My Own Music Not Authorized

Hello,
Songs I have ripped from CDs play fine with iTunes on
a Mac mini set up as a media system.
However, when I try and play songs with Front Row some
play fine but others are not authorized.
The funny thing is once I play it in iTunes it will then
play in Front Row.
I'm not looking forward to playing all 5000 songs just to fix the problem though.
Also, I have the songs on a network NAS with shared folders and was able
to MAP the files to the Mac mini with no problem.
I have iTunes, Quicktime and Front Row all up to date.
Thanks

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