Can't play Songs in iTunes

Upgraded to 5.0.1 and now all of my songs are grayed out and cannot be played on my phone. No idea why, but you would think after a 2 hour upgrade process that wouldn't be a problem.
Is this how Apple defines a high-quality user experience? I was very optimistic that swtiching from Android to Apple would reduce the hassle factor. Worst experience since my old WinMo phone. My Droid was slow, but it worked. My iPhone 4S is fast and elegant, but not useful if it won't perform the most basic tasks, like syncing easlity and reliably.
And btw, the battery life still blows.

I have the same problem with my Itunes. Most of the time I can close Itunes then reopen it. After that I just double click the first song in the library and it will usually play; then it will work until I either close the program again or the computer is either restarted, shutdown, or goes to sleep. I'm not sure what is causing it.

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Can't play songs from iTunes library on MacBook Pro

I can't play anything from my iTunes (10.0) library on my MacBook Pro. When I try to, I get message that song could not be used as original file could not be found, and offer to locate it, and I end up with an exclamation mark against that file. Any ideas how to fix this?
PS Not having any problems syncing to iPhone and playing music from there.

Iphone will sync or manually manage with one and only one computer at a time.
Syncing or manually managing to another will indeed erase the current content and replace with the content from the new computer.

Strange issue - Can't play songs in iTunes 7.5.0.20

I have a strange issue with iTunes 7.5.0.20 on my Windows Vista PC. I can preview songs in the iTunes store, or play songs from my library; however, after a few minutes both functions will stop working. The status bar, showing the song playing, does not move and there is no sound. I can log off, or reboot, and the function comes back for a few minutes and then it is broken again. This is very frustrating. I don't have this issue with other music software on the same PC. I have already done the remove iTunes & reinstall bit. Any other ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

well, after a permission repair and reboot i can delete songs from playlists, but not the library. and syncing an ipod locks the entire system not just iTunes, and iTunes will not be killed.
did 7.5 get tested at all?

My iPod synced automatically and now I can't play songs on iTunes.

I used to play my songs from my iPod all the time on iTunes. One day, I connected my iPod to my computer to charge it up and it started to sync automatically for no reason and now I can't seem to 'rewind' this and go back to the way things were.
What has happened? I have never synced my songs before (at least I don't think I have) but my songs on my iPod are very light in color and are non-playable on both of my computers now. :o(

B-rock,
Thank you for replying to the issue I am having with my iPod. I think I may have tried to download an update for the iPod on iTunes, but I never completed the download or installed it, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it?? I don't know if I should try to restore it to it's original settings or if that will delete all the songs I have on there. When I uncheck the sync button it deletes everything, so I know I can't do that option.
I don't think my kids have downloaded a newer version of iTunes on this computer and I know I didn't on my laptop, so that rules that possibility out.
It is just the craziest thing. They are there one day, then one a different day, I plug it in to charge and bam, it starts to sync out of the blue, and I have no control over what is happening.
I am not one that is very 'iPod literate' so I have no clue what it means to 'sync' the music, so in a nutshell, I'm not even sure what really happened when my music synced..... I know how to create the playlists, add the music, add the pictures, and do the basic stuff, but when it comes to BIG stuff, my kids know more than I do.... :o/

Suddenly,all my audio is not working. I can play songs from itunes but app audio is gone. What can I do/

I'm not sure what is happening. Suddenly all the audio is missing! I dont have ringtone when I get a call, or for an alarm. I can only play songes from itunes. All the sounds from apps and games are gone too. I have tried a restart, and i guess the next step is a reset. What else can I do?

Is the silent switch on the side of the iphone on?

I would like to know how can I set songs in iTunes to play at different times automatically during the day. i.e. one song at 10am the other at 10:30am etc..

I would like to know how can I set songs in iTunes to play at different times automatically during the day. i.e. one song at 10am the other at 10:30am etc..

Sometimes when I play songs in Itunes by double clicking on them, Itunes will place the song as the first one on the album. It will chnage the order of the songs on the album, and I can not switch them back to the correct order.

Sometimes when I play songs in Itunes by double clicking on them, Itunes will place the song as the first one on the album. It will chnage the order of the songs on the album, and I can not switch them back to the correct order. This onloy seems to happen when I double-click on the song to play it in itunes. If I just hit play, this doesnt happen. As a result, I have several albums now in which the songs are in the wrong order. Its very frustrating, as this error then transfers over to my ipod every time I sync it. When I choose the info. for the songs, it has them correctly listed (i.e., it lists the songs as being #1 of 19 on the CD, for example). But then the song will have placed by Itunes as #5 of 19 for whatever reason. Itunes does not do this every time, but does it with enough frequency to be maddening. Any thoughts?

The problem of tracks becoming de-linked between iTunes and the music files in your iTunes music folder happens for different reasons - this seems to come up fairly commonly in this forum.
The solution can be to locate each song in the iTunes library, as you mentioned - or, but wait, before I get to that...
trouble finding the original track in your iTunes music folder? maybe look for it under compilations, or if not using the 'group compilations preference' then look in the folder under the songs artist name, but what song artist name iTunes uses depends on what you have in the metedata tag spot for album artist or song artist. Any varyation in artist name spelling, in the menu item 'get info' metadata for any selected individual track will cause iTunes to create that as a separate artist folder in the library, even names like 'various' or any difference at all (even the word 'the' can change where in your iTunes music folder a track gets placed by iTunes). You can try to use the finder function of find file (finder munu item outside of iTunes) to locate hard to find items.
Back to how to re-link any de-linked tracks .
There may be scripts that can help re-link de-linked music files - or, at least provide you a list of such files, Scripts are easy to install and use...
at Dougs Scripts, there is one called iTunes Track CPR that might work
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=itunestrackcpr
or, if you just want a list of de-linked tracks, go to
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/
and find the script called List MIA's, this will create a text file listing all de-linked tracks
if you review the thread at
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3633708
also the thread at
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17513078#17513078
you may find more insight into dealing with this kind of issue there, although some of that thread may not apply to your case, aspects of it might help.
Good luck.

