Importing files from a Synology Nas to Itunes on my Mac Mini

I have managed to import about 50 CDs from my NAS to a MAc Mini I am using as a music server to my HiFi system. A folder appears on the Mac with the items loaded onto I tunes and files waiting to add. I simply clicked and dragged the folders to Automatically add to I tunes and they went into it OK, now they don't. The folders disappear or are added to a separate file, "not added". I have been struggling
with this for days and can't find a solution. I presume the preferences on I tunes have been changed by mistake, but I can't find where,  going through the preference folders.
  Any ideas, Thanks David

You can clean them up once they are on the device.
If you want to permanently exchange your Apple Lossless files for MP3 (why!?! ) you could use my script ConvertFormat.
tt2
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