Imported mpeg layer 3 audio

I hope i have the right section, my first post.
I have downloaded an albumn and i cannot get itunes to up load it.
I have tried dragging and dropping the folder moved but still know music.
I also tried changing the encoder in the import in preferences still know luck.
Please help.
I got the albumn fron bit torrents would that make a difference??

I had this exact problem! See i got this CD from a friend of mine full of mp3's. One day they play fine and then the next totally weird.
Just discovered the problem a few hours ago... another hour of grueling work and failed attempts and voila!
BUT FIRST! check if your mp3's are openable (no.. not a word) by Quicktime.
(Right click --> open with --> Quicktime/select program --> Quicktime)
So what I did is that I installed "mp3tag": http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html
(if you see it in a weird language just click "english" in the top right corner)
Now open up mp3tag and add all of the mp3 files that did not work. Then you select them all (i have windows... ctrl + shift or however you select multiple songs in itunes on a mac).
Finally right click (still holding shift or whatever you use) on the column thats says tag and select remove tags.
For me the tags was changed to IDv3.24 or something like that. Open itunes and enjoy... hopefully?
Anyways hope this works for you
(tell me if it does!)
P.S: I noticed that the mp3's that i converted to AAC (before all of this misfortune happened) using itunes changed tags and still played fine. If you want to convert and possibly eliminate further chance of this happening again:
select mp3s --> Advanced --> create AAC version
BTW a new AAC version is made but the original MP3 file is still there too

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