ITunes error on copying music.

I have a 2nd Generation ipod Touch that i want to put more files on and when i connect it to my computer it says Error 0xE000035 has occurred. Does anyone know what that means?? Thank you.

Hello,
The only time I've seen that error was when I connected the iPod to a non-powered USB port. Try using another port.
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I do have some music on my IPad from ITunes but it wont allow me to add additional music.
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You can try deleting all of the music and then sync it back to the iPad.
Uncheck the Sync Music heading in iTunes and then sync the iPad to remove the music. Quit iTunes, and then connect the iPad again, launch iTunes and select the Sync Music heading again to sync the Music back to the iPad.

ITunes won't copy music files to Media folder when songs are dragged

I am trying add songs from my external hard drive to my iTunes Library.
I have the following options checked:
"Keep iTunes Media folder organized."
"Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library."
In the past, I could just drag files from my hard drive into the iTunes song list and add them to the library. iTunes would successfully make a copy of the file to the iTunes Media folder so that I could disconnect the hard drive and still play the songs.
Suddenly, this no longer works. iTunes won't make a copy of the file anymore. It won't even make a copy of files located on my desktop.
I found a workaround -- copy the files from my hard drive to the desktop. Then I have to go to File > Add to Library in order for it to work.
It's an extra step, but it was VERY annoying to have to figure out.
So my question -- Is this an iTunes bug or some kind of deliberate attempt at making it hard to use files not purchased through iTunes?
I noticed this on one of the Apple support pages (my emphasis):
Copying music to and keeping the iTunes Media folder organized
You can select these options on the Advanced pane of iTunes preferences:
"Keep iTunes Media folder organized." Learn more about how iTunes 9 and later organizes your media.
"Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library." Select this option to store all your media files in the iTunes Media folder. Since it's all in one location, you can easily transfer or back up your media. When you purchase or import media into iTunes from a CD, it's automatically added to your iTunes Media folder. If you add media to iTunes another way (choosing "Add to library" from the File menu or by dragging an MP3 file into iTunes), it might not be added to your iTunes Media folder.
Well, why the heck not??

I have posted so many issues to APPLE on the staggering lack of basic functionality with itunes and each time they keep deleting it.
Automatically Addd feature does not work consistently if the library is on NAS or a drive not on the same bok as the Mac, iMac or PC.
iTuns will hang if you have the finder window open and the recently added playlist open
itunes will not add files automatically if more than three phases of adding folders to the automatically add to itune folder is refreshed
Once could even jump to the conclusion that the software testing and Quality Control in the iTunes development team had missed out whole chunks of tsting OR that the test designers wrote such basic test scripts which did not replicate real world useage.

Error message"Copying music failed. The file name was invalid or too long"

That's the message I get; no other details. I don't know which file. Or whether it's more than one file. How can I know/find out which file (and what a valid filename would be)? Grrrr...
itunes managed to copy around 12 gigs before this happened, so I don't know what got copied and what didn't.
Please help! I need to rebuild my playlists by Friday!
Thanks so much in advance!!!
Greg

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Yes, I just get that message. I don't see how I could investigate this problem.
I didn't mention that this happened when I was consolidating my library, not copying files to another computer.
In other words, I'm using a "normal" itunes procedure, itunes won't complete it, and won't tell me exactly why or how to figure out how to fix it...
Is there at least some easy way to tell which files were successfully copied to my itunes music folder so I can work on moving the uncopied files?
Can anybody help me?

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I am trying to get an album I purchased from iTunes copied to music on my iPad. I get the message, "iTunes could not copy ... music to the iPad because the file could not be converted." This happens on only two tracts from the album (Mendelsshon: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra).
I have tried deleting the album from iTunes and downloading it again from iCloud. I have erased it from my iPad, too. No matter what I do the same two tracts keep having problems.
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This is strange. Perhaps the iTunes Store version of the track is somehow corrupted? That happened once to me, and I submitted a report, and a few weeks later there was a new iTunes Store version that worked ok.
In the meantime, you could try converting it within iTunes to a different format. Use the menu command "Advanced >> Create xxxx version," where "xxxx" is whatever you've set in preferences as your "Import settings." It needs to be different from 256k AAC, which is what you have already from the store.
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HT1473 Stopping iTunes 11 from copying music into its folder

I have music on my PC in the "My Music" folder.
I want to play it on iTunes & be able to sync to Apple devices, but I DO NOT want a second copy stored in the iTunes Media folder (takes memory).
I've read previous posts and have unchecked the Preference/Advanced boxes for "Keep iTunes Media folder organized," and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library." However, it keeps copying the files.
Please provide any solutions.

File menu -> Add Folder to Library. Select the iTunes Music folder.
That should do it.
BTW, questions specifically about iTunes will usually get quicker and more accurate responses if you ask in the iTunes for Windows area.
Regards.

"Copying Music failed. The filename was too long or invalid."

I've been trying to 'consolidate library' inorder to get all my music held and managed under Itunes so I can delete it from other places on my computer & avoid holding multiple copies (in line with Chris CA's guidance in this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2812666?start=0&tstart=0)
All goes well until I get to the 'consolidate library' step, it starts off copying files & seems to be going alright, then at some point I get the error message :"Copying Music failed. The filename was too long or invalid."
This error message doesn't help me much as I've no idea where to go from here. I've tried consolidating library twice now and got the same message each time.
I'm assuming there must be some way to either fix it or identify the file causing the issue?
Thanks

Unconsolidated should now give you a much shorter list, presumably the difficult track will be either first or last in this list...
I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this thread for background. You'll probably have to disable the progress bar again.
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Copying music failed. The file name was invalid or too long.

I went to consolidate my music, but when it got about 2/3 of the way through, it stopped with the error message, "Copying music failed. The file name was invalid or too long." I don't know which file it is referring to. How do I find this out?
I needed to cosolidate so I could backup the entire library to DVD. Now I'm left with two partially complete libraries with many duplicates.

To find out which file it was, look at where you were
copying them too and see which was the last file
copied - and then go back to your source, and go to
the next one - it should be that one.
I just wanted to add that I had the same issue (failure to finish copying and "invalid or too long" error msg) and at first didn't see how looking for the last file copied would work since iTunes is copying into folders.
Duh.
Reverse sort by date modified (newest folder at the top of the list) then drill down to the folder containing the files being copied. Voila. There was the (missing) culprit, and I knew which file to rename in the source folder.
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Error while importing music in iMovie 11 From itunes 10

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Re: Error while importing music in iMovie 09 from iTunes 09
Posted: Jul 24, 2010 8:08 AM in response to: vincentplaces
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How do I move/copy music from iTunes to my USB stick?

How do I move/copy music (a playlist) from iTunes to my USB stick, so that i can play it on my Media Center?

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After copying 68gigs of 130gigs perfectly, it stopped dead and the following iTunes error message appeared:
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OK I figured it out!
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