RE-organize library to be more classical music friendly?

I find music library not usseful for classical music. It organizes alpahbetically, for example, as if each movement of a symphony were a song, thus all "adagios" are lumped, "andantes" etc.....also vis a vis Composers cannot tell that Mozart is the same as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart etc. Has anyone found a better system?

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Some of my tracks in my iTunes library (eg: audiobooks, lengthy classical music pieces) only play for either 6 or 8 minutes then halt. Why?

So if there is a track that would last longer than 6 or 8 minutes, the track simply stops playing.
My library has been built over 6 or 7 years, contains no illegal music, 85% bought from iTunes, rest is ripped CDs. I have transferred my library at least three times from laptop to laptop as I have upgraded machines, and used different account names and passwords as I have moved around in my job. As an aside, every time I transfer the library it screws up, always the audiobooks and always the classical music and how I have it all catalogued.
I am asuming it's a iTunes library problem, not a problem with my iPod classic?
All help and advice gratefully received; thanks.

Actually I think that its a problem with either the gapless data or the song volume settings that has been brought by itunes 7. When adding new files to the library, iTunes takes a while to determine volume/gapless information. I have replaced files and itunes didn't check the volume and info again, that is why every song stops playing at the last 40 seconds only on the iPod.
I re-added one of the bad files and it played perfectly, but I don't want to lose the data on the other 60 odd files, so is there a way of forcing iTunes to recheck these files? (otherwise i'd have to re-rate and play the songs to the level they are right now)

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allow me to add that it also deleted all of the "genres" that I developed myself (I listen to a lot of obscure/experimental music)

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I recently downloaded iTunes 10, found my library and things looked great..........UNTIL.....I clicked on the reorganize files box in the 'Organize Library' window. Now all my music has a little ! next to it and says it cannot locate the song. I have all the music still in the folders but iTunes not being able to locate it. How do I get everything back the way it was??

if I set up another library, will that affect my ipod?
You will be given the chance to sync that iPod when it is connected if the iPod is set to sync automatically; if you choose that option, the music will be erased from the iPod. If not, you can transfer purchased content from the iPod and add additional music to it. Click here for more information.
If I set up another library, do I go to that one when using my ipod.
Yes.
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How do I move my iTunes library from my iPod Classic to my new laptop without losing my music in the synch process?

How do I move my iTunes library from my iPod Classic to my new laptop without ;osong a;; my music in the synch process?

Hi FWFFP,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below will explain how to get music onto your new computer. I'd personally recommend the option of copying the iTunes library from your current computer to an external drive, because it creates a backup for you as well:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Cheers,
- Judy

Hi at the moment my ipod is on manual sync mode. Is there any way of changing this to auto-sync without losing the music on my ipod or library? Possibly more importantly is there a way I can transfer the ratings from my ipod onto my i-tunes?

Hi at the moment my ipod is on manual sync mode. Is there any way of changing this to auto-sync without losing the music on my ipod or library? Possibly more importantly is there a way I can transfer the ratings from my ipod onto my i-tunes?
This is so I can delete music from my ipod knowing its rated on my i-tunes so I can then see later if I want to re-add it based on its rating
Thanks

Is there any way of changing this to auto-sync without losing the music on my ipod or library?
Unfortunately there is not.
Possibly more importantly is there a way I can transfer the ratings from my ipod onto my i-tunes?
Not without the help of third party software such as this one:
http://www.copytrans.net/copytrans.php
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Is there a way to import your entire music library from an iPod classic into iTunes on my PC? PC was wiped out and my iPod is the only complete library copy I have.

My PC hard drive was wiped out and I am rebuilding my Windows 7 system. The only complete library I have of my music is located on my iPod classic. Is there a way to import the library from my iPod into a new iTunes library on my PC? I was told if I connect my iPod to the PC, ITunes will try to sync with the iPod and wipe out the library on the iPod.

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Is it possible to transfer my whole music library from my ipod classic to a new computer?

is it possible to transfer my whole music library from my ipod classic to a new computer?

Hello there Alex-B,
It sounds like you have your music on your iPod classic and want to get it onto your new computers iTunes library. You can use this article to transfer your iTunes Store Purchases:
Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer
For non purchased content, or content from other sources please note this:
This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store. Any items that you imported from audio CDs or received from other sources won't copy from your device to the iTunes library. However, all podcasts from your device's Podcasts app and copies of all PDFs and books from your device's iBooks app will transfer to the computer. Learn how to transfer media to your iTunes library.
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I am confused. Is there currently a way to transfer 160 gig ipod Classic music to another computer of mine after my hard drive crashed? it has old limited library already on it?

I am confused. Is there currently a way to transfer 160 gig ipod Classic music to another computer of mine after my hard drive crashed? it has old limited library already on it?

