Can't Join CD Track?

I've been able to select and Join CD tracks for years and suddenly the "join CD tracks" menu option in the advance menu is not available for use. It is gray and will not allow me to select it so I can't join tracks. Any ideas? Thanks, MJ

Like others I have being loading audio books where each track is joined to form one but in the last few days this problem arose.
What puzzled me was that having brought 4 books home from the library I was able to properly open the first book and process it as usual. This now sits in the system correctly identified and joined up. When I attempted to load the 2nd book it was possible to load the first 2 cds but on attempting to process the 3rd. the join tracks was greyed out. No matter what I tried it was not possible to load that cd or any subsequent ones. Books 3 and four suffered the same fate.
Today I returned the books and collected a further 2 in an attempt to see if it was a problem with the original cds. This time the first book would automatically import the first track despite the preferences being set as Show CD. Again the option to join tracks was greyed out.
Strangely enough the 2nd book when it was opened it immediately displayed all the tracks being joined and gave the full details of the book and I was able to immediately load this OK
What worked properly before does not do so now.
Can anyone offer a solution to the problem?

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when I want to import a CD with multiple tracks. I select the tracks, and then the option to 'join tracks' is not shown under the options icon. how can I join tracks?
thanks
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You can only join adjacent tracks and they have to be in the correct track order. Look at the screenshots below:
Image 1. Only one track selected - so Join CD Tracks is not shown:
Image 2. Tracks 1 & 2 selected, so Join CD Tracks is available:
Image 3. Although tracks 1 & 2 are selected, the track list is in reverse order, so Join CD Tracks is not available:
Image 4. Same album as image 3, but in correct track order, so Join CD Tracks is available:

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Hi there,
I did some searching here in the forums about this, and I think i found an answer that would be useful to you. I apologize to the original poster, as I am not going to cite his name, but here is what he said:
"The process of compression to MP3 or AAC adds a blank space to the beginning or end of the file itself. This is sometimes called "encoder gap". If this encoder gap is not accounted for, then combining two compressed files together (even if they're at the same bitrate and such) will still leave a tiny audible gap in the file.
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In the latest version of iTunes, 11.0.1, I can't find the 'JOIN Tracks' button which is needed when importing an audio CD to keep each disc treated as one book instead of storing each chapter as a separte entry. Without this, I can't find a way to keep the chapters to play in proper order as each CD, starts with chapter 01.
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Join CD tracks
When you import songs from a CD into iTunes, you can group songs so they always play together (even when you’re shuffling songs).
Insert an audio CD into your computer’s CD or DVD drive, and click No in the window that appears.
When the songs on the CD appear in the iTunes window, hold down the Shift key to select the ones you want to join.
Click near the top-right of the iTunes window, and choose Join CD Tracks.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12278

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Help,
This is NOT the problem where the tracks are out of order so the Join CD Tracks is grayed out. It's a different problem.
I load audiobook CDs to play on my iPod - have been doing it for years.
I join the tracks so that each CD is only one entry in iTunes.
As of the last few days, when I try to join CD tracks, it says it's joining hundreds of tracks, and when I drag the joined tracks to my itunes folder it just chimes and refuses to copy.
In the past, the little drag icon would list the number of joined tracks (like 12), now it shows a number like 283. And it won't copy. I did a software update recently. Has something changed to this feature?
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iTunes 10.2.1 (1)

Rebooted all macs to run off iTunes 9, a much better version of iTunes, and wouldn't you know, join tracks works just fine. Reinstalled 10.2 onto one of the computers and still get same software problem of joined tracks not importing. If you join the tracks in the middle of an album, and then import the entire album, only the tracks that fall after the joined tracks import and nothing else.
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Yes, I suppose I could use Garage Band or Logic for that. Makes for a lot of work, though. I guess I was hoping for something easier. Thanks!
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the option Join CD Tracks under Advanced tab is now greyed out and unavailalbe from downloading audio CDs. How can I fix this?

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HT1473 I have always imported my cds into iTunes using one step called 'joining cd tracks' which is done under the "Advanced" drop down menu. I then went on with the process. Half way through the process today the "join tracks' choice greyed out. Not avai

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Stacy,
That all sounds as though it's correct. The only three four things I can think of at this time (assuming you've followed the points I've made in both my previous posts) are:
The track numbers you see are the iTunes list numbers in the left hand column, aren't they? They're not numbers in the track titles are they?
As you will see in my two screenshots below, if the numbered column is in reverse order, the Join CD Tracks isn't visible. So even though you have that column in correct "front" order, try a reversal to see if it makes any difference. (I don't expect it to!)
Note the difference:
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4. Perhaps the combined track titles make the filename too long. When tracks are joined, they acquire the filename of all the tracks, separated (I believe) by an underscore. If you think this might be the problem, try shortening the track names before joining them. Find the first track to tip this over the balance, and then shorten both its title and the song prior to that one. If that works and you can then join those songs, that's the fix. Try it only as a last resort.

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I have searched this topic but the solutions don't seem to work or make sense. I have added 2 tracks to iTunes yesterday. They are random, but I labled them track 1 of 2 and track 2 of 2 so that I could join them. I don't see the sort by track in the very left. Name is first and I can move the track column to the right of name. I have then searched in a way that only brought up these two new tracks. I then clicked the tracks colum so that they were sorted 1 and then 2, highlighted both but still greyed out. I have tried this in AAC format (but didn't see anyone say you needed to do it in mp3).
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Please help! Problem Joining CD Tracks

Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to look at my question, I hope that someone can answer it!
I have been using the Join CD Tracks feature for a while now when I import CDs. Recently, however, I can no longer choose this option. When I select the tracks and go to the Advanced tab, Join CD Tracks is grayed-out and unselectable. What's up with this??
Any ideas?
Thank you for your help!!
Serahe

Thank you so much! Yes, the trick is to select the first row before selecting the track numbers. So simple, but I missed it. I really appreciate you help!

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