Some songs i downloaded directly from itunes won't convert and transfer to my ipod

I convert everything I download to AAC, so the files are smaller and can fit more on my iPod. However, some things I recently downloaded directly from iTunes wouldn't convert and transfer to my iPod, even though they're in my library. I tried downloading the newest version of iTunes, restoring my iPod, and manually converting the files. Attempting to manually convert the files just gives me an unkown error message.

Read the solutions in this thread - converting songs downloaded from iTunes Music Store and "converting" music information in the user manual - iPod Manuals

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http://tinypic.com/r/107quxu/7
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Go here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
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Assuming you are in a region where you are allowed to redownload your past purchases, delete the current copies from your iTunes library, go to the iTunes Store home page, click the Purchased link from the Quick Links section in the right-hand column, then select Music and Not on this computer. You should find download links for your tracks there.
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My iphone has never played any music. It is there, but does not play.
It is on itunes and plays on the computer.
I have even downloaded music from Itunes directly on my phone, still doesn't play.
I have restored this phone at least 3 times and that has not helped.
any other suggestions?

You need to authorize the new computer that youre working with. First hover over the store button at the top of the screen and then select the authorize this computer button then a popup will appear where you have to put in your Apple ID and Password. Hopefully this works for you

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Hello, Please help as I tunes havent got back to me yet!!
A couple of months ago, I lost all of my music/itunes etc as my computer needed a complete restore. When it re-installed itunes there was no songs on it at all and would only let me transfer the purchases made on my iphone from itunes back onto my library. The problem I have is that I want to upgrade my phone to the iphone4 but dont want to lose all of the songs on my iphone, some are downloaded from the itunes, most are from CD's that I still own but there are some great songs that I have put on from borrowed CD's or another download company i.e. hmv music downloads and those are the songs it will not let me transfer into the library on my computer so when I get the new phone, I could just sync and they will all be there.
Please help as I do not want to lose any of my songs
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for purchases from the iTunes store do this:
connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
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Some songs do not copy from iTunes to iPod

This is very frustrating. I have a 5th Generation 60gig iPod. There are about 20,300 songs in my library, none of them from the iTunes store. All legal, all owned by me and I have the CDs to prove it. When I update the iPod all but about 4 or 5 songs copy over. The frustrating thing is there's no way to find out which songs are not copying over to the iPod, so I can't tell if there's a problem with them or what. AppleCare tells me the only way to find out is to visually compare the list on the iPod with the list in iTunes. I have 20,000 songs here and allegedly one of the most powerful computers you can get and I have to compare two nearly identical lists visually?? Oh, by the way I'm running 10.4.6 and the latest version of iTunes and the latest iPod update. This never happened with my 4th Generation iPod. Any thoughts at all of what to do would certainly be appreciated.
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Hello Snorkels,
Have you tried resetting your device to see if that does any good?
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I purchased a couple of songs from itunes music store that didn't download properly because my computer overheated and switched itself off during download. On restart, the downloads didn't continue and checking purchases said that all songs had been downloaded when they hadn't. I reported problems with the downloads to apple support and they added the songs back to my account - all I had to do was check purchases again and they started downloading.
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The two tracks are indicating the correct duration, and the second one plays the second half of the song if you play it, quickly pause it, and move the playhead slider along to about halfway through the song. It will then play the remainder but the first song doesn't even give enough time to hit pause after attempting playback.
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Thanks in advance if anyone can help me.

Reply to one of the original emails and tell them the re-download didn't work.
Don't report it as a new problem. Give them the URL to this discussion topic.
Does a free single of the week play OK? Sometimes getting a recent free single clears up issues like this.

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If you are one of the lucky ones to get the download from iTunes, can you please tell me what the version number is? Just fire up your phone and go to settings/about. Scroll down and you will see Version 2.0 (xxxxx).
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Thanks for the reply... Besides the slight difference in file name, yesterday manual download version was 230,427KB. I saw someone say iTunes version was 215 and on another board, I saw 218. Do you know the size of the one you got through iTunes?
I am sure there is a difference somewhere. There is always a price to pay for being inpatient.

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Is the song configured to sync your device? You can check by looking at the iPod's Music configuration tab in iTunes. To access this tab, plug your iPod in and click on it from under Devices in the left hand pane of iTunes. Over to the right locate the Music tab along the top and select it.
Are you getting any error messages during the sync process?
B-rock

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Welcome to AD!
I know you weren't downloading videos and probably didn't get an error 8008, but try these steps for getting rid of that download folder & checking for available purchases after it's gone.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2384
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