HT1473 Adding music into iTunes on PC, looking for folder option?

I'm trying to add music into itunes on my PC and it's not giving me the "add FOLDER to library" option (only FILE option). Why not? How can I ge this option? I need to put my music I've saved from my last computer into itunes on my new computer and there's WAY too much to have to do it per file.
My last computer was a Mac and just as I was getting used to how iTunes (and everything else works) on it the computer quit working so I'm back to a PC and need to relearn this again...
Thank you for your help!

This problem had me stumped for over a week. I think I found a solution to it but before I give it I'd like to mention one thing. The mp4 container and specifically the H264 format are monsters. Any number of encoding flags/methods could be responsible for this behavior... trust me I know I've spent a lot of time messing with the dam things. So if this doesn't work for you it should at least form a basis for a solution that is to say apply this and then start fooling with other things.
What I found was some encoders like ffmpeg put something called MOOV atoms at the end of the mp4 file. ITunes must read these before it can play the file. Not really a problem for disk based files that can skip to the end of the file, but for streaming over a network it's a no go. So google a program called MP4Box download it and run the following command:
MP4Box -isma VIDEO.mp4
Hope this works for you all!
Jason

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Would I be crossing lines (breaking the law) if I wanna collect music I already purchased from iTunes, put them in one album and name the album and upload it into iTunes Store? I need help.

According to the DMCA.... yes. Unless you have express written permission from:
The artist(s)
The record labels
The promotion company
You purchased the right to play the songs for personal listening, not redistribution... whether for sale or not.

Cannot load music into iTunes

I am having a problem loading some of my music into iTunes. I choose the folder (or even just the file) and have it load. It shows the bar analyzing files and it goes through all of the files, but then nothing happens and the music is not loaded or only a couple songs off the album are loaded. I have had thees same albums loaded on iTunes before and nothing has changed with my system or the file format since then. I had to delete them off of iTunes and try to re-add them because I did something with the id tags that messed up the info. The file format is mp3 and the files are perfectly normal (I can play them on other media players). Anyone know what is up?

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When I download music into Itunes and move songs into playlists, Itunes has twice randomly deleted all recently added songs from the playlists they have been added to. It is driving me crazy. Has anyone else had this problem?

When I download music into Itunes on my PC, every song is transferred into a specific playlist. Twice now when I have opened up Itunes, all the recent songs that have been moved into playlists have been deleted by Itunes. I now have to go back and figure out which songs are missing and re-add them. It is driving me crazy. I have 10,000 songs and now have no idea which ones are missing and which ones have been retained.
Please help. Does anyone else have this problem?

Hi TRuss08,
Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like songs are missing from iTunes on your PC, and need to be re-added. I know that can be a frustrating situation.
The tips in this article may help the process go a little smoother:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads - Apple Support
All the best,
Jeremy

How can I get my (vinyl) record music into iTunes Match?

I have a rather large collection of music on CDs, Tapes, and records.
Now that iTunes Match exists I would like to include all of my music into my iTunes library.
There is no easy way (that I know of) to load anything except CDs into iTunes. So for the rest of the library one must either buy all the music again or buy equipment to play the music one time and convert it to a newer format.
My CD collection is mostly loaded and since 99.999% (virtually all) of that music is already in iTunes Match it is not uploaded to iTunes again, but it quickly becomes available to play on all my iTunes Authorized Devices.
With the exception of that 1 in ten thousand songs that I may have that iTunes does not have in the Match library there is no reason to import the music at all - other than to prove I have the actual CD's. (In any case I suppose I could have borrowed them for that anyway.)
However for CDs at least they can be imported - but for tapes and records I know of no direct way.
With something state-of-the-art like iTunes Match and my PC(s), iPhone(s) and iPad, why use stone-age-like means to prove ownership of outside-of-iTunes music?
Why not provide some other information to identify albums owned and have them available in iTunes Match without the 99.999% useless step of loading them?
In fact for most tape music it is no longer playable (to convert) as the rollers in the tape devices deteriorate and they no longer play.
Vinyl records play just fine, just not easily into a PC without purchase of expensive equipment that would be used only for the one-time load (which is really just for proof-of-ownership).
What a ridiculous waste of time, energy and funds for that 1 in 10,000 songs that may not yet exist in the iTunes Match library. Okay, as the music gets older it may even be 2 in 10,000 - but I doubt it.
I remember that each album (and 45 rpm single) has identifying information scratched into it (around the inside of the innermost track) - can that (or something else) suffice as proof of ownership to get the music into iTunes Match?
Please respond with ideas to quickly and easily get already-owned vinyl record music into an iTunes Match library.
I personally do not care if 1 (or 2) out of 10,000 of my songs gets lost because it is not in the iTunes Match library - couldn't be that good in that case anyway.
Thanks!!

