Import? Convert? Add to Library?

This is probably simple but iTunes HELP does not offer a single help topic when I type in "convert." So... can you tell me what the differences are between: Import; Convert; Add to Library? (*iTunes 6.0, and OS 10.3.9).
Right now I am trying to use the Make Bookmarkable script. I have folders with books on tape in MP3 format. Each book is broken into multiple MP3 files or segments. I think I have to first convert the MP3's to AAC to use the script. So I set my Advanced, Importing preferences accordingly. But when I then select Import and go to the folders in mention, all the files are greyed out. Can you tell me the correct and simple procedure - without duplicating all the MP3's? Must I Add to Library first? Thanks.

Thanks Kay, Michael.
Can iTune join MP3's - not tracks from a CD?
What I'm trying to do here is take a book on tape that is in many segments, each a distinct MP3 file, and make them one Bookmarkable file...to them use on my iPod.
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I've tried online but can't seem to understand the difference.
I have "Add to Library" photo's from the computer in the office via the network. Great--all the vacation photos from that computer are now on my IMAC. Same from my daughter's computer on the network. All my pre-2005 digital photos (that are saved on her computer) are in iPhoto.
When I disconnect from the network and physically move the computer to another location the photos can't be found--just the thumbnail.
I thought that when I "Add to Library" that iPhoto actually copied the file image into the iPhoto library (leaving the original intact on the original computer).
I must be wrong because (it appears) that only the thumbnail was copied. When I'm connected to my home network my daughter's full size images are available but when I'm at my apartment in the city they're missing (and vice-versa).
What don't I understand?
Thanks..

To illustrate Larry's response regarding managed or referenced this is the setting for a "managed" library:
So check your current Advanced preferences to see if that checkbox is checked or not. If it is not then you may have to reconnect the hard drive with the source files and, if you want to convert to a managed library, use AliasHerder to have the original files replace the alias files that iPhoto users in the referenced library mode.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

I'm trying to view my movies through itunes and apple TV but only a few appear in itunes when i add to library, they include .avi and mp4 files. Whys have only a few copied and rest wont add to my library, can someone help? Do I need to convert them?

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What video content works with iTunes and mobile devices?
iTunes:
Video content purchased from the iTunes Store.
QuickTime and MPEG-4 movie files that end in ".mov", ".m4v", or ".mp4" and are playable in QuickTime Player.
Video podcasts.
iTunes Digital Copies.
iTunes Store Movie Rentals (Requires iTunes 9 or later).

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Imported music from a CD does add to library, stays in Recently Added playlist.

Having the same problem. Album imported on CD won´t appear in my music on Itunes! It´s in the Itunes files and in the Recently Added folder, but it won´t appear!
I can play it from the outside file! So frustrating.

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i purchased Bootstrap VideoWizard all-in-one edition and converted my homemade Dvds, but I can't drag and drop the converted files into iTunes or use iTunes file - add to library to add them to iTunes so I can sync them onto my iPad 1. What am I doing wrong? The bootstrap website wasn't any help.

Yes, that appears how Mavericks works right now. However, you can open the Address Panel, select all your contacts, then click the To (or CC, or Bcc) buttons to move the selection to the address field.
If it is not already in the Toolbar, right-click on the Toolbar and select Customize Toolbar…
Then, drag the address panel up to wherever you want it.
You may also want to add it to the New Message window in the same way.

With using any version of iTunes, whenever I import songs into my library using the "add to library" function, iTunes adds those songs in songs' alphabetical order. This is pretty annoying since it does not preserve the logical track number or album.

With using any version of iTunes, whenever I import songs into my library using the "add to library" function, iTunes adds those songs in songs' alphabetical order. This is pretty annoying since it does not preserve the logical track number or even the album sort order (for example when adding 2 albums stored in a unique folder). Anyone has any ideas ? Been stumped for a while....!!!

hi i had the same problem today when i updated my itunes to latest version. however, i have just found my songs in the 'itunes media' folder. this was accessed through 'my music' then keep clicking through until you find itunes media and all my library songs were in there and i then just added these files to my library and all were restored however, i have lost all my playlists but at least my 700 songs are back. very dissapointed with apple that they have let this happen with their latest update, the previous version was miles better than this one . hope you find them. stevo

Can no longer add to library

A recent update (10.3 or earlier) seems to have removed the ability to add tracks to my library. All of my music is stored on an AFP shared drive. Previously I was able to File > Add to library and then choose my music folder. I have been taking this approach for the past 3 years without any problems until now. Now that approach no longer does anything.
I have tried this on two different systems (one is 10.6, the other is 10.7).
I have tried dragging the folder onto the itunes window.
I have tried creating a new library.
I have tried different selections of folders.
Nothing works.

iTunes has never been able to import nor play WMV nor AVI. iTunes in Windows will import and convert WMA, but not WMV. QuickTime for Mac can, with the addition of third-party codecs such as Perian and the Flip4Mac codecs, handle some WMV and AVI formats.
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Importing/Converting video?

