ITunes Track info

Hi,
for some reason CDs I'm importing are only showing in library as track no. only. Previous CDs I imported had artist name, song title etc. I now have 4 CDs which are unrecognizable, but do play. I've tried most things I can think of to import titles etc. but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
Also, what import format do you recommend, AAC or MP3. THis is for music CDs.
Thanks,
John

iTunes gets the info by connecting to an on-line database so first of all you need to be connected when you are importing. Also, it can only retreive information on commercial CDs so if you burned them yourself you won't get the info. Also, there will be no info if the CD doesn't appear in the database which can happen with older ones.
There's a little Apple document on song information here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93952

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