Problem adding songs to library

First of all, a couple of weeks ago I got the dreaded "corrupt library file" error message. Tried everything I could to get it back with no luck. I finally decided that I would just start from scratch and re-add all of my music to the library, and in doing so, clean it up and get it all labeled correctly once and for all.
Fast forward to today. First time after upgrading to 7.3, I open iTunes and proceed to Add to Library... Well, it let me add one song, no problem. Then I tried to add another, and nothing. Tried adding an album, and while it popped up a window saying it was processing the tracks, they didn't get added to the library. Keep in mind that all of the music I'm trying to add to the library is already in the iTunes music folder.
What am I dong wrong?

for some reason the edit function is not working - so i am going to reply to my own message...I jsut tried to click on some of the mps files in the media folder that I mention above ( but not showing in itunes) and they start to play in itunes.
also error above - i am using vista.

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I've added over 20 gigs of music to my iTunes library without any problems. But now I have a folder that I'm trying to add, and it acts like there is nothing in it, which means the songs in the folder do not get added to the library. The folder only contains music that is in mp3 format. Anybody got any ideas why iTunes will not add the songs?

Does it act any differently if you open the folder and try adding the songs themselves rather than the whole folder at once?
Do you get any sort of error message, or does it just do nothing?
And can you play any of the songs in that folder with QuickTime outside of iTunes?
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Hey, I am having problems putting songs into my library. I've tried Adding the files and folders seperatly, but nothing shows up in the library. All of the songs are MP3's and seem to play fine in WMP...Anyone else have this problem?

i also have the same problem.
basically, what i did, is i went to Add folder to library, and chose My Music. So it loaded all the songs, and shows in the bottom that i have 4780 songs. But when i do the same in Winamp, it shows 6806 songs. So i checked the Library in iTunes and saw that some songs were missing, in what seems like a random manner. For example, i have the album "The Art of Drowning" from AFI, but only 2 songs from them are showing in the iTunes library, yet i have no problem playing them in Winamp, or even Windows Media Player. I tried adding a couple files manually, but it still doesn't work.
(those are songs from CD's i own personnally)
Please help,
Thanks.
edit: i found something out in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2260889&#2260889
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Hello community. I recently had my 5 1/2 year old Macbook pro crap out on me. I was basically using it as a vehicle for my music in its twilight days. I was worried I had lost my whole 7500 song library, but luckily for me I am signed up for itunes match, so it was not a problem getting my music library back on my PC desktop computer. I have run into the problem of not being able to add new songs to my library on this new computer, however. I don't purchase most of my music, though purchased songs do work. It's the songs acquired in the not-so traditional way that I'm having a problem with. I've tried downloading them in mp3 and mp4 format, and have tried every way I used to do on my mac laptop, like dragging it over or trying to upload it though my internet downloads page. It's very frustrating that I can't figure this out. Curious to see if anyone else has run into a similar situation or if I'm just screwed. Either way, thanks in advance for any help or advice.

Im sure someone will know better than me how to fix this but you could try opening windows exploror and going to the folder the songs are located in, rightclick the song, select "Open With" and pick iTunes. That might force iTunes to open and add the song then
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Whenever I try to add music to my iTunes library and convert it to an AAC file it tells me "You don't have write access for your iTunes Media folder or a folder within it. To change permissions, right click your iTunes Media folder in Explorer, and choose properties" I also cannot download any purchased songs from iTunes because it tells me "There was a problem downloading ........ you do not have enough access privileges for this operation" it also gives me this message under the status column (zero KB of 6.5 MB - stopped (err = -5000) I tried uninstalling iTunes and then re-installing it and I get the same problem, I even took my computer in to be looked at and everything works except for iTunes so I am thinking that there may be something wrong with the latest version of iTunes 10.5.2, is there any fix to this issue as I have never had a problem with iTunes until this version was released, any help would be greatly appreciated

Does it act any differently if you open the folder and try adding the songs themselves rather than the whole folder at once?
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And can you play any of the songs in that folder with QuickTime outside of iTunes?
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ITunes 11 adding songs to Library which don't show up but can be found by Searching - but can't be player

