Settings to import music from CDs

I am having dificulty burningc CDs from purchased music CDs (to be played elsewhere than computer). Sometimes it works, somtimes the sound is muffled. Should I switch from AAC to Apple lossless (or other) when importing the music from the original CD?
Many thanks

If you want minimal quality loss, you probably should import them as AIFF knowing that the file sizes will be larger than AAC.

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Importing music from CDs

When I import music from my CDs to ITunes, no names of tracks or artist is shown, only "track 1" "track 2", etc. I'm told it should automatically show the track name, artist, album, etc. Help.

This requires to have an active connection to the internet when insertig the disk, if it isn't automatically retrieved you may try iTunes Menu Advanced: Get CD Track info.
Keep in mind that this feature will work (mostly) on commercial CDs only.

Errors importing music from CDs

I got an Ipod for Christmas and am now trying (yes, trying!) to load my CD collection (and some of my wife's favourites)onto it.
For some of the CDs the tracks are not being imported correctly, eg
* So Far by Crosby, Stills Nash and Young - track 2 as one album, all other tracks as a separate album
* Robbie Williams Greatest Hits - a track (10) he sings with Kylie Minogue is shown as a separate album ("Greatest Hits - Kylie Minogue").
* Brian Adams - Anthology - Artist not being recognised (shown as "Various Artists").
There must be a way to correct this, but there does not seem to be any on-line help about how to correct the errors ... can someone tell me or point me to where it explains how this can be done?
Thanks

Hello!
I was wondering if you know anything about when songs imported from cd's sound fine while being played in your itunes library, off of your pc but sound muffled on your ipod nano 6th gen.
Some of the songs I have imported into my itunes account from cds play perfectly on both my pc and my ipod nano 6th gen but others have a spontaneous muffle sounding distortion.
I'm not sure if this has something to do with the quality/age of the cd or something to do with the ipod itself.
Any information you have would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Importing music from CDs onto iPod

Hi there,
I have an iPod Nano 1GB. I am having a problem because I only have 28 songs on it, but it says it is almost full! The songs I purchased from iTunes are very small (3-4 MB), but the songs I tried to transfer from my CDs are much larger (25+ MB). I imported the songs using iTunes and then moved them from the library into the selected playlist that I want to sync from. I don't understand why they aren't compressed. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks for your help!!

Do you have the imported songs on your computer? You can choose to copy files to Itunes Music Folder.(You can find the folder in the preferences/advanced/general tab) If you did, then you can check the file sizes. If the size is too large, I would delete them, and I would re-import using the MP3 encoder and 128Kps(Good Quality). This setting will give you about 5MB per song. Go to edit/preferences/advanced/importing/ to change the setting.
To diagnose your current problem, I would remove the songs with the large file size from your library (you can probably just remove the checkmark in the ipod library) and update the ipod. Then, disconnect the Ipod, and check the space available. If you agree with it, then the import setting is the problem. You will need to right click and clear the files from your Ipod library as well as deleting the copy from your computer, then re-import. If the large files are not the problem, then your ipod probably isn't properly formatted. I would then run the updater to fix it and properly format it.

Can I import music from CDs to the cloud

I have a cd I wanted to import to my iCloud playlist. Is that possible? I tried to but it told me that it the playlist I wanted to put it in will be removed from iCloud and will only be available on the computer. Any suggestions?

If you want store music that was not purchased from iTunes in the cloud you will need an iTunes Match subscription ($25 per year)

Using External CD Rom drive to import music from CD to Itune

I have itunes 6.0 on an XP laptop, and an external TDK DVD/CDrom drive. Itunes imports music from CDs when I use the drive on the laptop, however, only imports links (seem like URL links) when I use the external drive to import music from a CD into a playlist.
I am trying to use the external CD rom drive for importing music into Itunes, but there seems to be a problem, or I have not checked some box or the other. Can someone help??
Thanks

First, Jaguar does not come on a DVD. The standard Jaguar release comes on two CDs. What you probably have is a gray color OEM DVD or a copy that was made for a specific Mac model and will not work with your computer. Furthermore, in order to run OS X on your computer you must first install a firmware update.
You also need at least 128 MBs of RAM for OS X and at least 3 GBs of free space on the hard drive during installation. Your particular model requires that OS X be installed on a drive or partition that is less than 8 GBs. If your hard drive is larger than 8 GBs it must be partitioned such that the first partition is no larger than 7.85 GBs and OS X must be installed in that partition. The drive must also be formatted Mac OS Extended (HFS+).
Furthermore, you cannot boot OS X from a USB drive, only from a Firewire drive.
You will need to get the correct Jaguar installers. You can purchase the right package at www.applerescue.com. Your particular model is compatible with Panther thru 10.3.9. Panther would be a better choice than Jaguar because it is much faster even on your iMac. However, OS X will not be very fast on your computer because it lacks CPU speed and video horsepower. If you continue to install OS X, then you should plan to install the maximum of 512 MBs of RAM that iMac supports.

