ITunes misestimates the size of my music collection, frustration ensues

So when I look at iTunes it believes that I have 295gbs of music. However, when I click properties on my music folder, which is where ALL my music is kept, it says I have 130Gb of music, and I'm pretty certain that this is the accurate estimate. Anyways the problem comes when I cannot fill up my 80gb ipod to its capacity because iTunes, and the iPod too I think, thinks every song I have is twice the size it normally is. Right now I can only fit about 14,000 songs on an 80gb ipod. Help me.

Select Music in iTunes (top left), select Songs (top right)
then at the bottom status bar will show how many you songs you have and how long it will play (in days if it a big collections) and the size (in GB) taken.

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Select Music in iTunes (top left), select Songs (top right)
then at the bottom status bar will show how many you songs you have and how long it will play (in days if it a big collections) and the size (in GB) taken.

Where can i see the size of my music library ?

where can i see the size of my music library ?

With iTunes 11 -Latest version choose the Music Library in the top left hand radio button.
On a Mac:-
Long hand
Go to the view menu at the top of screen and click show status bar
Or
Keyboard Short cut
cmd/
On a PC:-
Long Hand
In the top left hand corner you will see a little half black half white square.
Click on this scrolled down to show menu bar.
This adds to traditional Windows menu bar to the view
Now click on view menu and click on show status bar.
Or
Keyboard Short cut
Click key short cut control/
A grey bar is added to the bottom of the iTunes window - within this window you will see number of items, total play time and storage space taken up.

How to make iTunes detect the new location of music files?

Hi everyone. I moved all of my music to a different location on my hard drive, and I changed the location in iTunes preferences, but it doesn't seem to detect this, so my library is empty now. I saved an itl, xml, and temp file as well, but I don't know what to do from here.
I also tried dragging the new music folder onto the "Library" entry in iTunes, and this added everything, but I no longer have my ratings, playlists or anything like that.
Is there some other way to have iTunes detect the new location? And can I get back my ratings and playlists?
Thanks.

iTunes doesn't use file names to determine how music appears in your library, Rather, it uses metadata that is split between:
data elements that are embedded within the media files
data elements that are included in the entries in the iTunes database
No amount of reorganization, renaming or other manipulation at the file level will make any difference to how songs will appear in iTunes. Using your example:
the value of the track number element is 1
the value of the artist element is "Elvis Presley"
the value of the song name element is "Blue Suede Shoes"
Depending on how you configure iTunes then the file name is either:
completely independent of iTunes (i.,e., the file containing this song could be xyz.mp3)
dependent on the metadata managed by iTunes, (i.e., when you have these two options set:
then iTunes will set the file name to be 1-01 Blue Suede Shoes.mp3 where:
the file is in a folder called "Elvis Presley" (the name of the album)
that folder is in one called "Elvis Presley" (the name of the artist) which is in iTunes Media\Music
Going back to your question "How to make iTunes read the song's name/singer from the file's name" the answer is simple - you can't, as this is not how iTunes works. There are some third-party utilities that you can use to set some metadata element values based on parsing of file names which might be a useful first step. However, to use iTunes effectively you should really forget about / ignore file names - manage your media using appropriate metadata and allow iTunes to look after file names behind the scenes.

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Unless Apple makes an official announcement we aren't allowed to speculate on this forum. You can find plenty of that if you do a web search for: itunes iCloud europe

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What do you mean by what audio/video formats are involved? These are all files from several digital cameras.
As previously stated, AVI is a file container. It is somewhat old and its originator, Microsoft, dropped official support of it over a decade ago. However, it remains popular with PC users since almost any valid audio and/or video compression format can be stuffed to the file which synchronizes the content by interleaving the individual audio and video frames. The compression format is the specific manner in which the audio and video data are encoded as it is placed in the AVI container. You can find the compression format by inspecting the file in the Finder "Info" window, or in the "Inspector" window of the QT player (or other media player) if the file can be opened.
For instance, one popular compression combination would be to place DivX encoded video and MP3 audio in an AVI file container. However, neither DivX nor MP3 is natively supported by the QT player. (Although iTunes will natively support the MP3 audio.) Therefore, people who wish to play such files in the QT 7 Player would normally install either the DivX component or Perian but not both. Either installation will independently play such files in the QT Player, but if both are installed, the file will usually stop working since these two codecs can create a playback conflict.
However, the AVI container could just as easily contain DV along with DV audio. In this case, the file should play correctly in QT since this compression format is natively supported by the basic component configuration that comes in every current OS installation. Therefore, if such files suddenly stopped playing, this could be an indication that a component has been moved or deleted or that your system or QT embedded structure has become corrupted.

