ITunes changes my song info

For some reason, iTunes likes to keep changing the info for my songs, like genre, album, comments, etc. This results in duplicate songs on my iPod, which is quite frustrating. Is there an option I can turn off or some other way to prevent iTunes from changing/filling in song info?

No one has any ideas?

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Itunes messes up song info

hey everyone
well i gots me a problem with itunes
i dunno why but it all of a sudden started doing this
i put a song in the library [that already has all the info like artist & year etc etc] and when it gets in there it doesnt show any of the information. just the song name. it doesnt do that to every song i put in there. but its annoying cuz i dont wanna have to copy and paste all the info. ya know?
i dunno what changed. i didnt do anything to it. before it used to read them all good now it doesnt.
any help please?

HI djMassrv,
The article below looks like it may be helpful. It's for the previous version of iTunes, but it looks like the informaiton is still revelant for the issue that you have described above.
iTunes 10 for Mac: If song titles don’t appear correctly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH999
iTunes 10 for Mac: If song titles don’t appear correctly
If a song’s title and information don’t appear correctly, the file was probably created using a program that stores information differently from iTunes. You may be able to resolve the problem by converting the song’s information tags (ID3 tags) to a different storage format.
Converting the ID3 tags is also useful for songs with information in languages that use non-Roman characters, or if you want to use your MP3 files with another program that uses a different format.
To change the format of the song information tags:
Select the songs you want to convert.
Control-click and choose Convert ID3 Tags.
In the window that appears, select “ID3 tag version” and choose a version from the pop-up menu.
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Some applications don’t translate Unicode characters correctly, resulting in scrambled song titles when you convert the ID3 tags. If your song information looks scrambled after converting the song’s ID3 tags, you can change the song title back to the title it had previously.To reverse the Unicode characters:
Control-click the song and choose Convert ID3 Tags.
Click Translate Text Characters, and then choose Reverse Unicode.
To change the information back to what you had before, choose Translate Text Characters again.
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but I have found that after buying more songs and sync them with my Mac, iTunes sort of "rolls back" the change I made to Genre info. I mean, I cannot find "Some Song Title" under "Electronic" genre but on "Pop" genre. That's so annoying!!!
For some weird reason when I check the song's info, iTunes shows me that "Some Song Title" has correctly saved the genre, I mean, it shows "Electronic" genre. So, if I just push "Next" button iTunes moves "Some Son Title" back to the genre I specified (in this case, back to "Electronic" genre).
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hey everyone.
i have been using the new version of itunes for a bit (7.0.2). i went to import some more songs onto my ipod bt it wouldnt let me change the details before i put them on the ipod. so i cant change the ratings, artist or even add in an album cover.
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hey everyone.
i have been using the new version of itunes for a bit
(7.0.2). i went to import some more songs onto my
ipod bt it wouldnt let me change the details before i
put them on the ipod. so i cant change the ratings,
artist or even add in an album cover.
id like to do it by doing multiple items but cant.
is there a setting i dont have on or is this a bug?
this doesnt just happen at home, but at work aswell
with the same version
any help would be great.
cheers
Rob
no one has an idea on why this is happening?
would i be best trying to contact apple direct?
if i cant change the song info then i cant use my ipod in my car as i cant change the volume preset. i bought the ipod for my car in the first place.

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