Error consolidating music

I'm getting the following error when I try to consolidate my tunes: "Copying music failed. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."
What gives? I'm running this from an admin account on Windows XP SP2. All files are marked as read/write.

i am consolidating it to the regular itunes folder on my hard drive, and I have 30gb free on the hard drive. I have been recently trying to consolidate about 100 songs and I get this error every 5-6 songs when i consolidate. then I click consolidate again, it works for a few songs, then errors out.

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Error downloading music

Hi there
I tried to download a complete album 20 minutes directly on my iphone and faced the following problem
First track downloaded correctly and then 2nd track started downloading. When 2nd track reached the "finishing point" I got an error message on my devie saying something like "Error downloading music, you can download your track at your computer via Itunes". Same error applied to all tracks thereafter. I found a trik to bypass this error. I switched from itunes to ipod menu (purchased library) and then back to itunes again and then track could be "finished". This had to be done evry single time for every single track on the album!!!
After some time I managed to download the entire album but
1. this is not the designated method for downloading albums and
2. two of the tracks downloaded but without sound!!! (I reported a problem to apple abut this)
Do you people think that my iphone has some kind of problem or could it be a problem of itunes store? Do you think a phone reset can sort the problem?

you don't have any problem on iphone. I have the same situation today when I tried to download album which is contained 12 songs. I got download error. I tapped to redownload them. it still got error. massage popped up, said 'item will be available when you log on your computer.' so I think that it is just internal error on itunes music store. I will be fine when I will redonwload them on my mac. by the way, it is the first time happened to me.

Error 502 Music store Problem

Two days now, trying to connect: There was an error in Music Store. Could not purchase "unknown". Please Try again later.
Any clues to fixing this ?
Thanks,
Kim

I'm having the same problems. It started a couple of days ago when I was unable to download songs from my shopping cart. When I pressed the 'Buy Now' button, I received a 502 error. iTunes did not download my music so I tried again...then again...and again. Still nothing! I was concerned but figured there was a temporary problem. Later, I checked my email and I was astonished to find several PayPal receipts for my purchases at the iTunes store!! What a mess! Apparently when I pressed the 'Buy Now' button I was actually purchasing the songs even though I was never able to download them! I contacted support and they kindly refunded everything (which totalled over $50) without an explanation as to what happened or what an error 502 was! Tonight I tried again (thinking it was just a fluke) and received the 'credit card orders cannot be processed now...' error. Not sure what's going on. I never had this problem before. I hope they correct this soon.

Consolidation error "Copying Music failed. An unknown error occurred (-51)

I want to Consolidate my large music library and add all of the songs from my MacBook to my new, much larger iTunes music folder, which is on a Buffalo Terastation NAS, so that I may easily back them up. When I "Consolidate", I immediately get an error message that says "Copying Music failed. An unknown error occurred (-51)."
Has anyone else experienced this and knows how to fix it? I can't seem to find a fix for that error code.

I found this link about error numbers here ...
http://www.koders.com/c/fid53B3BE16088320EE31E67B12F901FE3FB9D1F480.aspx
DennisinChicago wrote:
I want to Consolidate ... I immediately get an error message that says "Copying Music failed. An unknown error occurred (-51).
Error # 51 means that the Buffalo Terastation NAS is unreachable on your local network.
RRutter wrote:
"Copying Music failed. An Unknown error occured (-48).
Error # 48 means that the "Address already in use". Is your External Hard Drive connected by Firewire or Ethernet?
... knows how to fix it?
Look at this Apple Article about how to Consolidate the iTunes Library ... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
If you follow the steps in this link I think that it should work. But first you must setup the Hard Drives as a 'Bootable GUID Partition Table' with 'Owners' & 'Journaling' Enabled in order to retain the iTunes users permissions.
Good Luck.
Buzz

Consolidating music ERROR Need help!

When I go to consolidate my music into the iTunes folder I get a Error message.
+"Copying music failed. The file name was invalid or too long"+
Any one have this problem and know how to fix it? I want to clean up my hard drive and this is one of the steps i plan on taking, but its not working.
Thanks in advance for any help i can get!
Stephan A. Hodgson

The problem is what is says in the error message, one or more of your music file names, including the path, is too long for iTunes.
Check through your music folders to look for long file names, List view is best for this.
If you don't fancy doing it manually, I came across this utility;
http://itunesfix.com/iTunes%20Fix.html
I have not used it myself, so I don't know if it works OK.

