Music will not stay in iTunes library

For some time now, whenever I put music into my iTunes library from my iPod, and then close iTunes and reopen, the music is then gone. This never used to be a problem. Please help me to make the music, that is saved on my computer stay in my iTunes library at all times.

UPDATE!!!
I did a chat with sony tech support and they helped me resolve our problem. I will give you step by step guide.
Step 1: Uninstall iTunes. Be sure to back up your music, either in CD or Zip Drive. You might lose it, but I didn't, I just had to go back and find it.
Step 2: Install Windows Installer 4.5. go to
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/942288
Be sure to Download each of the files that it lists for your Operating System. I had to download three. You can download multiple files at once, too.
Step 3: Reinstall iTunes, import you music, and enjoy!!

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When I exit out of iTunes, my music disappears. Even music that I purchase in the iTunes store will just go into an iTunes folder. I was wondering if anybody else has had similar issues and what you did to fix it. Thank you!!
Message was edited by: AKristina85

UPDATE!!!
I did a chat with sony tech support and they helped me resolve our problem. I will give you step by step guide.
Step 1: Uninstall iTunes. Be sure to back up your music, either in CD or Zip Drive. You might lose it, but I didn't, I just had to go back and find it.
Step 2: Install Windows Installer 4.5. go to
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/942288
Be sure to Download each of the files that it lists for your Operating System. I had to download three. You can download multiple files at once, too.
Step 3: Reinstall iTunes, import you music, and enjoy!!

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This is the most bogus example of Apple rip-off EVER. They do not advertise this *feature* and yet expect people to invest in an Apple ECOSYSTEM? My experience with Apple TV using a central media "server" (a dedicated Mac Mini) has been atrocious. I continually get "Cannot connect..." messages and with typical Apple "it just works" mentality, there is no reason stated. I HATE APPLE TV and I HATE APPLE. Peddle your crapple somewhere else.

When I add music from my CD onto my Macbook, the music will not transfer from iTunes on my Mac to my iPhone/iPad. I'm using iCloud, current software updates and Music Match. Any solutions?

When I add music from my CD onto my Macbook, the music will not transfer from iTunes on my Mac to my iPhone/iPad. I'm using iCloud, current software updates and Music Match. Any solutions?

I figured it out...user error

After new update, itunes will not launch says "itunes library. itl" cannot be read because it was created by newer version. What do I do to correct this?

After the newest update, itunes will not launch says "itunes library. itl" cannot be read because it was created by newer version. What do I do to correct this?

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

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Music will not play during a slideshow launched from Flickr. After choosing music and starting slideshow, the screen says "loading" and it never stops. Under the computers section it says, turn on home sharing in iTunes on the computer with the music library. It is on but apple tv wont recognize it. I've signed out and signed back in over and over and home sharing is on but music wont play. Is this a bug with flickr? Music will play when i launch a slideshow from the iPad but it doesnt have as many cool options for slideshows as flickr does. I want the flickr slideshow to play with music!!! Grrrrrrrr!!!!! Can anyone help???

ok, major miracle. it is now working. here is how i fixed it, and it was a stroke of luck to even find this. opened iTunes, went to edit, then to preferences. box pops up, went to the sharing icon and clicked share my local library on my local network. then scrolled down and checked all the boxes that were applicable. for the heck of it i went through all the other headings to see what else might be hiding from me. i never thought this would do anything but went to ATV, selected flickr, chose some music and wa-la....its playing. also, under the computers heading, it still does not show my iTunes library but clearly its there someplace. oh well, it works...i'm happy! your reply inspired me to keep working so thank you for that!

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I am not being able to sync my Ipod touch on my Itunes library. I was able to get all the apps, but no music. Also, some of the sogs I purchased as showing an error message saying it's not autorized to play, but I did purchase on my computer..
Any help will be appreciated!
karen

Is the iPod signed into the account that purchased the music?
Is iTune signed into the account?
Is the computer authoris for that account?
iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization
maybe
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When I place my Ipod in the cradle (w/ Itunes open) - the computer recognizes the Ipod ("Updating", "Do Not Disconnect", then "Ipod Updates: Ok To Disconnect" comes up) but my library will not import. I restored the settings (and updated software). One thing - I did move my Itunes to an external drive ("F")a while back. Any suggestions anyone? Thanks,

Brian, Monty, & Janet:
If you moved the iTunes music files to another location without using iTunes to manage the move, you will cause iTunes to lose track of the music and possibly the entire Library.
Personally, I find it best to keep the iTunes
i program files
installed on the C: drive. While not completely necessary, it does make sense to manage all program files under the Windows default directory, if for no other reason than ease of locating the program.
Where the actual music
i files
are kept is not critical, as long as iTunes is aware of their location.
Let iTunes keep its
i music database
file (the 'iTunes Library.itl' meta-data file) wherever it wants and
b do not move it,
as this will completely confuse iTunes resulting in a loss of your music
i information
See these posts for some additional information and possible solutions. Read all the links provided within those posts as well. Post back if you have more questions before you attempt to fix this situation, unless you are completely sure of what you are doing and why. Chances are, we can get your Library back to normal and then move it to where you want it to be.
Buegie, "COPIED LIBRARY TO NEW DRIVE" #3, 08:22am Aug 15, 2005
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Music will not add to iTunes (MP3 Format)

