes delete songs again? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2005 - 13 answers

I'm about to be the last person in the world to get an IPod (Shuffle) and was recently informed that you can only play ITunes music or mp3s ripped from your CDs. In other words, no mp3s from "other sources." I've looked everywhere for the answer, so, is it true? Thanks in advance.
posted on May 9, 2005 - 33 answers

How do I encode hidden tracks on my CDs that appear before track 1. In my CD player I just hit backawards search to listen to them. Is there an easier way than recording a .wav and encoding that? Why aren't iTunes and Winamp equipped to find these?
posted on Jan 27, 2005 - 11 answers

iTunes problem: I get a lot of intermittent static-y, crackling sounds when I play certain tracks in iTunes. The same track, played at the same volume in Winamp does not give me such problems. This seems to happen with about 1 in 10 files. What causes this and what can I do to fix it?
posted on Dec 14, 2004 - 6 answers

In iTunes, why do songs I uncheck not play during shuffled playback? I just want to uncheck songs I don't want on the iPod and let 'em play normally in the library. It's easier than making a playlist for the iPod each time I add new albums. Alternatively, how do you manage your library when it exceeds the size of your iPod?
posted on Sep 12, 2004 - 12 answers

I'd like to change the way Windows XP handles an external device (mp3 player). My RCA Lyra is dealt with as an external hard drive, so that I can only add files to it by copy-pasting (or drag and dropping) but not through the iTunes "export" feature. How do I change how Windows treats this device?
posted on Jun 5, 2004 - 13 answers

What is iTunes putting in my MP3 tags? [mi]
posted on Apr 6, 2004 - 7 answers

My wife loves the Bend it Like Beckham soundtrack. I don't know what to call the music: India Pop? Can you recommend similar music? (Bonus for tunes available through the iTunes Music Store.)
posted on Apr 2, 2004 - 16 answers

MP3 to WMA in OS X, EI.EI.O. I'm looking for some utility to convert MP3s to WMA format under OS X. I have a cheap "MP3" player that will either take some proprietary format of MP3, that will never never ever work under OS X, or takes Windows Media WMA files, no matter what platform. It can run from iTunes, the Terminal, or some magic. Anyone have any ideas?
posted on Mar 30, 2004 - 6 answers

Why does the iTunes music store have partial albums that are missing only one track? That makes it outrageously expensive to buy a CD with more than 9 tracks and seems a pretty dumb business move on their part. [Specifically, I tried to buy "Sign O'The Times" after the Prince thread, and it's missing a track.]
posted on Mar 16, 2004 - 10 answers

What to do about the compilations? I've recently started using iTunes for my mp3-listening activities, and finally have a use for metadata tags other than Artist/Song/Album (dynamic playlists make my socks roll up and down, up and down). But how to deal with greatest-hits collections and other compilations, where the album-release date has nothing to do with when the song came out? Do people (that is, you) actually look up the year for each song? If so, where? If not, what do you do?
posted on Mar 9, 2004 - 13 answers

Currently I have a 15 GB third generation ipod. Unfortunately it has come very close to filling up. In addition I started a new job which has a 60 minute commute each way. I decided to reward myself by purchasing a new cd each week (either in the store or through iTunes). So the question is: would I be better to purchase a second iPod for all this new music I am going to be purchasing or would it be better for me to just keep the mp3 files on the computer and only transfer the ones I really need to the ipod?
posted on Feb 29, 2004 - 6 answers

If I rip my CDs with iTunes, and select the "AAC Encoder," will the files be any less portable than MP3s? Can most MP3 player apps/devices handle them? Are they all intrinsically copy-protected? Are there real quality benefits? (I'm asking on behalf of someone who has already invested serious time in ripping, using iTunes' - you guessed it - default settings).
posted on Feb 3, 2004 - 15 answers

Stupid iTunes question(s). I must have cleared some MP3 files off the machine manually (ie: in the Finder) but they persist in my iTunes "Library," which I infer is some kind of application-internal database. The songs I no longer have show up with an exclamation point [60K screenshot] but I can't sort on that column, so I'm looking for some way to just remove them all from my library. Conversely, I dropped some folders full of MP3s into my "iTunes Music" folder, where all the others are, and I can't get them to show up in the Library. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
posted on Jan 28, 2004 - 20 answers