Problems searching for songs on iTunes

Everytime I try to search for songs on iTunes, it only allows me to type one letter and then it says searching for iTunes.

Going to iTunes > Store > De-Authorize Computer > Authorize Computer worked for me and others. Give it a try!

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So, right after downloading the new iTunes... I had no problems at all.
I would go through, search for songs in the search bar for my library, and again, no problems.
No matter what I searched for it worked... Unless I searched for a song with the letter A.
Every other letter works no problem.
I put the first letter in the search bar, no matter the letter, and immediately start getting results.
... The second I put the letter A in the search bar... it freezes for a sec, then gives me a runtime error and closes.
I would really super appreciate any help with this. Or atleast to know I'm not the only one with this problem or similar problem(s)...

Okay... Are they still working on this new iTunes...?
Because now I have a new problem.
In the library, only purchased songs are showing up. And other songs I have, like say the ones I have on my ipod now that I got from my cds, aren't showing up in the library at all.
They're on my ipod... When you go under the ipod and go under 'On this ipod', they're all there...
But they only show up there.
I can't listen to em' on itunes. And I can't seem to get them over into my library...
Is there anyway to fix this, without having to manually go through and add them all over again...
I REALLY could use the help with this...

Having problems searching for music

I just recently encountered a problem searching for music on the Itunes store. I searched under song title, and it didn't bring up any results. Then I searched for the same music under artist, and the music came up. What's weird here is that the music was always there, but it's not showing up when I try to search under song title. Can someone tell me what's going on here?

If the song is a part of "Compilation", you cannot find it using Artist or Genres. But you can find it searching through Albums or Compilations. Try that, maybe that's you problem.

Music Player continuously searching for songs and ...

I have a N97 running firmware v.21.0.045 and about a week or so ago I was forced to do the hard reset because the phone became so unstable. I left my E: drive (the mass storage) intact including all of my songs, videos and pictures I had stored.
Everything seems to be okay apart from the Music Player which everytime I use it it starts to search for songs and podcasts continuously. I can stop that and it lists all of my music and can play them but the volume control does not work, either from the telephone or the earpiece supplied.
I have tried leaving it searching for hours but nothing changes - it just keeps on searching. Any suggestions as to how I can fix this please or does it mean I have to do another reset of the telephone? It all worked before.
I have tried taking the battery out but this makes no difference.

This is the solution
ok i found the solution here by deleting the corrupted library
http://portablevideo.blogspot.com/2008/12/music-player-database-problems.html
now one of these below is for the music and one for the photos and i didnt have a problem with the photos but did it anyways and now the player can see my music:
these are the files that need deleting in order to get rid of the corrupted library.
Storage Drives: (Mass storage E, Memory Card F)
\private\101ffca9\harvesterdbvx_x.dat
\private\10281e17\[string]mpxvx_x.db
\private\10281e17\[string]pcvx_x.db
TIP: Connect the device in USB mass storage mode (File Transfer), to locate the private folder from the PC.
TIP: STRING and x_x will change depending on your phone. (my files had slightly different names than above on the n97
Kudos to diginoise and Google, I've used it and it works, so have many others, as I've poted this a few times
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Problems with some songs in iTunes (and my iPod)

Hi,
I do not know whether this is the right category for my problem, but I did not find a suitable one.
I have problems with some songs in iTunes. They do not sound right. It is hard to me to describe my problem in English (thanks to apple's "great" support...I was not able to contact them personally except by phone). The songs "hang", they sound like someone reels (?) it. The problem does not only appear with iTunes but also with my iPod nano first generation.
My godmother brang me CDs where that problems appear (but not the whole CDs have that problem, only a few songs) from the USA - I live in Germany. Maybe that is cause of the error. But I cannot imagine that, because CDs there and here have the same format and I have several CDs from the US where is no problem at all. I am absolutely sure that the CDs are originals and not a copy, by the way.
Maybe you can help me, it would be great!
Thanks,
Jule
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Yes, I thought that's what Restore should do, but the problems remain. Hmmm, the out of order 'album's' songlist is notated 1 of 8, 2 of 8, 3 of 8... I'll try 01, 02...
Probably a good idea.
The other album is running through the list of songs like fast-forward, but not playing the songs. Then, iPod locks up.
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I want to be able to search for songs the way I could before itunes 11

Please tell me there is a way to switch the search feature back to the original before this update. I hate the fact that my search comes up with albums and artists etc when all I want to do is search for a song and have it show up in the list form. I liked that when you typed in the name of a song, you would get a list of the songs as you were typing it and could just click through your library. Now its complicated. Please, is there a way to fix this?

I want to add something to be a little clearer. I know that you can select from the search window what options to search for (artist, album, etc). What I don't like is when you search, the main library window just sits there. Why wont the songs appear in the main library? I dont want to have to click on the song in the search window. If I am searching for a song called diamonds, then while I am typing in the name I want all the songs that have all those letters to show up just like in the older version of itunes. Like if I typed the first letter D, all songs with d would show up in the main library window. Then I would have Di, all the songs with Di. Diamo, then all the songs with Diamo in its title would show up. Why wont this work now? Its really ruining my experience as it was so useful the way it used to work.

