Organizing trouble
Im having some trouble organizing music from cds on my ipod. When i import a cd to the library, and then transfer to the ipod.. everything is fine. Then i look at my ipod and i go to albums.. epecting to see album titles but i see song titles, so i go to artists... expecting to see artist names.. but i see song titles there as well. How can i fix this?
"First, for some albums, it will actually separate the songs of the album into two separate albums of the same exact name"
A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.
If the above is not the issue, try this also. Highlight all the songs for that artist, right click on them and select "apply sort field/same artist".
That often works.
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