Itunes resetting song titles

I have a group of midi's in itunes that are mislabeled. I rename them in itunes (I've tried both double clicking the song title, and going into the 'get info' menu)
The next time I play the song, itunes reverts the title of the song back, I can't get it too stay renamed, and I can't figure out why this is happening. I'm running windows vista 64x, with itunes 9.0.1.8

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I just transferred music from a desktop to a laptop to put on itunes. After this exhausting process of renaming and renaming unnamed tracks, when I play one on itunes the song title disappears and though the song plays, I have to rewrite name of song.

I just transferred music from a desktop to a laptop to put on itunes. After this exhausting process of renaming and renaming unnamed tracks (b/c itunes made me rename them even after I rewrote the names in the music folder of my computer even though I hadn't put the songs onto itunes beforehand when the tracks were unnamed), when I play one on itunes the song title disappears and though the song plays, I have to AGAIN rewrite the name of the song. Is there an actually answer out there???!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
i guess you are referring to iTunes Match. It sounds as though you haven't downloaded all the content and are trying to play your music over a poor connection.

Itunes library & song titles

I am new to mac and was a bit impatient when i got it, and immeadately began importing albums on to my hard drive w/o out an internet connection figuring I could just have them added later. but i can't figure out how to do it. I've reinserted the same CD and got the song titles but they don't transfer into the library! please help because thats alot of typing!!

"I don't believe that it is possible to get the track names for songs that are already on your HD."
Yes you can. Just follow the directions that macmenno has posted.
The CDDB online database that iTunes uses comes the number of tracks and their duration with those in its database to figure out the appropriate track info.
Matt

ITunes Resetting Song Info

Lately, my iTunes has been resetting song information on my iTunes. Basically, when I import the tracks, I alter some of the information so it's accurate and "visually pleasing," but if I want to edit the information again or play the song, some or all of the track information will go back to the "original" information how it was when it was originally imported off the CD. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this? It's just been doing it with recently imported stuff; it doesn't do this with all of the stuff that I've imported over a month ago.

Hey Music Suff,
I think I have an article that can help you address this issue:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Edit song and CD information
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12360
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

ITunes Changes Song Titles When I drop Them In a Playlist

I am using ITunes 10.2.1 When I drag a song to a playlist if there are numbers in the title iTunes deletes the numbers ex. "1. MySong" becomes "Mysong". I like the numbers in there to keep track of the song order visually. How do I fix this?

I have the same problem. Also, I don't want to store everything in a Artist / Album folder/directory, but in what is for classical music more logical: Composer / Album / Artist (= orchestra & conductor or soloist or the like). But also keep in mind that some characters are not allowed in naming a Windows-folder or filename. These characters are: \ / : * ? " | This is typical for any Windows-version (even Windows 7 32bit or 64bit). When you use these characters in iTunes, they will be changed in a '_'. E.g.: Bach: Matthaüspassion in iTunes will be in the Windows folder Bach_ Matthäuspassion.
Also, the total lenght of a filename in Windows (any Windows-version) is max. 256 characters, including folders and subfolders. So, even you change iTunes for another program for ripping and organizing your music like Mediamonkey, these limitations stand. Mediamonkey is not truncating the filenames into a maximum of 32 characters. iTunes has nevertheless the advantage using the CDDB-Gracenote database for its metadata and not FreeDB like the most of the other music library organizers. Although far from perfect, the Gracenote metadata are much more consistent for classical music than the FreeDB metadata. FreeDB is good for modern music, but it's crap for classical music. Less known alternatives like MusicBrainz are also rather consistent, but are too small. To give an idea: Gracenote and FreeDB have both metadata of more than 90 million cd's. MusicBrainz has only 8 million.

ITunes duplicates song titles

Hello,
I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS (I check for updates weekly). I sync the phone to my iMac (2014 model).
What I notice is that for several albums, the songs are listed twice. But for many of the duplicates, the title of the song is not the actual track it should go with. These are all from albums I've purchased from the iTunes store, or uploaded from my CD library.
Does anyone know how to correct this? Syncing in iTunes doesn't seem to rectify the problem.
Thanks

Bill:
There is a wonderful AppleScript: Delete iTunes Dupes.
This script will examine your iTunes Library for duplicates based on one or more vectors that you select (you'll get a dialogue box with a list, you command+click to select multiple categories). This way, if you have a track with the same name, from the same artist, but from different albums, that track will not come up as a duplicate. If you import CDs at a high bitrate or in an uncompressed format, then re-encode for different uses, you can select bitrate and kind as additional vectors for distinguishing what is and what is not a duplicate.
The script will create a playlist called "Dupes" and will put both copies of the track into it, and you can command+click to select which tracks you want to delete. To remove them from the Library as well, hold down the option key when deleting. The script itself takes some time to complete - you'll get a spinning b&w beachball until it's done (but that won't interfere with iTunes loperations).
Hope this helps.
Lita

Itunes deletes song titles

I have several midi files that i have imported to my itunes and when i play them itunes deletes the name and retitles them as 'untitled' so every time i play them i have to rename them. how do i fix this?!

