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Hey all,
I have 7000+ audio files on a Lacie Rugged External Hard Drive, dumped there as I am putting them on a new computer. When I import these files into Itunes, they either don't show up, or half of them have no ID3 tag, and these files sound "garbled"...not really sure how to describe the sound.
I can easily play these files with VLC. The files in question DO show up as MPEGs, half work half don't in itunes, but they all play (at least the tracks I randomly tested) in VLC. Has anyone run into this? Can anyone shed light on this issue?

Also...I'm running the latest edition of Itunes...

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