LIBRARY WON'T PLAY ON COMPUTER

I bought a new PC and installed iTunes. Then synced iPod. My library shows up gray but won't play on my computer.

Sync is one way, computer to iPod.
Copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.

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Upgraded to 8.02, many songs in library won't play: "Song could not be used

A few days ago, I took the 8.02.20 update to iTUNES on my PC with Windows XP, I have latest service pack, yada yada.
After the iTunes upgrade, I noticed that many of my songs in my itunes library won't play when I click on them.
I get the icon of the exclamation point in a circle to the left of the song name, and the message says:
"song XXX could not be used because the original file could not be found." Would you like to locate it?"
I never moved any of my songs, and the songs that it says could not be found ARE indeed on my computer, and I can use the Windows file explorer to find the song and play it.
Back to iTunes, I decide to answer yes to the error, and "find the song" by manually meandering over to the song through the file browser window which iTunes pops up, I get to the file, and it then plays in iTunes.
My question is, how did iTunes "forget" where the songs are, and why did it forget most of them, but yet leave many others ok. I never moved nay files or anything.
Is there a way to make it recompile the library?

Probably not every one, but you will have to do it several times. Right click on the name of the song, show in window's explorer and when it can't it should give you a dialogue to find the song.
Once it finds one it'll offer to find more and you can locate stuff that way.

How can I download a previously downloaded purchase to my iTunes library on my laptop when the listing for the song in my library won't play because it says it cannot locate the file. Yes I have searched my iTunes folders and also done a full windows sear

How can I download a previously downloaded purchase to my iTunes library on my laptop when the listing for the song in my library won't play because it says it cannot locate the file. Yes I have searched my iTunes folders and also done a full windows search. The track plays on my iPad and my iPhones but will not play on my laptop!?
It has an "!" To the left of the song title in my library
My worry is that if I sync my iPad/iPhone then I will lose the track on those also!

If you cannot find the file on your hard drive then once you delete the current broken entry you should be able to redownload from iTunes in the Cloud. This assumes the item in question qualifies. Note that audiobooks, digital booklets, iTunes LPs & Extras, ringtones, selected movies etc. don't.
If prompted don't hide the item. You may find that you need to close and then reopen iTunes before it will appear for download.
tt2

Movie won't play on computer say quicktime is incompatible

downloaded purchased movie won't play on computer say quicktime is incompatible. I get this message for Hannibal Rising: This movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes.

First, thank you for taking the time to respond.
This is the recorder I have: Sony DVD Recorder & VHS Combo PlayerRDR-VX515:
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SYDisplayProductInformation-Start?CategoryName=hav_DVDDVDRecorders&ProductSKU=RDRVX515&TabName=feature&var2=
The specs stated that it does record MPEG video.
The Mac mini is a super drive w/ + & - capability. I guess I'll have to buy another recorder to get this to work.

Library won't play music purchased on phone even after syncing phone

Bought 2 albums on my iphone, which plays them fine, but when synced to my computer a few of the songs show in itunes library but have a next to them and can't be played on the computer. I look in itunes store, which says they've been purchased, but my library won't recognize/play completely. What do I do to get my itunes library to recognize and remove the so I can listen??? Advice?????

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Music won't play on computer & most won't transfer to ipod..

It's a long story but I have a new laptop (see spec below) and a new ipod (40gig, click wheel). I've transferred my music from dvd backup to the new laptop and managed to transfer over most of it to the new ipod. However only about half of the music has transferred over (and I haven't purchased that much)..also the library on the new laptop won't play any music on the computer or allow me set up new playlists. The computer is showing over 11gb of music, the ipod is showing 4.82gb. I'm getting an error message that says that "some of the songs in the music library including (names a song) were not copied to the ipod because they could not be found. I also got a message to say I wasn't authorised to play particular tracks (the ones I have purchased) on the computer but I don't know how to authorise them...I'm sure I'm doing something really dumb...can anyone help? Thanks

You may need to de-authorize and re-authorize the computer again. However, the exclamation point next to the tracks means the music file is not located in the default iTunes library. You need to steer the iTunes program to locate its library to the folder where your transferred music is kept. The iTunes library can any folder you choose beside the default location in the My Music folder in My Documents.

