Selecting WAV files in iTunes for AAC conversion

I've been told in another thread by Ed, a Windows iTunes user, that I can select a WAV song file in the iTunes library, right-click it, and the "Advanced" menu will have the "Convert Selection to XXX (whatever you designate in preferences)" option. However, my Mac OS X 10.4.8 was not able to do this -- there is an "advanced" pull-down menu, but the "convert selection to AAC" choice contained therein is NOT highlighted. I wonder why?

Not sure exactly how the rebuild was done, but if anything didn't get added, just go ahead and add it. This can be done either by dragging the files into the iTunes pane, or by using the iTunes command File > Add Folder to Library.
It is also possible that the files are corrupted. This would be unusual with music WAVs (although not uncommon on voice recorder WAVs). If you are concerned with a specific file, right-click its file icon and choose Open With > iTunes. If it is compatible and not corrupted, it will start playing, and will be added to the iTunes library if it is not already in. But if it gives you the silent treatment, the problem is in the file.

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I bought a Wadia 170 iTransport since it says it will output bit perfect digital files. I'd love to hear my recordings this way over my sound system. I understand that this would chew up drive space real fast on an iPod. However . . .
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I'm from germany so no 'best buy' but I think I will lock around sleeve/bag for a different product with same measures. Any tip?
The clear plastic case is not what I want. I would like to use the player without such protections. I just want a sleeve to protect the player while its in my jacket/pants.
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I cannot import 5.1 WAV files into iTunes

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I'm running iTunes 11.1.5 (5) 64 bit on OSX 10.9.2. I'm trying to import some wav files into iTunes, they are about 6-11 minutes long each, they have 5.1 (6 total) channels, 16 bit depth and are sampled at 48,000 kHz. I can run them in QuickTime Player 10.3 (727.3) without any problems, but iTunes will not run them. This stil happens if I try to import the same files when they are in Apple Lossless format as well. I have several other surround sound files sourced from other stuff and they wil not import either, but they still run in Quicktime Player just fine. I don't have any pluging installed for iTunes or QuickTime Player. Does iTunes just not support surround sound audio, or is there something wrong with the files that I'm trying to import?

Hi Michael,
I bounced a PCM 5.1 WAV Audio File from Logic Pro X, This File alredy plays 5.1 surround from desktop just with the space bar preview and also with QuickTime ok? But Itunes 11 doesn´t import PCM 5.1 (multi) Wav audio files as you know, so I Knew that in the Itunes 11 for the movies tracks the 5.1 surround audio is automatic.See this link below
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4072 -
What I did?
I just imported my audio file to Apple COMPRRESSOR, and choose the H.264 output format and I changed from .MOV to .MP4 (This one Itunes import with multi audio 5.1)
and also select 48 Khz and 720 Kbps. After encoding my audio file from ( 226 Mb) PCM 5.1 Wav about 4.20' went to a AAC 6 channes 48 Khz / 720 Kbps .MP4 file with 24 Mb size. Itunes import withou problem and played 5.1 surround as I wish.
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Regards
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Why doesn't a Wav file import convert to AAC?

Hello,
I tried the "add file to library" and the "import" menu options to add a wav file to itunes. For both methods, I found that although the file gets added to my library, its not in AAC format which is my default import format in my preferences.
I can tell its not in AAC format by the 1400kbps rate which is normal CDA quality and not compressed. Also the file size is huge.
Any ideas on how to import wav files from my hard drive to itunes library on same hard drive?
Thanks for all help.
Generic P4 3.4 Ghz Windows XP Pro Video iPod 30GB

Once you have added the WAV file to your library, select it. In the upper-right corner of your iTunes window, where it normally says Burn Disk, it should say Convert (or something to that effect).
Clicking the icon will convert the file to the format and bitrate you have set in iTunes preferences.
Once you convert the file, you can delete the WAV file from iTunes if you wish.

