Cannot add files or folders to itunes

Since updating to itunes 8.1.1 I have not been able to add music files or folders to itunes. The files play outside of itunes and are in MP3 format. The same files have been added to itunes in the past with no problems, but now itunes says all of my music folders are empty even though they are not. Please advise.....

germanbl, look at this older thread for Vaio owners.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9345281
j.bates, did you upgrade from itunes 6 or 7? iTunes has recently gotten very picky about ID3 headers.
Here is a good web article on it, and a possible fix. Take note, the fix may take your ID3 tags back to version 1.0 so try it on ONE song file before deciding whether it's worth using.
http://trevinchow.com/blog/tag/mp3-tag-validator/

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