DVD from PE9 won't play in computer let alone another DVD player

I produced a 7 minute video in HD. I can play it on my computer either as HD or at standard res from files produced via the "Computer:Export files..." on the Share menu. I need to produce a standard NTSC DVD and when I burn using the "Disc: Burn DVD..." I get a message that the burn has been completed successfully. Yet the DVD will not play on my computer if I reinsert in in the same drive I just used to burn it, and won't play in a regular DVD player either. The computer doesn't even see the disc if I search for it. I've read a lot of stuff about DVD-Rs and booktypes and bitsetting but this doesn't seem to apply here since the computer can't read its own disc. Burning a copy of the files burned to folders doesn't work either. The DVD burner burns everything else just fine. I am using DVD+Rs. Would it make any difference if I used DVD-Rs? Or is there anything else anyone can suggest? I am using Windows 7 Professional. Thanks.

>burning to a folder
If you are able to write (not burn) the folder structure to your hard drive, you may use the FREE http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download to write files or folders or ISO to disc
Put a commercial DVD in your drive and take a look with Windows Explorer to see the folder structure and the types of files... and make sure what you write to a folder from PE is similar

Library won't play more than one song at a time

What gives? My iTunes suddenly won't play a sequence of songs. Not from the library as a whole, not from any playlist. The files are all still there and I can highlight and play any ONE, but iTunes won't then go on to the next. Tried 'select all', that didn't work either. What setting have I accidently changed? Just downloaded the newest iTunes just in case, but that didn't help. Still only 1 song at a time. Makes using iTunes as background pretty useless.

Are you saying that when you hit PAUSE the song doesn't stop playing?
If you want to jump to a different song while one is already playing, you don't need to hit pause/stop at all. Simply go to the song you want to here, double click it and the song that was playing will stop and the double clicked song will start. No need to use the Stop/Pause/Play type controls at all.
Patrick

Itunes library won't play music on my ext hdd

I have approx 1400 cd's catalogued on itunes (library) the music is stored on a portable hard drive.
When I try and play a song it tells me itunes cannot locate the file, it then asks would I like it to locate the file.
When I answer yes it will take me straight to the hdd that the music is stored on yet it still won't play it unless I play it from the portable hdd.
With 490gb of music and still more to back up.
I am using a MacBook Pro and have itunes v11 if that helps
Supplementary question, I number my discs (I am an ex dj) but with itunes I got to 999 and then had to start at number 1 again does anyone know a way around this?.
Any help will really be appreciated
Thank you

#1 Is the hard drive on and mounted before starting iTunes? iTunes will look only once, at startup, for things on an external drive. If the drive isn't there (it is not on, or it is sleeping) it won't look again.
#2 I think you are running up against something hard coded into iTunes. 3 digits max (same applies to BPM). iTunes is likely programmed with the general consumer in mind, who will use it in a straight-forward manner as intended. Some DJs find it limited in some features but then it likely isn't programmed for DJs. An alternative for you is to think outside the box. For example, "Show" is a tag not normally used for music, but you can store information there too which goes beyond 3 digits/characters. Note, however, it is only stored in iTunes. If you delete a music track and add it again the stored information is not embedded in the music file and is lost.

My songs in my library won't play

My now ex-boyfriend was playing around in my itunes before he dumped me, now my songs in my library (all 764) won't play. I had them backed up on a jumpdrive but he deleted all those too. I ran my restore 2000 program on my hard drive and nothing could be restored. However, I ran the restore program on my jumpdrive and found almost all of them, but nothing plays in my library anymore. Some of the songs even have the exclamation point next to them. Will someone take mercy upon my soul and PLEASE help me? I'd like nothing more than to shove in his face the fact that he didn't kill my music. Do I need to delete my whole libray and then copy all the songs from the jumpdrive and paste them back into the library?

