Importing MP3 songs into Itunes but won't load on ipod or play in itunes

I am trying to import all of my MP3 files I used on old MP3 player. I have a new Ipod and have downloaded itunes. I convert them to AAC format but I can't put on my ipod or play them in itunes. Am I doing something wrong or do I need to do something else? Thanks.

hey i have a similar problem,
one album of my music randomly stopped working on itunes, if i double clicked on it nothing would happen
i deleted it off itunes ONLY, not my computer, and tried re-adding it to my library thought the file menu, add folder, add file, drop and drag,
nothing works! it doesn't give any error message but it doesn't show up in my library. The songs work in other programs, but not itunes! I even tried setting the songs to open with itunes, but then itunes does absolutely nothing. I even tried moving the files and adding them but noting happens...HELP

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