HT4914 Am I correct in saying that imported songs from cds can only be transferred to ipad via the icloud ??

Hi am I correct in saying that imported music from cds can only be transferred to an ipad via the icloud?????????????

only if you have iTunes mach otherwise only purchased will be in the cloud

How do you import music from a CD on the new mac

I can't seem to find a slot to insert a CD so that I can import music from CDs onto my new Mac... Do I need to buy an additional drive for this...?

You need to purchase a third party manufacturer external optical drive.
People, you need to start paying attention to things before plunking down thousands of dollars on a Mac that you have no idea what features it has or has not.
The whole reason the iMac is super thin, now, is because of its lack of an optical drive!
There is no optical drive thin enough to be able to be installed into iMacs, now.
JUst by looking at this iMac, common sense should tell you there probably isn't any room for any DVD or memory card slots of any kind on the sides. That's why Apple designers had to place the memory card slot on the backside of the iMac, now.
If an internal optical or SuperDrive isn't mention in the new iMac's features specifications list, it no longer exists.

Is there a way to import music from my windows media player, if so how?

Is there a way to import music from my windows media player, if so how?

Exploter the settings in Windows Media Player. It should tell where it is currently storing files. You can also enable the path column in WMP to see where individual tracks are stored. See also Getting iTunes & Windows Media Player to play nicely.
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I want to import music from a CD to my itunes library. A pop-up window is supposed to appear. It appeared once but I haven't seen it since. Yes, I did open iTunes.

I want to import music from my CDs to my iTunes library. A pop-up window is supposed to appear so I can click 'Import CD.' It did once but since then it doesn't appear.

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Problem importing music from audio CD

I upgraded to i-tunes 7.4.3.1 & since then cannot import audio CDs. The audio cd is recognised in Devices, I can see all the tracks, I can import the tracks, they appear in the Library but they will not play. Each imported track is shown in the library as being 789.57.13 duration. If I try to play the tracks it jumps to the next track in the Library and plays that.
I ran the CD diagnostics and the results are pasted below. I would appreciate any help as this is SO frustrating!! Thanks.
Nigel
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Hewlett-Packard EVON800
iTunes 7.4.3.1
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: Pfc (2.5.0.202),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
Current user is an administrator.
Video Display Information:
RADEON IGP 350M
Connected Device Information:
Disk drive, FUJITSU MHT2040AH, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
CD-ROM Drive, HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4241N USB Device, Bus Type USB
Check the Windows Update website to verify that you have the latest service packs and patches for your OS. Service packs affect the performance of USB and firewire CD / DVD drives.
E: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4241N, Rev 0C29
Audio CD in drive.
Found 25 songs on CD, playing time 67:09 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 02:35:63
Track 3, start time 05:49:62
Track 4, start time 08:01:53
Track 5, start time 10:22:63
Track 6, start time 12:44:57
Track 7, start time 15:02:10
Track 8, start time 17:24:23
Track 9, start time 19:56:65
Track 10, start time 22:08:06
Track 11, start time 24:53:68
Track 12, start time 27:29:22
Track 13, start time 31:11:01
Track 14, start time 34:37:53
Track 15, start time 37:37:58
Track 16, start time 40:33:18
Track 17, start time 43:28:26
Track 18, start time 46:21:60
Track 19, start time 50:13:04
Track 20, start time 53:23:63
Track 21, start time 55:42:53
Track 22, start time 58:30:25
Track 23, start time 61:01:55
Track 24, start time 62:55:52
Track 25, start time 65:19:56
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 10 16 24.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4 10.