I too have not figured out how to convert my vinyl collection to iTunes match. Here is what I have tried:
I record my vinyl records onto CD using a Sony RCD-W500C which makes a very high quality recording. I make sure the song lengths are the same as those from the same album at the iTunes store.
Then I import the CD into my iTunes music library. I have to enter the names of the tracks manually because Gracenote cannot identify the names of the songs. I do this while the music is in my iTunes music library and the CD has been ejected from my PC.
Then I try to get the iTunes Match, but it never works. I do, however, get the artwork from iTunes. iTunes then uploads my songs into the iCloud. When I download them back onto my PC and iPhone 4s, I get the identicle recording that I imported onto iTunes. I know this because I can hear the static and crackling of the vinyl. I don't necessarily mind that noise, but I figured if I paid for the iTunes Match I should get the AAC 256 bps music. After all it doesn't cost iTunes anything to give it to me. And there's no way I'm going to purchase all my vinyl records again. I have about 500 albums.
I do buy all my new music from iTunes because I think it is the best system available. I just think it could be so much better if they would let me download the highest quality recording of the music I own from them.
I have also tried the Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio which records my vinyl records into a music file on my PC. But that doesn't get the match either.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT CAN TELL US WHAT ITUNES MATCH LOOKS AT IN OUR MUSIC UPLOADS THAT DETERMINES WHETHER THEY GIVE US THE MATCH!!!!!!
When you download a CD, there is some information embedded in the CD that iTunes matches. I don't believe there is any information embeded in the vinyl albums, but when I burn them onto a CD-maybe I could add the info onto the CD before trying to match it if I just knew what they looked for.
I would appreciate any help anyone can give me on this.

Adding music to iTunes library - changes to files

When I import music files into iTunes (always with the "Add Folder to Library" command), I've noticed some strange things. First, iTunes makes changes to the file by embedding the album cover. I don't really mind this, although I'd like to have the option to turn it off. Can I?
Also, I've noticed that the artist name as displayed in iTunes is different than the file name or the id3 tag. For example, if the tag says "Beatles", iTunes will display it as "The Beatles." Where is iTunes getting this different information, and is there a way to turn this alleged "feature" off?
Thanks.

You're right - I determined that the art is there before I add it to iTunes.
The naming issue is strange. I tag all of my mp3's with a program called "Tag & Rename" (a very good program). If an artist name has a preceding "the", I always strip it out. When I add it to iTunes, it displays the name with the "the" put back in. However, the id3 tag has not been altered! If I "Get Info" in iTunes, it shows the "the" - but this is not the tag info embedded in the file (which does not have the "the"). I can get rid of the "the" within iTunes in the "Get Info" box, but again, it doesn't look like this is altering the tag info.
Other messages here seemed to indicate that when you edit the "Get Info" box, that this is altering the file's id3 tag, but it doesn't appear to be the case. Does anyone have any more insight into this?

Loading music into itunes

I DO NOT want iTunes to make any decisions for me!! I have all my music organized in 1 folder (ie, each folder within this represents 1 album) and I want to import these into iTunes as is (ie, each folder/album named as I have named it), without iTunes looking up and changing any information. Please, how do I do this?

Ungulate,
Double-check that both of the mentioned options are not checked.
Find a folder of new song files that you want to add to iTunes, and make sure that you know its location.
Use the iTunes command File > Add Folder to Library, and when the dialog comes up, point it to the folder containing the songs.
You should end up with an iTunes library entry for each song, and the song files themselves sitting exactly where they started.
Pls try this and report back.
The only exception where this will not work is if your files start in WMA format, in which case iTunes will automatically convert them and put them converted versions where it pleases. But if you are starting with MP3s, this procedure will work.

Transfering music into Itunes

I have about 2000 songs on my computer currently stored in Musicmatch. I am having problems getting them to move to Itunes. Whne they move Itunes makes a copy of everysong thus killing the free space on my harddrvie. Can anyone help me out with this?

