Can't add certain songs to ipod playlist

I'm unable to move certain songs from my itunes to my ipod touch. i never had this problem with my old ipod nano. any help would be appreciated.

I'm having the same problem.
I can create new playlists... but when I select tracks and drag them to the newly created list I can't drop them there. What's going on? BTW... I'm using the newly released iTunes 8 (Please don't tell me it's buggy and I need to downgrade).
Cheers
Don

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Can't add certain songs to ipod

I just copied a brand new CD into itunes. When I tried to copy the songs to my brand new ipod nano, I got a messgae that said that it can't copy the songs to ipod because ipod can't play those songs. I've looked everywhere in the help sections, manuals, etc. but can't find a solution (or even a topic) dealing with this problem. The file format that I am trying to copy to ipod is MPEG-4 Audio File. Other songs in that same format copied onto my ipod and play just fine. Any suggestions?

It's not one of those Sony CDs with protection on is it?

How come I can't add a song to my playlists in itunes match? Is it me or itunes match? It keeps on coming up with a message " iCloud playlists can only contain songs from your iCloud music library. If you continue, the playlist will be removed from iCloud

How come I can't add a song to my playlists in itunes match? Is it me or itunes match? It keeps on coming up with a message " iCloud playlists can only contain songs from your iCloud music library. If you continue, the playlist will be removed from iCloud and will only be available on this computer"?
You must surely be able to add and subtract songs on specific playlist?

I fixed this issue (with help from tech support) and it involved several things.
After adding a song to iTunes, right-click on the song in iTunes and select "Update iTunes Match."
OR go to the iTunes menu-->Store-->Update iTunes Match.
Maybe that's the reason, it just hadn't updated to the cloud.
OR maybe it's not a high-enough bitrate file. This happens to me because most of my tunes are home-recorded.
Sometimes converting to .mp3 or Create AAC version might work. (You do this with a right-click in iTunes, and then you will want to remove the original file from iTunes.)
There is an iTunes Preferences setting, under General Preferences called Import Settings. Try setting it to AAC Encoder and iTunes Plus. That (I think) causes imports to be slightly better quality.
Good luck! The tech support person at Apple is requesting that a knowlege-base article be written about this.

How can I add a song to a playlist on my iPod?

Since I upgraded to iTunes 12, I can't seem to add a song from my music to a playlist on my iPod.
I tried two different ways:
1) Click on Music, then click on Playlists, and show Songs. Open up the iPod in the sidebar by twirling the arrow next to the iPod. I can add a song to the iPod by dragging it over iPod / Music, but I cannot add a song to a playlist by dragging it directly over the playlist name.
2) Click on iPod / Music. Try to drag the song from the iPod's music list to the iPod's playlist. Again, it won't let me.
So, how on earth do I add a song to a playlist???
Thanks

Hey ElisabethR,
I see that you wish to edit some of the playlists on your iPod from your computer and add some songs to them. The best way to do this would be to change the playlist as you wish in iTunes on your computer:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Create a playlist
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12340
Then, you can sync these playlists onto your iPod using the information in this article:
Sync your iPhone, iPad and iPod with iTunes using USB - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201253
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

TS1717 itunes continually crashes when I try to add a song to ipod playlist from itunes library.

Since I've updated to itunes 10 recently, itunes crashes everytime I try to add a song from my library into an ipod playlist. This has never happened before and seems to be related to the recent update. Please advise.

Start by updating iTunes, you can download it from here -> http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
If that doesn't do it, try the suggestions in this Apple doc -> iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins

Can't upload certain songs to iPod touch?!

I just got an 8 gig iPod touch a few days ago and I started to add music from my iTunes library onto it but certain songs won't load. On iTunes, they are grayed out and have the circular arrows. They don't show up at all on the iPod. Any ideas?
Please let me know! Thank you!

Never mind! To all the people out there who had this problem, I just had to wait about twenty minutes and they started to load.
I think it may have been because there was a lot being uploaded in a short period of time.

Can't drag new songs to ipod playlist

in the past several weeks, for no apparent reason, i've lost the functionality to drag itunes music over to the playlist for my ipod nano. the ipod continues to function fine, and the ipod/itunes reliably syncs my podcasts.
there's plenty of space, and i can't find any setting that would not enable this.
any help greatly appreciated.
doug

in the past several weeks, for no apparent reason,
i've lost the functionality to drag itunes music over
to the playlist for my ipod nano. the ipod continues
to function fine, and the ipod/itunes reliably syncs
my podcasts.
there's plenty of space, and i can't find any setting
that would not enable this.
any help greatly appreciated.
doug
I'm having the same problem! I've purchased several new songs which will play fine on the computer, but if I drag them to the iPod playlist, I can't listen to them on the Pod.
I hope this can be fixed quickly. It's driving me nuts.

Nano3rdgen Copying playlist from itunes to ipod and it says it can't copy certain songs to ipod cos of file type.These problem songs all from same album, all ACC file type and all copied fine when I copied the album itself few weeks ago-help!

When copying playlist from itunes to nano3rd message comes saying 9 of songs can't be copied to ipod cos of file type. These 9 are all from same album, all ACC and all copied fine when I copied the album itselm some weeks ago. Rest of playlist was ACC too. P.S. album is a CD-R copied version-is this an issue? HELP I AM DESPAIRING!