Error "COPYING MUSIC FAILED. The disk could not be read from or written to"

After following the procedurest to move the iTunes music, the computer started whirring away, happily copying and consolidating all the song files to the new target folder.
After copying 68gigs of 130gigs perfectly, it stopped dead and the following iTunes error message appeared:
"COPYING MUSIC FAILED. THE DISK COULD NOT BE READ FROM OR WRITTEN TO"
I am copying to an external LaCie 500g hard disk, and the current music file is split between folders on the laptop and folders and a 2nd external LaCie Hard disk. It did not appear to have any problems copying and consolidating files from both locations, until the error message showed up.
How can I solve this?
I really need to consolidate this music file.
macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

OK I figured it out!
It was a dodgy file....I sorted the file folders by date, and as it turned out within the "compilations" folder there was a CD where only about half the tracks seemed to have been copied over. Could not have identified this simply from the time indicated on the finder folder sort, because there were several CDs copied over in the that same minute.
I went back to the original itunes folder, deleted all the files from that CD in itunes, then also deleted all those files from the original disk and the target disk.
Tried the "consolidate library" again, and it completed nicely. 200megs of music and videos.
Very happy to solve this problem after 3 weeks.

Consolidating Music onto External HD from Laptop

I have quite a bit of music so I invested in an external hard drive for my music collection.
I plugged the HD in, formatted to the file system I want (NTFS). I created a "Music" folder on the HD, opened iTunes and put that folder as the default iTunes folder. Then I went to consolidate my library and it copied some files over but not all files were copied over.
It said: "Copying files failed. The disk could not be read from or written to."
And stopped. Whenever I retry it starts at the same song and gives that error. I've tried to manually copy the file over but that is still not working cause the consolidating will start at that file again.
Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

I had similar problems consolidating.
Take a look at the new drive using Win Explorer and see the last file copied over. The NEXT file in line is the one iTunes is having problems with.
You need to set itunes to display items by the Date Added column. It copies the oldest entries first.
whatever is displayed in your itunes library list, the next newest item is the problem.
In my example, it was Carole King as the last album that made it over to the exHD. I could see that in Win Explorer.
In itunes, La Boheme was the next thing I had added after Carole King. I removed La Boheme from my library and tried the consolidate again, and it went through.
Yes, I lost the play count/date played metadata for La Boheme when I added it back to my newly-consolidated library.
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"Server not found error" in Music Store

I am getting a server error message when trying to download music from itunes. Is this a problem with my PC or a network issue?

On an iMac running iTunes 6.0.2 I am also getting error when I try to listen to purchased music. "We cold not complete your music store request. The server was ot found. There was an error in the Music Store" At this time I can't authorize or de-authorize this computer, although I can reach the Music Store and play the sample music there.
I hope this is just a temporary glitch. I tried downloading and re-installing 6.0.2 but that didn't help. There is a message about this error on the Apple support list, but it unhelpfully says to upgrade to 6.0.1 so It's behind the times.

HT4796 I completed a migration of my music and photos from a PC to my new mac. I have an error in music library that it can't find original files. Photos migrated fine. Where did the original files go?

I completed the migration of my music an dphotos files from a PC to my new imac. Both transferred initally and I even synced my ipad with the imac thereby transferring most of the music to my ipad. However now itunes says the music isn't available because it can't find the original music files. How can i find the original files? I am getting the same error on my pc too.

They aren't in your user Music folder? Have You tried Spotlight?
Also see this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20538346#20538346

Consolidating Music Files into Itunes - File Name Invalid/Too Long!

When trying to consolidate music files into my library, I get an error message stating "Failed, The file name was invalid or too long." ????
I have tons of songs and don't know which file name is invalid or too long???

hiya!
hmmmm. we're looking for filenames here where the path and the filename has more than 256 characters in it. (at least i believe that's what the path-filename length limit is.)
possibly the easiest way to check for that is to use a spreadsheet like excel.
right-click your library in your itunes sourcelist, and select "export songlist ...". save it as a .txt file.
open the .txt file with Excel (or whatever spreadsheet application you have on the PC). the column with the path-filename in it is the one to the extreme right (you can delete the other columns and resize them to make looking for things a bit easier).
scroll through that looking for extremely long path-filenames.
can you track down some that seem to be above the length limit?
love, b