'Morning,
I have a video I can't seem to import to Itunes. I have it saved as ".smv" and also ".AVI" When I try to add it from the Itunes menu item "add to library" I tunes sees them, and when I click on it, the hard drive goes to it, but it's not imported (or I can't find it) and there is no message from Itunes.
I was expecting Itunes to either convert it to a different format, and add it to the library, or give me a message saying it could not. What's going on?
Thanks,
Steve

IFO files are not the video data files at all nor are the BUP files.
Search here to read about how to convert VOB files using iSquint or MPEG Streamclip. This question asked daily here and in iPod 5G forums gets boring to answer for people who haven't even tried to do research.
The question about best format depends on what you want to do with the video- if you want to watch it- use the original DVD with the DVD player. Shrink it to Quicktime, use iSquint or similar products. Watch it without the DVD because you had to return it to Blockbuster, well you really shouldn't steal video, etc. It depends on the end use.

Import/convert video???

'Morning,
I have a video I can't seem to import to Itunes. I have it saved as ".smv" and also ".AVI" When I try to add it from the Itunes menu item "add to library" Itunes sees them, and when I click on it, the hard drive goes to it, but it's not imported (or I can't find it) and there is no message from Itunes.
I was expecting Itunes to either convert it to a different format, and add it to the library, or give me a message saying it could not. What's going on?
Thanks,
Steve

Go download Handbrake and convert it to an iTunes/iPod friendly file ( I recommend the Apple Universal default).

ITunes will not find all songs in a folder and add to library

I just got an iPod for my B-day (thank you my friends). So I installed iTunes and wanted to have all the songs I have imported into my iTunes library. But I see a lot of the existing MP3's are not added. I have no clue why this is and how to fix this.
I have seen that some MP3's with blank tags are not in added, but I really hope that is not the root cause. When I select the whole disk with my MP3's as the source, only about 6500 of the 10,000 songs are added. I hope I do not have to go fix 4000 songs.
I really need some help here. Is there a way to have iTunes add all songs or does somebody at least know why it is not adding them?
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Peter

right click on name of song and select create aac version and then sync again.
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HELP! Need to re-import entire 280 gig library

Right now my music library is so inaccurate in iTunes to what is actually in the music folder that I need to have a fresh library.
I need to reimport the entire 280g library of music for iTunes.
What is the best way to achieve this ?
The music folder for iTunes is on an external firewire drive.
To import the music folder just choose "add to library" or "import" from file menu in iTunes ?
Or drag and drop the entire music folder to iTunes icon on dock without the "copy files to music folder when importing" box checked in the prefs?
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Do I need to trash files in the user preferences ?
Any other files to trash?
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Why am I dragging the music into the iTunes folder and then choosing to import those files into the folder I just dragged them into ?
You are not importing them into any folder. You are adding them to the iTunes library.
Putting something into the iTunes music folder does NOT add it to iTunes library.
If you do not put them into that folder and simply File -> Add to library, iTunes will copy all 280GB into the iTunes music folder.
You don't need another copy on your HD.

How do I "Add to Library" when iPhoto won't recognise selected photos?