Here is the diagnosis.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Dell Inc. Inspiron 531
iTunes 10.1.1.4
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.10.14
Apple Application Support 1.4.1
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.3.0.69
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.52.0.0
Bonjour 2.0.4.0 (214.3)
Gracenote SDK 1.8.2.457
Gracenote MusicID 1.8.2.89
Gracenote Submit 1.8.2.123
Gracenote DSP 1.8.2.34
iTunes Serial Number 96B4ED7B6A5904F4
Current user is not an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-01-24 12:31:29.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA , NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
** External Plug-ins Information **
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 10.1.1.4 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.1.1.4 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
** CD/DVD Drive Tests **
No drivers in LowerFilters.
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.2.0.1),
E: HL-DT-ST CDRW/DVD GCCH30N, Rev A101
Audio CD in drive.
Found 14 songs on CD, playing time 49:51 on CDROM media.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 03:38:53
Track 3, start time 06:35:64
Track 4, start time 11:02:60
Track 5, start time 14:23:00
Track 6, start time 18:00:64
Track 7, start time 20:38:61
Track 8, start time 24:25:02
Track 9, start time 27:55:67
Track 10, start time 31:11:22
Track 11, start time 33:29:54
Track 12, start time 37:26:34
Track 13, start time 41:01:48
Track 14, start time 44:45:50
Audio CD reading failed. Error Code: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.
To play or import music from a CD in this drive, you must be logged in as an administrator.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 8 10 16 24 32 40 48.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.

Importing songs from CDs - not showing up in my Library

I am aving trouble importing songs from CDs. I completed the process as instructed - using the "import this CD" button (I have done this many times successfully).
The import process ran OK. When the Import process completed, I looked in my music Library and the songs were not there.
I repeated the process - same result. Nothing in my music library.
What should I do?

Re: [iPod classic] - Re: Importing songs from CDs - not showing up in my Library
Thu, Feb 09, 2012 08:01 PM
When I load the CD, iTunes recognizes it and asks me if I want to Import the CD.
When I click on "Import CD", the song titles are retreived and show up. The iTunes bar at the top of the screen shows "Importing track 1" or "Importing the song by title". Each song is imported, and I can see each song being impotrted via the iTunes bar at the top of the screen. iTunes shows that the CD has been imported, and the system dings when the import is done.
This is exactly the same as every other time I've imported CDs. The only difference is that the songs do not show up in the library.
Thanks

HT1473 Copy music from CDs to iTunes library without a CD drive

I have a Macbook without a CD drive (purchased in winter 2012-13); my husband has a Mac desktop (few years old). I'd like to copy some music from CDs to my iTunes library for listening on my iPhone (4S) and Mac (and, perhaps, one day, iPad). My husband says that if we insert one of the CDs into his Mac and copy/import it, it will only go into HIS iTunes library. If that's so, how can I get the music from his library into my Macbook.
If that's not so, how do we specify where the copied files should go so that I can access them? I'm not totally Apple-savvy, so please bear with me on this!?

Import them into his computer, then copy them from his iTunes Music folder to your computer via Home Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819 - (probably the easiest), file sharing, or an external storage device such as a USB flash drive or external hard drive. If you use any method other than Home Sharing, just drag the tracks into the iTunes window on your computer.
You posted in the iTunes for Windows forum, by the way. Just FYI for future questions.
Regards.
Message was edited by: varjak paw

HT4946 How do I backup ALL of my iPad content onto a newly purchased MacBook Air? I can't backup up apps or music from CDs through the device backup function.

How do I backup ALL of my iPad content onto a newly purchased MacBook Air? I can't backup up apps or music from CDs through the device backup function.

First you need to authorize your MBA with your iTunes account with iTunes if you haven't already done so.
With your iPad connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPad. This will transfer/copy all iTunes content on your iPad that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
Photos on your iPad that were transferred from your old computer need to be transferred from your old computer to your MBA.
Before syncing contacts with the Address Book and calendar events with iCal if you aren't syncing this content over the air with an iCloud account, enter one contact in the Address Book and one calendar event in iCal on your MBA. Make these up if needed, which can be deleted later. This will provided a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.
Photos/videos in the Camera Roll can be imported by your MBA with iPhoto or the Image Capture application.

I want 2 put music from cds on another ipod without the songs being in my..

I want 2 put music from cds on another ipod without the songs being in my library. Sorry it cut me off on the title. I want to import songs to put on my brother's ipod, but when I try to delete the song from my library it deletes it from his too. Help?

If you want to delete content from your computer but keep it on the iPod (so that is not deleted next time you connect it to iTunes), you need to set that iPod to manage the iPod content manually.

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