Cannot import music (appears to be mostly .wma)

Hello,
I figured out by reading here that itunes couldn't import .flac files, so that's been sorted, but from what I can tell, I should have no problem importing .wma files.
But when I do: file > add to library > and then select either the folder or a block of tunes within an album (i.e. foldeR) or even just one song, I get no response from itunes, it just fails to import or add to the lilbrary.
On some albums that have mp3 that I want to import, it also seemed to be doing this (i.e. not importing) but I didn't get an error message. I found a work around where I'd put them in an unentitled playlist and move them to the Library from there. But I can't do that with the .wma files.
I had some experience with early versions of itunes when it came out but haven't used it in years. And now that I've got the Ipod, I'd like to figure it out.
I'm running Itunes 10.5.3 and OS 10.6.8
Thanks for insights and help,

Please see this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/4058589#4058589

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