Imported songs in strange order

Imported songs are not in the correct order in iTunes. I've tried changing the order of the song names but it only reverses the order. The strange thing is after updating into my ipod the order is the same as the cd on my ipod but iTunes still has this strange order. Can anyone offer help?

I can't offer any help, only commiseration. There is an option that allows iTunes to organize the songs [preferences>advanced>general] which might be what's happening. If you look at the song file, the name of the song is preceded by what iTunes thinks is the track number. I tried changing this manually, but iTunes changed it back. It's like an unstoppable machine.
Sorry, can't help

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Thanks.

mr.bill wrote:
Hello- I imported 2 disc live album and iTunes is putting Disc 2 before disk 1. It's a live album so it comes out strange.
Do you have each of the tracks populated with "Disc 1 of 2" and "Disc 2 of 2" in the Disc Number field?

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Hello igho234,
Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities. You don't mention how those songs got onto your playlist, but this article may address your issue, if they were imported from a third-party application or CD.
iOS: Songs or other audio content are skipped during playback
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3159
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Don't be afraid of the software. Poke around in the prefs and see what different options do. As long as you pay attention to what you are doing so you can put it back like it was you really can't hurt anything. And always remember the Cancel button. As you learn how the software works and why it does what it does you will become more confident and the next thing you know you'll have thousands of posts on this board and will be helping people every day.
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Importing songs/downloading podcasts results in crticial memory error

Hello folks,
I have a problem with iTunes that I have been trying to solve over the past year and a half that renders the program unusable. For the record, I run a Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 machine, with a Pent 4 CPU, 2 gigs Ram.
When importing songs, playing music, or downloading podcasts, my computer will eventually return a memory write error, and iTunes will crash shortly after. It does not matter in how large or small a batch of songs are being imported, how many or few podcasts are being imported. Eventually the system will return the error regardless. In addition, this error occurs only in the drive where the music files themselves are housed. I separate my program installs, my files, and my system files across three different drives, so it's only whatever read/write processes that iTunes uses when accessing files that causes the memory error.
Before anyone starts talking about how this is a dangerous sign that the drive that houses my music is about to die, this is an isolated error that only occurs when iTunes is run, and never occurs at any other time in the five+ years I've owned the computer. Once this error occurs and iTunes shuts down, my computer will continue to return errors with the mft file table, which will disappear once I restart my computer with no harm done to the files or any losses.
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I have finally figured out the problem. It is some corrupt music tracks. Once I delete the corrupt tracks, I can sync using Convert higher bit rate songs to 128.
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My iPod Classic contains all my Mac iTunes' library (approx 150GB), and they auto-sync, so ratings, play counts etc are sync'ed seamlessly.
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Hey! By mistake I found the solution to my exact question i.e. how to have ratings etc synced automatically without the use of playlists or 3rd parties. (Meg's answer actually convinced me to use dedicated playlists, but then, after toying with the devices and iTunes I stumbled on the solution to my original dilemma, which I've seen discussed in many places but not yet answered)
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This is so strange, but hopefully someone out there will have a suggestion. It makes absolutely no sense to me.
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Hey I got it working. Here's what I did that finally worked.
1. Set Mp3tag v2.46a to remove all tags when pressing the "remove tag" button.
2. Loaded all MP3's in Mp3tag. (they all had various fields filled and ID3 versions).
3. Pressed "Remove tags" button. This cleared all tags.
4. Pressed the Undo button. This replaced all tags.
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I wish we could figure out exactly what the problem is though.
I spent a few hours cleared certain fields, checking ID3 version numbers against each other, etc. and I still don't know what iTunes is having problem with.
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I am trying to import songs to my new macbook pro from my old computer using home sharing. Both computers say that home sharing is now on but neither show up in each other's library menu. I am logged on with the same apple id for both computers. and both are on a stable wireless connection

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