ITunes stole the rights to my music

When I ripped all of my cd collection to my computer, I did it through iTunes simply because it's faster and easier than WMP.
Unfortunately, iTunes ripped all of my music as m4a AAC files.
I wouldn't mind this because it's one of the best audio codecs around, but...
I cannot load these files onto Windows Media Player. Which means I cannot use the Media Server feature to wirelessly transfer audio files to my Playstation 3.
The music I purchased is now limited in its uses because of iTunes.
Is there any way to circumvent this?

You can add the proper codec to WMP to get it to read & play AAC files.
-> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
-> http://www.orban.com/plugin/

ITunes ignores the "stop time" for music videos since 10.6.7 osx update. Tried with iTunes 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.3. Only way to make it work is to back out to 10.6.6 (time consuming). Has nobody else noticed this?

Only a problem with music videos. Normal audio tracks work fine. Introduced with 10.6.7. 10.6.8 failed to fix it.
Set the "stop time" of a music video to 10 seconds shorter than the full length and iTunes will still play it to the end. Very annoying, especially if there's a bunch of noise at the end of a song.

More info: After I upgraded to 10.6.7, I first noticed the problem. Downgraded to 10.6.6 and it worked again. Upgraded to 10.6.8 when it was released to see if this had the issue fixed - but it didn't, iTunes failed to stop on time again (only music videos).
Just downgraded to 10.6.6 and it still doesn't work!!! Now I'm really screwed and confused. HELP!

I have music on my ipod that i cant move onto my itunes on the mac, I have music on my ipod that i cant move onto my itunes on the mac

I have a new mac, have downloaded my itunes on to it pluged in my devices and half the music on my Ipod has not transfered. How can i get it into my itune library ?

Plug in your device and wait for it to show up in iTunes. After it does click on it, then go to "Music." Shift+click to select the desired audio files, and manually drag them up to the "music" folder at the top left within iTunes. If that doesn't work we can try something else.

HT203167 I found my missing song in the itunes media folder on my computer so how do I move to itunes with the rest of my music?

I found my lost song in itunes media file on my computer. How do I copy/transfer it to my itunes with my other songs. My computer has windows.

Hello, mermaid72.
Thank you for the question. This article will help you import any missing media you located on your computer. I have also included a screenshot that covers this process as well.
Adding music and other content to iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1473
Cheers,
Jason H.

I recently did an Itunes upgrade and now I am missing half of my music collection

Can anyone assist??
I recently upgraded my iTunes and now half of my music collection has disappeared???

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
tt2

Why is the size of 1400 imported CD songs 10 GBS?

We imported over 1400 songs from CDs through iTunes and the file size is over 10GBs and its slowing down my windows PC. We didn't change any import settings and the reading I've done on-line is confusing. How can we make the imported music smaller file size? I need to get this huge file size off my hd but want to know how to import in the future without the files being huge. Everyone else I know doesn't have this issue and they download songs all the time without any problems or the files taking up so much space. What are we doing wrong???? I am getting desparate since Apple phone support has not been helpful.

My music collection currently consists of 10,931 songs and takes up 84.95GB of space. If you break that down, it's equal to 7.77MB per song. If you multiply that by 1400 songs you would have 10.87GBs worth of songs. It looks to me like your music is taking up a "normal" amount of space. Your friends may not be having this issue for several reasons.
1. They may not have as many songs.
2. If they are downloading songs from unlicensed places, the song quality may be not be as good as what you have.
In short, I would suggest that you aren't doing anything wrong. If you are familiar with the import settings, if you import as MP3s rather than Apple's AAC format, your file size will shrink but that will likely take quite a while for not a huge reduction in space. If your PC is acting slowly, it likely isn't due to the large size of your music collection unless your hard drive is approaching full (95% full sort of thing). I hope that helps you out a little.