You can import an audio file (or all the audio files in a folder) into your iTunes library.
You can only copy music to your iPod using iTunes. To copy music from MusicMatch Jukebox or Audible Manager to your iPod, you'll need to first import the music into iTunes.
Here are ways to import an audio file into your iTunes library:
To import an individual audio file, choose File > Add File to Library, and then locate the music file you want added to your library.
To import all the audio files in a folder, choose File > Add Folder to Library, and then locate the folder containing the audio you want added to your library. The My Music folder (inside the My Documents folder) is often the default location for song files imported into other applications, such as MusicMatch.
By default, adding songs to your iTunes library places a pointer to each audio file in the iTunes Music folder; the original file remains in the current location. For information about copying files to the iTunes Music folder instead of referencing them, search help for "copying files to your music folder."
If the file is an unprotected WMA file and you have Windows Media Player Series 9 or later installed, iTunes makes a copy of the file in AAC format—or whatever format is chosen in the Advanced pane of iTunes preferences (in the Importing pane) —and adds it to your iTunes library. The original WMA file remains unchanged. You can't add protected WMA files or protected WMV files to iTunes.

Hi, when I upload music into itunes from a cd it sometimes appears in itunes as two different albums and split up the music in 2 or even three albums....how can i merge these albums...this is particularly true when one album may have different composers?

Hi, when I upload music into itunes from a cd it sometimes appears in itunes as two different albums and split up the music in 2 or even three albums....how can i merge these albums...this is particularly true when one album may have different composers?

Generally setting a common Album title and Album Artist will fix things.
For compilations that aren't, select all tracks, Get Info, and on the option tab set Part of a Compilation to No. If it already says No tick the box alongside, then click OK.
For deeper problems see Grouping tracks into albums.
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I just got a new computer, restored my music from the old computer...how do i get my transferred music into itunes?

i just got a new computer, restored my music from the old computer...how do i get my transferred music into itunes?

Hi,
See this link.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
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I added music to itunes on my pc and it didnt go to icloud

I added music files to itunes on my pc. Why didnt they go to icloud and appear on my ipad? When I added music to itunes in the past, it appeared on my ipad via icloud within moments.
Thanks for the help!

Use the steps in these links to walk you through the process:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12113 <-----if you have a Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313 <----- if you have a Windows
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Ipod classic won't download music into itunes

When I attach my ipod classic to my computer/itunes, it won't allow me to transfer the music or playlists from my ipod to itunes. However, it allows my itouch to transfer music into itunes.

Your iPod Classic and your iTunes are both functioning normally. You can sync music, videos etc into your iPod Classic from iTunes (as you are) however you cannot do the opposite as you want to do.
There are third party software out there which can make this possible. Do a search on Google and you will run into that third party software.
Axel F.

How can I import music into iTunes from other media .I have music which was downloaded from my Sony Ericcson W715 into "Media Go" and I want to transfer it into iTunes.Is this possible ?

How can I import music into iTunes from another media.
I have a library downloaded from a Sony Ericsson W715 into "Media Go" and I want to transfer to iTunes and then into my iPhone 4.
Is this possible ?
Chris
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chrisfromgoodworth clatford wrote:
How can I import music into iTunes from another media.
I have a library downloaded from a Sony Ericsson W715 into "Media Go" and I want to transfer to iTunes and then into my iPhone 4.
Is this possible ?
Chris
Possibly. Media Go supports a variety of music formats, some of which can be imported in to iTunes and then synced on to an iPhone, however some of its formats cannot be imported in to iTunes.
See http://mediago.sony.com/enu/supported-file-formats/ for a list of formats supported by Media Go. iTunes for Windows supports MP3, AAC, WAV, and can import and convert WMA files as well. However iTunes does not support ATRAC, or FLAC.
Furthermore, if some of your music has been bought from an Internet music store it might be procted by DRM. If so it cannot be imported in to iTunes.
To do the importing you would either drag the music files in to iTunes, or tell iTunes to open them. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1347

If I buy music from my iPOD touch, how do I get the music into iTunes also for backup on CD?

If I buy music from iTunes using my ipod touch instead of the computer, how do I get the music into iTunes also so that I can back it up on CD?

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TS4124 i didnt have issues with itunes before. but pc asked to download new version. i did. when i click itunes i get my original music, but when i click store...i get nothing. i watched tutorial...wont open itunes store. im looking for music

i didnt have issues with itunes before...but pc asked to download new version. i did. when i click itunes i get my original music, but when i click store...i get nothing. i watched tutorial....but still cant open itunes store. im looking for music to buy.

Hello bogley
Check out the article below for troubleshooting access to the iTunes Store.
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1368
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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