Macbook Pro will only allow AirPlay to play through iTunes, therefore I can't play songs through Safari

Macbook Pro will only allow AirPlay to play through iTunes, therefore I can't play songs through Safari. I have tried going on to the Sound settings and selecting AirPort Express but its just jumps back to internal speakers. Its WELL ANNOYING! Any ideas?

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I just updated to iTunes 9 and now I cannot play songs off the iPod. I can see the songs in iTunes, I can get the song info, but the songs are grayed out and I cannot play them.
My iPod Touch works perfectly.
How is this resolved?
Message was edited by: masweet

Hello masweet,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
The songs are probably greyed out because you have the iPod set up to "automatically" sync from your iTunes library. In order to play the songs from within iTunes off the iPod is to enable the "manually manage music and videos" button from under the iPod's Summary tab in iTunes. If you had previously set your iPod up for manual management, the update may have reverted it to automatic. So it will be as simple as changing it back.
If still no luck, the update may have confused your iPod into thinking that it was set up with an entirely different iTunes library and will need to be restored in order to regain this functionality.
Hope this helps.
B-rock

HT1420 My songs that I purchased on my itunes account from my dad's computer will not play on my new computer, I have access to my entire account but can only play songs purchased using my new computer. Does anyone have any ideas?

My songs that I purchased on my itunes account from my dad's computer will not play on my new computer, I have access to my entire account but can only play songs purchased using my new computer. Does anyone have any ideas?

Hi Kevin,
Have you authorized the Computer to your Apple ID?
If not, sign on to iTunes.
Then got to the Store menu option at the top of the screen (CTL+B if it is not showing), and click on it to display the dropdown, and select Authorize this computer.
If that doesn't work, then sign on your Dad's iTunes ID and repeat the Authorization process.
Cheers,
GB

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Hello, Chris3198.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I see you experiencing issues with iTunes Match on your computers but not on your iOS devices. I would recommend going through the troubleshooting steps in the articles below.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4054
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1368
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I bought a new computer and imported all my music files from a thumb drive. Now when I try to play songs in ITunes I get an error message saying the song can not be played because the original file cannot be located.

You don't need the thumb drive connected to do the test, all you want to know is where itunes thinks the music files are located.
The tracks should play if the thumb drive is plugged in and has the same drive letter as it had when you added the tracks.
Presumably M: the thumb drive?
Now to confirm what has happened, go to Preferences on the edit menu.
If you don 't see the iTunes menu, press CTRL B to get it.
Look on the advanced tab.
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If it is not, this confirms the problem.

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I cant play songs on Itunes because it says File cant be found and a lot of the songs like this have a ! next to them. Can anyone help?

I'm not quite sure why you think you need to listen to a song in order to change the wrong info.
You should just be able to right click on any song and select "get info" then click on "info" and then change the tag information.
What happens when you try to play the song in iTunes?

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This is weird.
All of a sudden, I can't drag songs from itunes onto the desktop, any folder on my hard drive, my flash drive, or my spare hard drive. On a health computer, if you drag a large number of files, first they land as white icons and they fill in as they get transferred. With my computer, the white icons stick around for a few second and then disappear. The first time I try, I can transfer 1-10 files successfully. After that it stops working. Here is what I've done.
1] Upgraded my system from 10.3.X to 10.4.5
2] I upgraded itunes from 7.0 to 7.3.1
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Thanks!
Jeff

Since I can not edit my own post I'll have to reply to myself... Sorry for the "spam" on the forums.
I DID find something out (while playing with this some more)...
Try and copy as many songs as you can with UNIQUE titles. I've noticed that when you drag the songs in iTunes to the desktop (or a folder) the file it creates/copies is named like so: "songtitle.mp3."
Apparently the Finder and iTunes don't play well together [enough] to prevent several files of the same name from appearing - in most OS's I've played with (Linux and Windows, in addition to other Apple & Mac OS's over the years) there's a mechanism for handling this... Windows just adds a number to the end the of the second (and all future occurring) file(s) of the same name - as does most Linux builds I've used... Apparently the Finder in OS X just doesn't do anything - at all - when it discovers this "name error."
What I had to do (I was copying my Christmas music - do you know how many "Jingle Bells.mp3" files you can have?!) was make many folders or manually rename EACH FILE one by one so that others could be copied in the same place since the file name would always be JUST THE SONG NAME and the extension (and I do tend to keep my files in higher bitrate MP3 format for easier shuffling from OS to OS as I tend to use (in case you've not noticed) many different ones at any given time).
So, try avoiding any songs with the same title (or altering the title in iTunes somehow), or make separate folders to keep the same song name files from being created in the same place; and see if that doesn't clear this problem up for you - it did for me. ^_^
And sorry for being so "wordy" on this post. ^_^;

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