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

Genius Question regarding classical music (or meta-data in general)

OK - I have a fairly large library and probably 50% of it has meta-data that when pulled up automatically I leave (this is for the bulk, but not all of non-classical genres) as is post import and/or purchase from itunes. Now, here is the enchilada:
I am a big classical music listener and m constantly tweaking my library to make it as easy as possible to organize classical music - I still don't have it perfected as there isn't a standard - there are many standards and many are based on how you want to prioritize/search for things: I use composer as the "main" field to search(I have it as Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus as opposed to just Mozart or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) and then I also search by Artist as a secondary way which is fine should I want to focus on a conductor or a string quartet, etc.
Now, there are basically three options that most folks will use with classical meta-data:
1. If purchased from iTunes, leave it as is
2. If pulled from CDDB, leave it as is
3. My methodology: I do both 1 & 2 and more than 95% of the time I have to tweak the way it looks.
Assuming all of this is common amongst the 65,000,000 iTunes users, I would love to know how Genius works with this - I uploaded to he Genius Cloud last night my library. How does Genius look at the same album which may have either simple or significant meta-data discrepencies/changes vs. the way it is in the iTunes system? Have I lost anyone in my rambling??
Thanks,
Steve
hearand I do it by last name, first name

Based on what I have been seeing over at the Macworld forums, Genius does not play too well with classical music and the situation is really bad if the user modifies any fields to their liking. Using the ISRC code would make more sense, as it is something the user cannot modify and to rely on user-definable fields would result in many libraries being crippled in terms of the new feature.
In terms of the metadata, there are two composer fields: Composer and Sort Composer. You would place “Mozart” or “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart” in the composer tag and “Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus” in the Sort Composer tag to force the proper sorting order.

When doing a second "Organize Library" cuz the first was too big, will iTunes recognize what's already copied over?

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I don't know what "restore the iPod" is
It's usually the second thing to do (after Reset) when the iPod is not working correctly.
Select the iPod in iTunes and click Restore.
See this -> Restoring iPod to factory settings
what about my main question? Can I go back to "sync all" but manually block certain albums?
No because sync all is just that.
Sycning specific playlists should work fine. And you can create more than one and sync which ones you want.

After a PC crash i managed to restore my iTines library only partially. My music is there, but my ratings ant playlists are missing. Please advise how to fix this.

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My music is all there. But my ratings and playlists are missing.
Please advise how I can fix this.
On my IPod Classic a still have all the music and the playlists. Is it possible to use this? Synchronise from i-Pod to iTunes??

Hi, I have a similar problem on my iMac with unusable internal drive: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3031967
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I'm not sure if I should take a chance... Could you please explain step 4 a bit more detailed? Do I have to click on "reboot" (where?) and then within 10 seconds turn off the virtual machine? HOW would I do that? THANKS!
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http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=10601274
What do you think of this alternative...? Thanks again.
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HT1449 Is there a way to "Organize Library" and *move* the files, rather than *copy* them?

I was trying to move my iTunes Library from the old iTunes Music folder to a new-style iTunes Media folder.
The Organize Library command wants to copy my 219 GB library. Is there any way to do the same thing but move the files instead? There's no way I'm going to be able to free enough space to make a copy of my whole library, and I would really rather not move the whole thing to an external drive, just to move it all back to the proper folder on my internal drive.

Let's recap.
Your iTunes media library is in an old school layout, library in the usual location of <User>/Music/iTunes containing a media folder called iTunes Music. You have updated the iTunes preference for the media folder to <User>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media but, as expected, most if not all your media is still on the old path. And you want to rearrange your library to the current layout.
Correct? If so then the following steps will sort out your library:
Change the media folder preference back to <User>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music. Close & then reopen iTunes.
Use File (iTunes?) > Library > Organize Library > Rearrange files in the folder "iTunes Music" to get iTunes using the new internal structure for the media folder. Ignore if this option is grayed out, you've already done it.
(Sorry, I'm a PC user so a bit hazy on precise layout of Mac menus)
Use File (iTunes?) > Library > Organize Library > Consolidate files to pull in copies of any files that made it into the iTunes Media folder or are scattered elsewhere.
Delete the now redundant folder iTunes Media.
Close iTunes, rename iTunes Music as iTunes Media, start iTunes, check under iTunes > Preferences > Advanced that the media folder preference has automatically updated to .../iTunes Media, correct if required.
(Optional). Close iTunes, rename the library file iTunes Library as iTunes Library.itl then click the icon to start iTunes and immediately press and hold down option. When prompted to choose or create a library click choose and browse to the renamed file.
I could have suggested using Doug's script Re-locate Selected but the process above is much more efficient. You could use this however at step 3 to avoid the temporary duplication of the files from iTunes Media or housekeeping for any other files stored ourside of the iTunes Music folder.
tt2

My Library has ten more songs than my iPod. How can I find out which songs are not syncing?

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I recently had to purchase a new hard drive. Because the size of my music collection exceeds 140 GB, I stored all of my music on a separate external hard drive. When I exported everything back into my new iTunes library, I found that I had about 200 more songs than I had in the previous library. After deleting most of those extraneous songs, I was able to get my library close to where it was before. However, after syncing to my iPod Classic, I noticed that only 34,853 of the 34,863 loaded. How can I figure out which of those ten songs in my library did not sync to my iPod?
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If there is a column Heading marked with a tick then click on it to sort by this column.
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