Searching for song, brings you to location in library

I just upgraded to iTunes 10.5.2, and am most distraught over what I've found. When I search for a song and click play (while still in the "search" view, that is, only the songs that satisfy the search parameters are shown), and then x out of the search. A couple versions ago, closing the search would bring me right to the song highlighted or playing. More recently, closing the search brings me back to the top of my library, regardless of where the song being played is. I used to be able to hit the space bar twice to pause then play, and I would be brought to the song. Now even that does not work. Is there any way to restore this feature??? i can't even tell you how heavily i rely on this.

Okay... Are they still working on this new iTunes...?
Because now I have a new problem.
In the library, only purchased songs are showing up. And other songs I have, like say the ones I have on my ipod now that I got from my cds, aren't showing up in the library at all.
They're on my ipod... When you go under the ipod and go under 'On this ipod', they're all there...
But they only show up there.
I can't listen to em' on itunes. And I can't seem to get them over into my library...
Is there anyway to fix this, without having to manually go through and add them all over again...
I REALLY could use the help with this...

How do I search for songs and artists within playlists?

In the Itunes music app on the Ipod touch there are several views (Songs, Playlists, Genius, Artists, etc.) In song view if you swipe down it reveals the search bar. However when you go to Playlist view and choose a specific playlist there is no search bar or option anywhere to search for a specific song, artist, genre etc.
So how the heck do we search within playlists, where is the search bar or where is the option to search in a specific playlist?

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Problems exporting GB2 songs to iTunes/equalizing volume

I’m posting this in both GB and iTunes becuase I don’t know where the problems lies.
1) I’ve exported five tunes I created in GB2.
a) Average length of song is about 3 minutes;
b) Volume settings were pretty much the same. I deliberately set them as close as I could. Especially the Master volume;
c) Average composition of songs is: 3-4 green (MIDI) tracks and 2 or 3 blue (Digital or “real” instrument tracks;
d) All volume settings in iTunes were the same.
When I exported them to iTunes, they were all “Bounced.” To the best I could observe...difficult because the little window just flashed a message under the “Bounced” message, reasons were “Unknown Album Artwork,” something about “Volume,” and another reason I coundn’t decifer.
However,
It appeared iTunes really did accept these songs. They were listed as “Bounced,” “Bounced 2,” “Bounced 3,” etc.
When I played them back, they sounded alright. So, I typed in the acutal name of the songs (By deleting “Bounced” and typing) and put them into the playlist I wanted.
When finished, burned a CD. However, the audio volume of the songs did not equalize. I did, indeed, ensure that the “check volume” button was checked in iTunes. But when I played back from the CD, volume levels were clearly not equalized. (I know iTunes will not perfectly “equalize,” but these are obviously out of whack.
Bottom line: It is going to be very difficult to burn a CD with volume levels for every song jumping all over the place.
What’s wrong and how do I remedy this?
Addendum: I have an iPOD mini. When I play songs from any given playlist, volume is also a problem. One song is at a given level, the next much louder, another much softer.

skip down to the bottom of the Mastering answer:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#mastering

Search for song in a playlist

Hi all,
As I have created a number of playlists I am having difficulty trying to find a song in a playlist.
This way I can avoid duplicating songs in playlists or know if I have created a cd with a particular song.
Does anyone know how I can search for a song in a playlist?
Every time I conduct a search it seems to only be looking through my itunes library and not playlists.
Any help or info would be great!

Hi cheekyage,
Since there is no way to assign a "Playlist" to a specific piece of music, there is no way to find it specifically by "playlist". However, I have a suggestion that may be of help:
If you don't have a million songs already in Playlists, then if you go into each song that is currently assigned to a particular playlist, and assign a "playlist" tag that is sortable to it, then it will accomplish the same thing:
1.     Click on one of your Playlists and then click Edit at the top of the screen and click on Select All. Then click Command+I to Get Info on the group in that Playlist. You will get a dialogue box asking you if you want to edit information for multiple items - click on "Yes".
2.     On the Info tab, you will see a "Grouping" box.
3.     In the Grouping box type in the name of your Playlist
4.     Then click on OK
5.     Click on the screen to de-select the songs
6.     Click on View at the top of the screen and click on View Options
7.     In the "Personal" section click on Grouping to select it then close the View Options window
8.     In the top right-hand side of the Music display screen, you will see a little dropdown where you can change your display view. Change it to "List"
9.     You should now see your Grouping column with your playlist name next to the songs in that Playlist
Repeat steps 1-5 until you have assigned a Playlist names to all of the songs that are in a Playlist
Once you are done, you will be able to see if a song has a Playlist name already assigned to it when you do a search.
Hope this helps!
Post back with any questions!
Cheers,
GB

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The alphabetical "ladder" should just show up as soon as you select albums, artists or songs. It is always there on my iPhone so it should be the same on your Touch since the software is the same.

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