Hello,
I got a little problem here...
My iTunes 11 won't show the titles of a new album i tried to import!
I imported them the normal way, after this i recognized there was a problem, i had the album two times. I tried to fix it by changing the album name on every track again... It didn' work so I removed the tracks from my Library... then I wanted to reimport them, but... they just didn't come up...
I looked for them and found them in my Media folder. I deleted them there again and tried to import again... Nothing... they just won't appear in iTunes but are always present in the Media folder!
I can also search for the band in iTunes and can find it, but if i press play (also if the songs can be found in the Media folder) it won't do that... it just doesn't show them, i can't remove them from my Library and can't play them!
Does anyone have a solution for a problem like this?
Sorry If my english is bad at the moment, but i'm very tired and the day wasn't funny at all...

Hi Air Flute
Welcome to the Apple Discussions
Go to this FAQ http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=122021
Repair Permissions as it says then follow a link to one of the Utilities to run the Cron Scripts (I use MacJanitor as it is free).
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Problem playing songs from library

I have a few songs that I downloaded into my library. When I played them after downloading it was fine. ipod is synced, and songs play on ipod. But now i try to play them on my library and it won't play. I double click, nothing, I right click and press play, nothing.
Does anyone have an idea why it won't play on library from computer?

Just to make sure; have you tried highlighting the song and then pressing the Play button, instead of double-clicking? Sometimes double-clicking actually causes the "rename song" feature to appear, although you should notice that this has happened.
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Im sure someone will know better than me how to fix this but you could try opening windows exploror and going to the folder the songs are located in, rightclick the song, select "Open With" and pick iTunes. That might force iTunes to open and add the song then
I Know iTUnes has issues with MP#s and corrupt ID3 tags attacted to them. you can search the net for a program called "TidyMP3" to fix corrupt tags if you have them

How to stop iTunes from adding songs to library automatically???

I love iTunes and almost everything about it. Pretty much the one and only complaint with it is that every time I download a music file (not to my music folder), iTunes can be completely shut down, but starts up and adds the file to my library. I download a LOT of random files that I listen to once and delete immediately, or I will download music to one folder and move it to my music folder at a later date, so having iTunes automatically adding all of these files to the library on its own free will is going to force me to uninstall it. Is there any way to stop iTunes from doing this?????? Even if it were to just add the files only if I played them in iTunes vs any file I add my my computer?

I think you aked this before and didn't get an answer. I don't really know, but here goes.
Any thing iTunes plays it adds to the library and I guess that iTunes is set as your default player for the type of file you are downloading.
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I followed all of the steps to restoring it. That
did not work
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It completed the restore process. I don't remember checking to see if there was anything on it, as I trusted iTunes' assessment of the restore.
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Problems adding songs to my iTunes

When I try to add a particular album to my iTunes, it only adds four songs out of the entire album and just seems to ignore the rest of the songs. No error message, nothing... it just refuses to add the songs. I've tried it several times, but no dice. Can anybody help with this?

Im sure someone will know better than me how to fix this but you could try opening windows exploror and going to the folder the songs are located in, rightclick the song, select "Open With" and pick iTunes. That might force iTunes to open and add the song then
I Know iTUnes has issues with MP#s and corrupt ID3 tags attacted to them. you can search the net for a program called "TidyMP3" to fix corrupt tags if you have them

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I figured out how to change itunes as my default player. I did this by selecting a new audio file and hitting cmd and I to get info, then I selected the "open with" category. Inside "open with" theres an option to open the file with quick time, underneath that is the "change all" option. select that and you will solve this problem if this is a nuisance to anyone else.

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I'm having the exact same problem and I came to this forum seeking the answer.
To go into more detail, the problem occurs when you click on 'Add File to Library', then select multiple songs from a folder using the CTL key. You can add tracks individually with no problem. Use CTL to choose two or three tracks, that works fine, too. But if you choose more than that, nothing gets added to the Library.
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It definitely feels like a software bug and I've experienced it in more than one version of iTunes, including the current release. I'm hoping Apple will recognize and fix it sometime soon. Having to go into the same folder three or four times to import 10 or more tracks from the same album is pretty irritating.
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