Problems with songs in iTunes

Hi, I am having problems with iTunes, in that whenever I rename a song (fix up the title, album info, etc) it will often revert back to the old settings and information about a week later. Almost always, it will lose the track number (not the actual track number, but the second total number of tracks for the CD, "# of #" and will put gibberish " 00000991 00000619 00002C8E 00001B1A 000295F0 0003074A 00008000 00008000 00007170 00007170" in the comments section as well as deleting the cover art. The problem is, it doesn't just do it once, it has recently done it again for about half of my iTunes library. It is very irritating.
Also, it only does it with .mp3 files, the .m4a files are always perfect. I don't want to have to rip my entire library to CDs and re-rip it back to my computer in .m4a format, but if I get desperate I might have to (15ish MB worth of music). Just looking for any suggestions before I have to resort to something that drastic. Thank you!

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