I never laughed in all my life. Here I was, inserting the cd Dance with Me, thinking it's not going to copy the whole thing. yeah, right.
Sure, it prompted me, Do I want to replace the songs, so of course I said "no, don't replace the songs". and guess what it did. It copied the whole cd (at least I got my two songs).
I went into the itunes library, and sure enough, all the songs were there twice. So what did my intelligent brain think of? I just unchecked the doubled songs and stuck my ipod into my computer and it synched up and I got what I wanted.
Now what did I do wrong when it prompted me. I clicked on "don't replace" and it replaced them anyway.
Am I dumb? or is itunes stupid?
thanks, Melody

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How can I add a song to a playlist whilst the song is playing? I was sown in a store have forgotten.

There is a short cut. I just cant remember what it is.

How to add and delete certain songs on iPod

I'm not a whiz that this stuff but I just want to put certain songs from my playlist in iTunes to my iPod, not all but just certain ones. How do you do it? Seems all my songs go to the iPod, what am I doing wrong?

Probably the easiest way to do it is to set up a playlist for your shuffle. Then plug in the iPod and under the music tab for the iPod, rather than having it sync all your library, instead tell it to only sync that playlist (it should be obvious how to do that when you see the page in iTunes).
You can now add to or delete from that playlist and those changes to the playlist will be reflected on the shuffle next time you sync it up with iTunes.
Patrick

How do I add certain songs and playlists to my iPhone but not others?

Hi all,
I recently installed iTunes 11.0 onto my MacBook Pro, and I yearn for the days of far simpler content management. All I want to do is add certain songs and playlists from my computer onto my iPhone without re-syncing the entire thing (every time I do, sound files that I created for work find their way onto my phone, and I have to re-delete them every time). But I can't figure out how to simply add ONE song or ONE playlist to what is already there. In the previous version, it was so simple--just point, click, and drag. Now I can't figure it out and I feel like an idiot. Can anyone show me how to do such an absurdly simple thing?
Thanks,
Neil

When you sync your phone with your laptop (or other device that has the songs you want), go into your music preferences and choose "Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres." This should allow you to select the three songs you want from your library. Make sure to click or tap on "apply" or else the changes will not be saved. Let the phone completely sync and those three songs should be in your phone's music library.
Hope this helps!

HT1947 If you add music VIDEOS to Up Next playlist, then go to look at the album cover playing screen, then go to add another song from diff playlist, no longer can see Up Next, just go to full screen mode button. Using remote app iphone 5 to play out of

If you add music videos to Up Next playlist, then go to look at the album cover playing screen, then go to add another song from different playlist, you no longer can see Up Next, just go to full screen mode button. Using remote app iPhone 5 to play out of iTunes. It looks like it works fine for regular music, but for music videos you can't see your up next unless you go back on the computer to change once you've left the screen. When using the remote app, you shouldn't need to go to iTunes on the PC to view or edit Up Next already added. See first image, you can hit upper right and get back to Up Next (second image). Third image is music video, where you can't get back to Up Next, just swap between full screen and not. I hoped 3.0.1 would have the answer, no luck!

wow, very nice review Makes me want to get a vision for myself.
WebKnight wrote:
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Add the ability to randomly select a new background from a pre selected group of photos every time the player is turned on or each day.
I would love that feature. I can't stand useing my computer with a single wall paper anymore (I have 500 anime pics that i rotate between every 2 mins ) If you could make the vision rotate background every x minutes or every time the player is turned on, it would be totally amazeningly sweet!!!! (i might have to go out and buy one then :P)
I just hope that creative has better firmware support with the vision than they have had with the touch.
Once again, great review

How can I add new songs to the top (not the bottom) of my playlist in iTunes?

How can I add new songs to the top of my playlist in iTunes?
I thought thats what it did before but now it automatically adds new songs to the bottom of the list.
Not a huge issue but an annoyance.

Go to your Music library
Then, Click Playlist
Then, Click the sort arrow until it points down.

I can't get certain songs to download onto my Ipod

hey so i can't get certain songs to down load onto my ipod
what can i do to fix this

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ITunes Refuses to Add Certain Songs

I've been reluctantly using iTunes ever since I got an iPod and have been having a number of problems. The most recent is that iTunes will simply refuse to add certain songs. My entire 35 gig library is unprotected MP3's and in this case, I have a folder with 23 songs in it. iTunes will only add the same 12 songs no matter what I do. I have tried importing, adding folder, adding file, and dragging the files into my library. No matter what I do, iTunes will not add these songs. This is not an issue with too-long file paths as other songs with deeper paths import fine. What is going on?

If your having multiple problems, you may want to uninstall iTUnes and quicktime http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
Far as the songs not importing, there seems to be alot of post about this, and it usually revolves around corrupt ID3 tags. In short ID3 tags are tags put on MP3s and other file formats that basicly tells a PC and its programs all the info about the song, song name, artist, album and other info. Most people here recommend searching the web for a program called "TidyMP3". This program you can use to "Strip" the tags off songs, then you will import the songs into iTUnes. After importing into iTUnes you can then rightclick the song, select "Get Info" and type the Info back in. This will let iTUnes add a tag back to the song

Can't add certain songs to ipod playlist

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