The only way to backup non-Tunes purchases to iCloud it to subscribe to iTunes Match.
The message you are getting means that iTunes can't find the actual music files.
You can:
- iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
- You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

My library won't play

Hello nothing in my entire library will play at all....they're all there ready to go but the little megaphone thing doesn't have the sound waves coming out of it and no sounds come and no time goes on...it's like its stuck and playing is not an option...need help....moneys wasting...thanks jen

the same thing is happening with my itunes, if you look through this message board there are several threads on the subject "itunes won't play my music" "song don't play" etc. they all list the same problem but none of them offer soultions... we're waiting...

Some songs listed in my iTunes Library won't play

I'm running iTunes 8.0.2.20 on Windows XP SP3.
My iTunes library is set to be located in the default place, i.e.
C:\Documents and Settings\<my user name>\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
It's fairly large (11833 songs to date).
I regularly sync my 160GB iPod classic with it.
Recently I have been finding that various songs listed in my iTunes library will not play - if I click to play them, nothing happens.
If I right-click on them (Get Info) and follow the listed path to where they are in my library, I go use Windows Explorer to access the underlying MP3 in a different application (e.g. WinAmp) and the MP3s do seem to be present and correct and play fine in WinAmp.
So far all the songs this has happened with have been ones which were ripped off my CDs to MP3 before I got the iPod, and subsequently imported into iTunes.
Any suggestions as to what is going on and how to repair it?
Obviously, I can manually delete the songs that won't play from iTunes, then re-import them all over again from the original CD..... but this is a bit time-consuming (especially where I have customized the metadata and artwork beyond what is in the Gracenote® database)....and with over 10 thousand songs in my library, there's no way to test them all easily to see which ones work and which don't.
Is my library getting corrupted in some way?
Is there a way to rebuild it somehow? (without losing my customized metadata and artwork?)

Yes, actually lots of folks. iTunes 8 has gotten really fussy about MP3 tags and won't play or even add them to the library if it doesn't care for their format. They may have played in previous versions, but won't now.
Use Mp3 Validator to fix any tag issues. It's a free DL. I've used it, and it works.
Just try it on one song and you'll believe!
Here is a good web article on it:
http://trevinchow.com/blog/tag/mp3-tag-validator/

Video won't play on computer

I have the latest Itunes on my computer, but my movies won't play and the trailers won't play on my computer. Anyone know why? Thank you.

Let's try the following user tip with that one:
iTunes for Windows 10.7.0.21: "iTunes has stopped working" error messages when playing videos, video podcasts, movies and TV shows

2 of my songs that play fine on my computer in my library won't play on my iPhone 3. What can I do?

I have no problems with the other 500 songs just these two. They are on the list of songs, but they don't play. When I sync I get a warning that my music will be removed from my iPhone but no songs ever get removed. I'm not sure what to do about this.

Try converting the file to AAC (If skillfully aquired as opposed to purchased from iTunes store)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550
If purchased form iTuens store, remove it from iTunes, try redownloading it again via:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Hope this helps!

Movies in Shared Library won't play

I have several home movies in .MOV, .MP4 and .M4V formats shared through my library.
I can copy the actual video file from all 3 formats to the other computers and they play fine - thus all Codecs are working as they should.
The list of movies appears fine. But I hit the Play button but nothing happens. It pauses for a few seconds and then acts as if I never hit the button.
Music plays fine.
Other computers are running latest version of iTunes, downloaded from Apple Dec 29 and Dec 30, 2009. One runs Vista and the other runs Win7. Host computer (iTunes server) is running Snow Leopard.

None yet. Please report it to apple.
itunes menu > help > provide itunes feedback
Several others of us have reported it, but the more, the merrier:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11183477

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