A few months ago I was unable to import photos from the same Canon camera I've always used with iPhoto. Despite a number of steps taken, the problem has not resolved.
As I was getting a few erratic problems I decided to rebuild the computer (back up, wipe hard disk, re-install all software,etc.). I then imported the photos from the camera as usual. Last night they imported properly. Tonight those new photos are do not appear in the Library window of iPhoto. Those new photos are, however, in the iPhoto folder. When I try File/Add to Library, I get the message "Unreadable Files: 1 The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognised file type or the files may not contain valid data). The message then gives the path to the library "Users/Shared/iPhoto Library/2005".
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*iPhoto Library in a shared folder so that my partner can access them from her Account;
*there are 2500 photos in my library;
*the photos are in .jpg format;
*I've always used the same camera - Canon IXUS v3;
*they imported OK yesterday but have disappeared today;
*I get the same result whether I try to Add to Library one photo or multiple folders of photos.
*I've read a few threads on these discussion pages but the answers don't seem applicable - if only because of the inconsistency (ie importing OK yesterday and being problematic today)
I'd be grateful for anyone's help!
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I think I understand now. I am thinking you placed these files in the iPhoto Library folder yourself. You need to drag them to the desktop and import them from there, by either dragging them into an open iPhoto viewing window or using the command File>add to library within iPhoto.
Some more info for you:
--First thing to know and remember is this...Do not drag any images, folder of images into the iPhoto Library in the Finder. Images have to be imported into iPhoto within the application. Do not scan images and save them into the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder. Save them to another location such as the Pictures folder or even the desktop. You can then import them into iPhoto.
If you have already put files/folders in the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder then you will also find out that if you try to import them into iPhoto you will get an error message. No worry, just drag them to the desktop and import from there.
--All images that you import are shown in the library view. You can choose how you want to view, by rolls, by date, by rating, etc. When you put images in an Album, slideshow, book, etc, you are actually just putting pointers to those images in the library. You are not adding more images. If you delete an image from the Album it will still be in the library. If you delete an image from the library it is deleted from iPhoto's database and your hard drive (unless you have it backed up somewhere else)
--You have a folder of images on your hard drive and want to import them into iPhoto. Drag the folder of images into an open iPhoto Library window and the folder of photos will be copied into the library, resulting in a new roll with the name of the folder. You now have two copies of those photos, the ones in iPhoto's database and the ones on your desktop. You can keep the ones on your desktop that you just imported as backup or you can delete that folder.
-- you scan a picture/pictures and save it in a folder. You cannot scan directly into iPhoto or the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder.
You want all your photos in iPhoto so you import them into iPhoto.
Now you have two copies of that picture/pictures, so you can delete the originals that were in the scanned folder and keep the one/ones that were imported into iPhoto.
-- You download pictures from your camera into iPhoto.
There is now one copy of each of the pictures. (DO NOT HAVE IPHOTO DELETE THE IMAGES FROM YOUR CAMERA! DELETE THEM MANUALLY WITH THE CAMERA-if something goes wrong with the import and they are never imported and then they are deleted from the camera you might end up losing those images)
You want to change something about a picture you imported, such as
cropping it or changing the size, or changing the orientation.
Once you do that to a picture, you now have two copies of the picture
in iPhoto, the original and the edited one. The edited one will be in the library organize view. The original is packed away in an Original folder in your iPhoto Library folder under the date of the roll. You can always revert to the original by control clicking on the photo and choose "revert to orginal" You will not have this choice if you used iPhoto Diet to get rid of the Originals.
(a quick note on cropping within iPhoto...when you are in edit mode, you automatically will be in the crop mode with cross hairs to highlight the crop area. To finish cropping you must click the crop button and then go back to library view and your cropped picture will be there.
3.You want to use Photoshop or another graphic program to edit a picture in your iPhoto library.
You can open up prefs for iPhoto and choose "when double clicking on
photo ..do" choose "other" and select Photoshop. Now you can edit all
pictures in your iPhoto library in PhotoShop by double clicking. If you save the photo with the same name and as a flattened file it will be saved right into iPhoto and you will see the changes. If you don't want to save it into iPhoto then do a "save as" and save to the desktop. You will then have the original photo still in iPhoto and your new edited photo on the desktop.
Or, with iPhoto open, you can drag a picture from the library window
to your desktop (you see a + sign on the pic you are dragging). You now
have two of the same picture, one in the iPhoto library and one on your desktop. You can open up the one on your desktop in any graphic program and work on it. The one in iPhoto stays the same. You can also share/export the picture/pictures to your desktop or folder to work on them or do batch processing, etc. You will still have the originals in your iPhoto Library.
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picture out of the folder to your desktop. Notice that you will see a plus sign while dragging the photo. This is copying the file to your desktop
I would advise anyone not to do this as they might forget to use the option key and drag the photo out. Next time you open iPhoto the photo will be missing.
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
Don't forget that in Library view you can Control click on any picture and get a contextual menu with many options. One is to revert to original.

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I've been having the same problem on my wife's Windows XP machine and after some experimentation determined that iTunes does not like the fact that there is a space in name of the "TV Shows" folder. Since iTunes wants to put TV Shows in this folder you can't change the name but I did find a pretty simple work around. From Windows Explorer I mapped a network drive directly to the "TV Shows" folder, so instead of selecting "...\iTunes Music\TV Shows" (or some level above that) as the folder when doing a File, Add Folder to Library..., I selected n:\ (the network drive I mapped) and it worked great.
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