Import songs at selected bit rate

i thought when i set the preferance for importing music say at 128 kbs as a mp3 that was how all the songs would be imported.so why do they still import at differant bit rates and how can i get them to 128 kbs?

I see missing burn settings, too, & I'm getting a message about it each time iTunes is started. I have one (actually more than 1) unburned purchases from Apple Store, which downloaded as protected media (unplayable outside iTunes, even in my registered & paid for version of QuickTime - & that's a first). So, the repair needs to be done, at least temporarily, to burn out the purchases.
But, after the update the optical devices were no longer in the UI, so, I removed some things, manually, one of which is shown in the iTunes credits section as related to their burning software, at which time the optical drives again seem to be available to me, the owner, if not to iTunes when I authorize it for my usage. Clearly, this is an issue with Windows, DRM or some, other malicious software, otherwise, iTunes' use of MS approved software for burning would be no issue.
However, the import settings remain. They could be useful if one used iTunes to sync to iPod, I suppose, although other software is also capable of syncing to iPod. Other features of iTunes should also be unaffected, like the radio or podcasts or books or other feeds.
Browsing the Apple store is almost pointless under these conditions unless one turns on the option to see only DRM free media --- & there is precious little of that. I was actually beginning to use iTunes & the Apple store almost exclusively for that (& considering a Mac laptop) because of that reliability; apparently, my choice to never give up my freedom of choice to one provider is not without wisdom, since we just never really know what to expect.
Anyway, this looks more & more like some server side mal-usage of DRM.

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    pattyfromsyracuse wrote:
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