Music File problems MAC not recognising them

I have recently just bought a Macbook and transferred music files from my PC to the MAC.
I seem to be having a problem with the Macbook recognising certain files as music as its currently just showing an image, without the additional duration info, etc..
Has anyone else experienced this?
Or have any advice as to what the problem could be?
Thanks,
Chris

Okay. Try this: Find one of the problematic songs in Finder (It should be in your home folder under Music>iTunes>iTunes Music, which is organized by artist name, then album. Once you've found one of the songs, right-click (control+click) on it, choose *Open With* and pick QuickTime. Does that work?
Are the songs the right file size? (2~3 MB)
~Lyssa

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