PC user w/ Audio wma files and Itunes MPEG-4 audio files in separate folder

My husband has an mp3 player that uses the wma format, so we have a lot of songs in the audio folder. Initially I simply transferred all of them into the itunes folder and they were converted to mpeg-4 format. Now as more files have been added to the audio folder, I would like to convert them to mpeg-4 and get them into my itunes folder. I can't seem to figure out how to find the ones that aren't already in the folder and just transfer those. It wants to transfer all of them and then I have duplicate songs. Anyone have any ideas?
Message was edited by: kjdouro

Have had no trouble in the past but now it's everything I download.
So all these things used to play in Quicktime and iTunes and won't? Downloaded now and in the past? Even previous mp4s? This is what I gather from your last statement.
Have you changed the file extensions to match those for mp4s iTunes will accept?
Have you updated any media related software on your computer since everything last worked?

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