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Sure-glad to help you. You will not lose any data by changing synching to MacBook Pro from imac. You have set up Time Machine, right? that's how you'd do your backup, so I was told, and how I do my backup on my mac. You should be able to set a password for it. Save it. Your stuff should be saved there. So if you want to make your MacBook Pro your primary computer, I suppose, back up your stuff with Time machine, turn off Time machine on the iMac, turn it on on the new MacBook Pro, select the hard drive in your Time Capsule, enter your password, and do a backup from there. It might work, and it might take a while, but it should go. As for clogging the hard drive, I can't say. Depends how much stuff you have, and the hard drive's capacity. As for moving syncing from your iMac to your macbook pro, should be the same. Your phone uses iTunes to sync and so that data should be in the cloud. You can move your iTunes Library to your new Macbook pro
you should be able to sync your phone on your new MacBook Pro. Don't know if you can move the older backups yet-maybe try someone else, anyways,
This handy article from Apple explains how
How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support''
don't forget to de-authorize your iMac if you don't want to play purchased stuff there
and re-authorize your new macBook Pro
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Where can I find the backup files in iTunes for my iPhone, I want to copy the backup files for all app's and phone numbers, I'm using Windows XP
I just need to know where its hiding, a link that shows an address where would sure help

First you'll need to make sure your XP is set up to view hidden files and folders.
1. Open My Computer from the desktop or Start menu.
2. In the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. Click the View tab.
4. In the "Advanced settings" pane under "Hidden files and folders" make sure that the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected.
5. Click OK.
Now you should be able to track down your backup file at the location in the following document:
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Can't import WAV files into iTunes

I have ripped most of my music to WAV files but iTunes refuses to import them. Neither the add folder function, the add file function, nor the drag and drop will add them. It does absolutely nothing.
Anybody know how to get around this problem?

It's not altering the file. It's simply playing back different.
iTunes prefs -> Playback.
Untick Sound Check, Sound Enhancer and Cross Fade playback.
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Where do i find the mp3 files in iTunes for windows

where do i find the mp3 files in iTunes for windows

You can create a smart playlist with the rule Kind is MPEG audio file.
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Importing wav. files into itunes on MAC OSX

I have a question, hope someone has the answer.
I am a new mac owner, new ipod owner too.
I currently have 200-300 gigabytes of SHN and FLAC files on my PC (mostly grateful dead soundboard recordings).
I am planning on converting these files to WAV. format with "artist", "album" (show date), and "song" ID tags.
I then plan on copying these WAV. files to my imac or separate external hard drive formatted for MAC OSX.
OK THE QUESTION (finally, no?),
When WAV. files are imported into itunes are they automatically converted to the MP4 AAC format?
I have looked in the itune PREFERENCES menu I go to ADVANCED and see that there is a control for switching file formats for importing CD'S but there is no mention of importing WAV. files.
On another note it is too bad that Apple has not come up with a file conversion utility for itunes, where FLAC, SHN, and WAV. files could be converted to MP4AAC, Apple Losless, etc...
I appreciate any answers to my question, and also comments regarding the general subject of audio file conversion on the MAC OSX.
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Hi,
Firstly, I must point out that WAV doesn't support tagging, so there is no point in converting your compressed FLAC and SHN files to WAV before making the move over to a Mac.
Rather, it would make more sense to use the free and excellent Max to convert all these files automatically to the format of your choice, such as Apple Lossless. You can even run multiple conversions simultaneously, so you could, say, convert your whole lot of files to Apple Lossless while at the same time convert the same lot to AAC for use on your iPod. The program is highly configurable, allowing you to specify destination directories and whether or not the output files are added directly to your iTunes library. Also, the tagging will be preserved when converting FLAC and SHN files to supported formats.

How to import large library of .wav files into itunes with tags?

I have an external NAS drive where I imported approximately 400 CDs in .wav format utilizing itunes many years ago. My itunes library was recently corrupted requiring a reinstall of itunes. The .wav files are preserved and are filed by Artist folders containing Album subfolders which contain the tracks listed by number and name. The problem is when I reimport the files into itunes the artist and album name is lost leaving only the track name, which makes it impossible to organize a library of music.
I would like to batch process and import the .wav files on my NAS drive into itunes in either a high-quality mp3 or AAC format with the songs tagged correctly to allow for an organized and searchable library. I would rather not have to reburn all of the CDs since that required substantial time and effort.
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itunes can't do what you want. It will do exactly what you said, lose everything, because wav files don't have ID3 tags. And, I suspect it dumps it all into an "Unknown Album" subfolder under "Unknown Artist".
You can try the tagFromFileName script on this page, brought to you by an apple discussion forum regular turingtest2. I have not used it myself, but have seen posts from several people happy with the results!
http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/scripts.asp

Why are .wav files from iTunes so small?