I'll try to make this quick. About a month ago my hard drive was over flooded with MP3's. I decided to get an external 250GB Hard drive. I moved all of my files over to the external hard drive. iTunes "lost" the connection to those files. Rather than re-define the location of my files inside of iTunes, I took this opportunity to re-organize all of my music.
1. I uninstalled iTunes
2. Deleted the iTunes directory under My Documents\My Music\iTunes
3. Re-installed the latest version of iTunes.
4. Reactivated using my AppleID
I won't even get into how upset I am that the music I purchased is no longer available to me. I find it nearly insane that I can see a list of the music/games I PAID FOR but cannot re-download them. Therefore I've lost those songs and the Suduko game I bought. Lovely.
This is where the problem starts. I do a FILE <-- ADD FOLDER TO LIBRARY and then I select the folder to add. Some folders add with no problems while other folders will not add. Here are the steps I have taken to resolve the problem.
1. Try to drag and drop the songs into iTunes.
2. Try to do a FILE <-- ADD FILE TO LIBRARY (1 file at a time)
3. Moved songs back to the C:\ drive from the external drive.
4. Rename the music files.
5. Using MusicBrainz Picard, I re-tagged (ID3) the files.
6. Uninstalled iTunes and installed an older version (v.7.0)
7. Sent a music file to my friend (here is where it get's interesting)
Now, my friend ALSO cannot add ANY MP3 file that I send him, but he can go out and download the exact same file from the internet and he can add that file with no problem. What does this mean? Is my computer corrupting my MP3 files? Some things to note:
1. I've used Windows XP SP2 to edit my ID3 tags by using the Right-Click <-- Properties <-- Summary Tab to fix or correct some of the names of the artists/albums. Could I be causing some ID3 tag problems when I use MusicBrainz or Windows XP SP2 to change my files?
2. When I try to play one of these "bad" MP3's in iTunes, it won't play the song but when I attempt to play the song using Media Player, I have no problem listening to it.
Any ideas? I'm frustrated and lost. It's been a month without my music on my iPod and I'm wondering if their are any other programs aside from iTunes that I can use with my iPod.

Update - The problem is within iTunes. This is an educated guess but when other applications have NO problem playing, and reading (ID3 Tags) of the same MP3 files that iTunes CANNOT see, this must be an iTunes problem. These are the programs that can play and read ID3 tags on my MP3's:
1. Windows Media Player
2. WinAmp
3. Songbird
4. VLC Media Player
5. MusicBrainz
Also, I used a freeware app named ID3 cleaner to do a test on my MP3's. The program scans for corrupted ID3 tags on MP3 files. It found no corruption on my files at all. I have also converted the ID3 tags on my MP3's to older version thinking that iTunes might have a problem with ID3 V2.4. I took it back to 2.1 and this didn't solve the problem. I'm very frustrated with iTunes and will be using SongBird to work with my iPod for now on. I'll just cut my losses as far as the $50 I've spent in the iTunes Store. If anyone has any other recommendations to fix the problem, I'd love to hear them.
I know I'm not the first person who can't add/import MP3 files into their iTunes library. Doing a search in Google shows hundreds of thousands of hits. At this point it's a complete mystery to me. Something in some of my MP3 files makes iTunes unhappy. This was NOT a problem about 4 months ago. I have a feeling that the most recent releases of iTunes (since the iPhone) has some major bugs. I've been an iTunes user for only about a year but in the last 4 months I've had more problems with Quicktime / iTunes than I have had in the other 8 months combined.
Thanks for reading my unneccesarily long rant I'll check back, seems like a lot of good and helpful people come into these forums. Must be the Apple state of mind
-D

My music will not copy from itunes in my pc to my iphone 4

I can see it in my Itunes library but when I try to drag it to the music subfolder under my devices it will not allow it! Please help!

Are you set to manual or do you have syncing setup? If it's the latter then you don't drag. You have to select iPhone under devices, go to the music tab and click what you want to sync, then Click on the apply button
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

Combing two large libraries (over 1.25 TB total) and music will not show up in library but does in media folder. Help?

I'm a Windows PC user, and I'm currently in the process of combining my 12,000+ song library on my laptop (we'll call it Library A) with a 180,000+ song library (Library B, and yes, one-hundred-and-eighty thousand) onto a new hard drive. I have successfully moved Library A from my laptop onto my new hard drive. The method I have tried so far to move the Library B music into A on the new hard drive is by using the "Add Folder to Library" and selecting only a small portion of the folders in Library B's media folders as not to overload iTunes and to be able to pinpoint problems.
This worked for a few small iterations but the moment I tried doing half of the "A" artists (alphabetically), most of the music doesn't show up in the library. Some of it doesn't show up in the regular library but in the "Recently Added" playlist, and some don't show up in either. I have even tried adding just single files now and those don't show up at all.
THEY ALL SHOW UP IN THE MEDIA FOLDER ON THE NEW HARD DRIVE. That is why I think this might be true but I'm not sure: I've heard that it is because iTunes needs to process all the songs before it shows up in the actual library. Is this true? I have waited over an hour for adding about 6,000 songs; half showed up right in the beginning and half haven't yet. When I added about 4,000 just before this, they all showed up without any problems.
Any help? And is there an easier, error-free way to add this many songs into a new library at once? I'll keep this updated for anyone trying. Thanks in advance!
I have tried signing out and signing in and that does not work either.

hey.
finally somebody with the same problem! i bought a new external drive because i was running out of space and backed up my entire library. then my computer crashed and i wanted to take advantage of a clean drive and not add my whole library back onto my computer. i'd love to be able to access my music folder on the external and have that show up as my library on iTunes when connected...
i followed all the steps as closely as possible and am pretty confident that my advanced preferences in iTunes are correct, but the library does not show these songs from the external drive. have you had any feedback or figured it out on your own?! i hope so, i'm at a deadend.

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If nobody is helping you here, you should fill out the form at the bottom of this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/ipod/
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