Normally, iTunes does not modify titles. Sometimes the problem is caused by another program on your computer. In particular, go into Windows Media Player, and on the Library tab, and make sure that all those funny options like "Rename music file using rip settings" are all not checked.

Chinese song titles don't appear when copied from iTunes Mac to XP

Hi all,
I've tried googling the answer to this but can't seem to find the answer so wondered if anyone can help me. Please?
I use a G4 MacMini at home running 10.4.11 and iTunes 9x and keep all my music on an external hard drive. I want to play my music using ITunes 10x on my PC at work running XP SP3. I need to reformat my iPod on the PC anyway cos at the moment it won't as it was originally formatted on my Mac.
I've copied my iTunes Library and my music files to an external hard drive and am using MacDrive so that I can copy them on to my PC, however I've noticed that the titles of the 20 or so Chinese albums I have don't appear. They appear as underscores not squares. The artists names appear ok but not the song titles.
I've installed the East Asian language pack in the Control Panel on the PC. On the Advanced tab, the Language for non-Unicode programs is set to English (UK) and the Code page conversion tables is set to 10002 (Mac - Traditional chinese Big5).
Is there anything else I should have done?
The Chinese song titles would have been imported automatically when I ripped them off CDs on the Mac.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

ITunes could not copy [song title] because an unknown error occurred (-54)

For the past month or so I've been unable to sync it with iTunes. When I do, it starts but after a few hundred songs, I get the error that "itunes could not copy [song title] because an unknown error occurred (-54). When I click OK, it then says "synching" but nothing is actually happening, and the only way to even get my browser working again is to restart my pc. I have deleted the song in question, but it will just do it again with a different song. I have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes to the most recent version, reset the iPod Touch numerous times, As well as deleting the iTunes files off of my computer and reloading all the muisc to it. To make things more interesting, it does all of this on my laptop pc as well as my desktop. Now. all of this may have started before upgrading the software, but that was the last time in months that I tried to sync it, so there may or not be a correlatoin there.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.

Try:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18687758#18687758
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19573110#19573110
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20050391#20050391

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I have an older generation iPod nano, do I need to go back to an older version of iTunes so I can see the song titles on the song list? If so, does anyone have a link to the oder verson?

Does anyone know of an audio CD burner that will consistently label the original information?
Audio CDs do NOT have info except for CD-TEXT, no matter which program you use.
The Redbook audio CD standard does not allow for anything except CD-TEXT.
iTunes will write CD-TEXT but it will not read CD-TEXT.
You can burn data CDs and all the info will be retained and can be played in iTunes.

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Hi dones49,
It sounds like your issue here is that iTunes can not find the files for some of the songs you have brought into it. This happens occasionally even if the songs have not been moved from the location that iTunes places them on import or purchase. When you try to use the song, iTunes prompts you to find the file, as you have seen.
To find the file, use the information in this article to navigate through the iTunes media folders -
Locate and organize your iTunes files
If you are still unable to locate the files, you may need to download them from the iTunes store again, or rip them from your CDs. See this article for assistance with downloading your past purchases -
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I purchased a song on iTunes and it is displayed in my list of SONGS. However, when I try to add to my iPhone 4, it displays with a small circle of dots to the left of the song title and will not play. How do I get this song onto my device?

I purchased a song on iTunes and it is displayed in my list of SONGS. However, when I try to add to my iPhone 4, it displays with a small circle of dots to the left of the song title and will not play. How do I get this song onto my device?

Hi TKCDM1!
You should try to get this purchase onto your iOS device by using the suggestions in the following article:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

I downloaded latest version of iTunes for PC on my XP. Works fine. Connected my iPhone 5. I can see it. Cannot transfer any of my music to iPhone. I pull song to the right of screen, phone access pops open, plus sign on song title, drop it in, nothing

1) Downloaded latest iTunes version onto PC
2) connected iPhone 5 to PC
3) Transferred songs from my files to iPhone - everything worked ok.
4) downloaded app from Mac appstore - iConverter - to convert ringtones for use on iPhone
5) converted ringtones as instructed and got them over to iPhone to use - in process, had to SYNC tones and therefore, lost all the music files I had on iPhone.
6) went back to iTunes to copy over music files again and nothing would transfer. The iPhone listing on the right would pull out when I'd drag the music file over. A + sign would show on the song title and I would drop it in. I check my iPhone music and nothing is there.
7) also, a couple of songs somehow transferred in on their own and I can't delete them from the iPhone.
8) if I try to SYNC my music to the phone, it will erase the ringtones.
HELP!

From the box the iphone came in:
Mac system requirements
Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
iTunes 10.1 or later (free download fromwww.itunes.com/download)
iTunes Store account
Internet access"

HT203288 I have updated software on itunes and my iphone4 and at least 100 of my songs in itunes will no longer play or sync on to my iphone. They all have an exclamation mark! to the left of the song title in the library. Please help!

I have updated software on itunes and my iphone4 and at least 100 of my songs in itunes will no longer play or sync on to my iphone. They all have an exclamation mark! to the left of the song title in the library. Please help!

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I burned a playlist from iTunes, and the song titles on the burned CD changed to Track 1, Track 2, Track 3, etc. How can I get the song titles to appear as they do in iTunes? Is this really too much to ask from the world's leading music player software?

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