I'm pretty new to iTunes. The experience has been spoiled by the following problem I have.
On my import options (i.e., Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Importing), I have set:
import using: WAV encoder
custom setting: 44.1kHz, 16-bit
This should be CD-quality CD. As such, each minute should take about 11 MBytes or so. (That's how my wav files ripped from audio CD are). Well I just downloaded Candlebox's Far Behind which is about 5 minutes long, and for some reason it only takes 5 Mbytes on my hard drive. Savings space on my hard drive is of little importance to me. What I really want is top lossless quality. And I have a superfast connection, so that's not an issue either.
So what's going on here?
Are these settings not for downloading, but rather for ripping music from audio CDs I already have, or what?
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The import setting is for CDs you already have or if you had WMA files and were converting them into iTunes. Downloads off the net are almost always in MP3 format and songs bought off iTunes are in the AAC format (A compressed format just like MP3). I wouldn't worry about it much. If there songs you bought on iTUnes, AAC is a very good sound format and (Far as I know) are just like CD quality
I have bought one or 2 albums in a store on CD and off iTunes in ther AAC format and I can not tell a diff in neither

Using usb wav files to itunes library mp3?

Ugh, 2 hrs. later I can finally ask a question,
Ok quick reference - Using a USB(16gb) with wav files I would like to add to my library and convert to mp3 (like importing a CD). I already have my preferences set to MP3 (192), like importing a CD it can automatically convert to mp3. Now using a USB mem. I would like to know how to do the same without having to go through each album to convert to MP3.
I know I cannot be alone on this, I have hundreds of albums to go through and editing and deleting each album will take months. Can't this **** program do an auto-convert like ripping a CD?
I hope my question is clear enough to understand.

O M F G ! I am such a NOOB, I didn't know it was a link to a file download.
Are you for real Clark? Ok i'm goin' for it honey!
we'll see what happens.
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POOP! I feel a bubblin' comin'.
Oh well I'm early enough into the redo my itunes 5 times a year, that I can... YES!! START OVER AGAIN!! weeeee!.....
Oh yeah, don't forget to delete the new file -WA WAAAa WA, WAAAAAAA!
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Cannot move my former .wma files to itunes for mac

Over the years, I ripped all of my cds and stored them on my PC. Because I was using a PC, I ripped this music in .WMA format. When I got my macbook, I was EXTREMELY disappointed that I couldn't just transfer these files into itunes. So I did some reading online and found a converter to change my .wma files to .aac files. Cool (I thought) Problem solved (I thought). But no, now itunes will not import these newly converted files. So what's going on here? I live in an area that has no apple store so I have to rely on the good will you people.

wuddog wrote:
Sorry for delayed response. Basically I'm transferring (or at least trying to) via the method offered by iTunes - "Add to Library". I've also tried to drag and drop into iTunes with zero success. The fact that .wma is a poor file format does me no good as the original library of 500+ CDs has already been created using .wma. Soooooo..... Why do u think the great apple iTunes is failing to copy my music?
You still have not told us how you converted them. It is possible the converter isn't producing an iTunes compliant version of AAC.

Wav file in itunes

i've got a DVD full of .wav music files that itunes won't recognise to burn into my library- how do i get them converted into itunes files and into my library?
thanks!

You don't need to "switch" your WAV files into another format in order for iTunes to play or otherwise handle them, as WAV is one of the directly supported formats of iTunes.
As long as your WAV files are "normal," i.e. 44.100 kHz/16 bit/stereo, they should play with no problems. If the files were made with, for example, Audacity, and some random WAV export options, such as "floating point" were used, then they won't behave nicely in iTunes.
Perhaps there is a problem with the approach your using to add the files to your iTunes library? There are a few ways to do this, but perhaps the easiest is to use the File > Add to Library menu.

Importing a wav file into iTunes

I get voice mail forwarded to email in the form of a .wav file. It will not play back on my MacBook (1st generation black). If I import it into iTunes (drag n drop) it looks like it accepts but nothing happens. Why?

The WAV files produced by voice recorders are low bit-rate WAVs, quite different from CD-quality WAVs.
I do not know exactly what the problem is, but I can tell you that since iTunes 8 came out, this forum often gets complaints about iTunes not properly handling low bitrate WAV files.
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Selecting WAV files in iTunes for AAC conversion

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