Itunes duplicating everything!!!:(

hey,
So my itunes has been really acting strange for a while now. So a lot or nearly all of my music is duplicated in itunes. And then the files are duplicated in the itunes music folder as well. Some are mp3s, some are mp4s.
My thinking was if i deleted all the duplicates from itunes and the duplicates from the folders. uninstall itunes and then reinstall it should be fine and go back to normal! i was wrong and my lengthy process ended up being a pile of poo!
Can Some please help me find out what is wrong and what i should do? also my music stops all the time, not jumping like a cd but some times will stop for a second and go on?
Thanks in Advance!
Clara

this happens when one press convert. maybe u pressed convert acc to mp3 and then it will copy ur aac files to mp3 that leave u with a new copy. and it will be two. it is very annoying, u dont need that. it has happened to me before. it is hard to remove. it can only be done manually. u do this by opening itunes and then make sure u bring the curser on ur music , the first things u see in itunes at the top left hand corner. music. then guide ur curser to where u see view, under view u will see duplicates. now press duplicate , then it will show u all duplicate songs in ur itunes. now u will have the option of removing either aac or mp3 files. i like them in mp3 so i will remove aac.now right click the song u want to remove. and click delete. u will know which one is acc or mp3 by right clicking the song and u will see info click info and it will tell u whether it is pm3 or aac the apple format.

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