Mastering to itunes then the web via iWeb

Hi ... new to this forum and to Logic express AND Apple computers. So far love them all! OK my question/problem. I've been able to record, master and bounce MP3 tracks to itunes from Logic Express. Then transfer the originals songs to iWeb from iTunes and publish on line. My problem/question is possibly file size and transfer TIME. My MP3 transfers are done at the default MP3 level however my web page takes FOREVER (literally hours) to upload using iWEB. I'm "assuming" this is due to the graphics and the size of my music files. This evening it took nearly 2 hours for the transfer to happen ... that's nuts! The very 1st time I transfered tunes to my web site using iWEB the songs went to iTunes from Garage Band rather than logic Express and the transfer happened in less than 5 minutes. Any advice would be much appreciated. BTW my web site is www.rayrlmusic.com if anyone is interested in checking out my tunes.

This really seems to be a question about iWeb rather than Logic Express.
2 things, though:
• 1: I hope when you're bouncing from Logic, you are choosing AIFF (or maybe WAV) as your format… or at least that you are keeping AIFF/WAV versions for future use. MP3s are compressed, & you can never regain the quality that is lost when you compress audio. iTunes can do the AIFF > MP3 conversion for you.
• 2: What is more important than the time it takes to upload is the time it takes to download, IOW, the size of the MP3s on your website. What is a typical size? Compare their size to similar songs from other websites, or in iTunes. If yours are much bigger, you will need to adjust your settings to produce smaller files.

How can I get Itunes to recognize all of my music

I've gotten a new computer and have put all of my music stored on an external drive. I have downloaded itunes, changed the directory to find music to the external drive with my music but it still only chooses some songs. Help, please.

Morning, rozlee.
Getting our music succesfully from one computer to our new computer is always one of those things we just want to have done. I was able to find the following article which reviews what file formats are compatible with iTunes specifically.
Adding music and other content to iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1473#2
Compare your file formats to the information under "Adding Content on your computer to iTunes":
Adding content on your computer to iTunes
iTunes helps you add digital audio and video files on your computer directly to your iTunes library. You can add audio files that are in AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or Audible.com (.aa) format. If you have unprotected WMA content, iTunes for Windows can convert these files to one of these formats. You can also add video content in QuickTime or MPEG-4 format to iTunes. To learn how to add these files to iTunes follow the steps below.
Open iTunes
From the File menu, choose one of the following choices:
MacAdd to Library
Windows
Add File to Library
Add Folder to Library
Navigate to and select the file or folder that you want to add
Hope this information serves to be useful. Thanks for using Apple Support Communities to find answers to your questions.
Cheers,
Pedro D.

ITunes message "the original file could not be found"

I recently consolidated my music files to an external hard drive using the "consolidate" feature in iTunes. I imported the music library files and everything seemed to be good. I even did it a second time on to another external hard drive that I back up my entire computer to so that I actually had two copies of my music. At the time I checked that I could access the music on either hard drive by picking the library on that respect external unit with the other drive turned off. Both units were disconnected from the computer for several days and when I went to play iTunes I get the message that "the original file could not be found". It doesn't matter which hard drive library I try to access the result is the same.
I have exported the library text file to Access and there is no information in the "Location" column. It would appear that this information was not saved or lost somehow. The tech article on "Recreating the iTunes Library file" didn't work as iTunes stated the same thing, "the original file could not be found".
All my music is still there, iTunes library file just lost the information as to the location of the individual files. Anybody know of a way or a program to reestablish those locations with out going through 10,000 songs one by one to reestablish its location?
HP Windows XP

I am having some difficulty understanding exactly what set up your have and are you on iTunes 7? You don’t need to use consolidate to get your library onto an external drive if you are on 7, there is an easier way.
There are two important considerations, the location of the library files and the location of the iTunes Music folders. You have iTunes Music folders on two different external drives, but what about the library files – iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml?
Do you have those on the internal drive in My Music\iTunes, or do you have separate copies on the two external drives in iTunes folders there? Something like
X:\Music\iTunes\ containing the libraries and X:\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music for the music files.
The more precise information about how you have things set up the better, and what is the location of your iTunes Music folder as set in Edit>Preferences>Advanced>General.
What method were you using to try to connect to the music on the two drives, and do they always have the same drive letters?
In general terms you get exclamation marks against your tracks for the following reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
The song file or the folder it is in has been moved
The song file has been deleted
The device containing the song files e.g. external drive is not accessible

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