Error Downloading Music to Network Drive

I've moved my Music Library to a networked drive (NTFS) on a Windows XP system. The workstation that I'm running iTunes on is also Windows XP. Since then I cannot download purchased MUSIC (haven't tried videos yet). After initiating download via either starting up iTunes or using Check for Purchased Music Option, iTunes tries to do the download for each of the pending items After i's been thru all that are qued up, I get message that "There was an error downloading your purchased music. The disk could not be read or written to." I assume this applies to the networked drive which is accessible and readable with no problems (from/to any other program). Also, all INFO pointers in iTunes music listings confirm that songs are all stored on networked drive as intended and are accessible with no problem/errors. I also note that Preference Settings (Advanced) point to the appropriate Networked drive and folder (...\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music) and that the "Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized" is checked. "Copy Files o iTunes Music folder when adding to library" isn't checked but behavior is same even if it is. Also, for what ever it maybe worth noting, attempts to Consolidate Library result in message "Copying Music Failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I assume again that this is refers to the networked drive which, again, is accessible with no problems to any other programs to include iTunes itself which can access movies and/or songs from the networked drive, playing them wihout error even while these messages are being displayed during these other operations.
So, as it stands now, I have purchased music that I cannot download by any method that I try. The Apple Store recognizes that it is purchased and offers to download it whenever I start iTunes But I continue to receive the same error described above. In the iTunes Music Folder on the networked drive there is a folder, among the artist folders, named "Download" that contains pointers to the items that I've purchased but cannot download. I should also note that all of these attempts are being done with iTunes on the client workstation w/o the iPod being connected which I didn't think would matter. I've read most of what I can find about this error and can seem to find problem like mine(most others seem to be with video). Also, I'm sure that I followed correct procedure in moving my iTunes Library from local machine (where I was running out of space) to Networked drive. Local machine still contains the iTunes Music Library xml file, the iTunes Libary Database file, and an empty iTunes Music folder all in the appropriate (original) location of ...My Documents\My Music\iTunes folder.
I'd appreciate any suggestions as I've worked on this for several days and still cannot get to my purchased music.
Thanks in advance for advice / help.
HEC1152
Generic PC Windows XP Pro

Got a similar issue going on my network:
So far, two users have tried purchasing videos and music from the iTunes music store. Both got the failed download error and told to try again with the "Check for Purchased Music" command.
Both running Windows XP Pro bound to an Active Directory domain.
Both have the My Documents folder redirected to their personal directory on the network (\\server\users\username).
By default, iTunes stored its files in \\server\users\username\My Music\iTunes.
Since I don't want my users filling up my file server with MP3s, I first had the user move the iTunes Music folder to their local machine using iTunes Preferences (Advanced -> General). But after that change, the download error went away. ! The Library file and XML file are still stored in My Music\iTunes on the network.
I found your post while trying to figure out what's going on. Tried to reproduce the issue on a test machine by downloading the Free Download of the Week. But it downloads just fine. Nuts...
17 iMac G4 800 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

HELP! Consolidated music and now Can't use it and Can't find it!

My laptop was stolen and I've recently used iPod Rip S/W to get my music from iPod to my older G4 Tower Hardrive. before doing this I consolidated my music (following some apple directions) and now that all my music is in iTunes using iPodRip, the stuff that was consolidated has a checkmark by it and I can't play any of those songs. Says "Can't find the original - would you like to find it?" I say yes and by searching thru the two music folders on my computer, the music doesn't exist!
Help - I can only hope this makes sense to someone. This has been SUCH a drag in the first place and I just want my music back. I have over 1900 songs and 1/2 are showing unusable right now
Please respond - I feel like I'm going in circles now.
thanks in advance
Michelle

Hey dentallady!
Here is an article that can help you reset this code:
iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

-53 unknown error for music sync in 3gs

I want to sync my music to iphone 3gs. But it appears that -53 unknown error and failed to sync.
How to solve it thanks
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I'd like to see if anyone has an info on this as well...
thx
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Error downloading music video

I'm getting this error, (err = 100000)
Than its says, the file seems to be corrupted...
If anyone could tell me whats going on that would be great,
Thanks

hiya!
are you getting that during the download from the itunes Music Store?
if so, first see:
iTunes for Windows: Error (-50) or (403) occurs when accessing the iTunes Music Store
... but if symptoms persist, also see:
iTunes for Windows: Music Store - Using With Internet Filters or Accelerators
love, b

ITunes 7.4 Error w/ Music Sync Tab

I have the 30gb 5th gen. iPod and a get an error when trying to select the Music tab, next to the summary tab. I can select all other tabs but that one. I get the normal iTunes has encountered a problem window and iTunes just closes. Anyone have any ideas?

Did this error just start as soon as you updated to iTunes 7.4? What version of iTunes did you have previously?
Anyway, let's get a crash log and send it to the Apple engineers.
Typically, you'll need to configure Dr. Watson on your PC in order to generate crash logs. Windows start menu -> Run. Type in "cmd". Hit return. At the prompt in the command line window that comes up, type in
drwtsn32 -i
And hit return.
This will create crash logs in Documents And Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\. There'll usually be a file in here called "drwtsn32.log" If there's already a file there, it most likely has multiple crash logs in it (new crash logs are just appended to the end of the file). So, delete this file. This will make sure you're not sending extra information I don't need. These crash logs are text files, so you can open them in notepad or whatever to see what information you're sending.
You need to send file to our buddy Roy at Apple <[email protected] Make sure that you include:
(1) the drwtsn32.log file.
(2) the link to this thread.
(3) a one line description of your problem, i.e. "iTunes crashing, might be problem with downloading album art".
(4) the username that you're using here in the discussion boards.
(5) He'll probably want to know the answers to the questions I asked at the top.

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