Songs that appear on Multiple Albums

To save space, is there a way to double up on Duplicate songs. On my Ipod and Itunes I have some songs appear three or four times because they appear on different albums. To save space is there a way of adding more than one Album name in the info. Seems wasteful using up memory on duplicate tracks that are exactly the same.

To the best of my knowledge, you can only assign one album to a track. What I do personally is delete the duplicates, and just arbitrarily choose one album name for that particular track. Generally a song has one 'official' album, and the rest are compilations or whatnot.

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Songs appearing on multiple albums

iTunes v7.6.1.9
I think I probably know the answer to this but if someone can confirm it I can sleep easy.
I have over 5500 tracks loaded into iTunes and there are a number of duplicate songs that appear on more than album. Is there a way of telling iTunes this so that I can save space on the pod?

At present if a song is on multiple albums iTunes requires that you have a separate file for each one, it can't at present allocate multiple albums to a single song file. If this is something you'd like to see in a future version you can send feedback/feature requests directly to Apple at this link: Apple Product Feedback

HT1751 how do i move songs that are in separate albums into the same album?

how do i move songs that are in separate albums into the same album?

Of course it should, but if it doesn't do you want fix it or leave it broken? iTunes draws on the CDDB database for track details. That database is incomplete, contains errors, and isn't explicitly designed to be "iTunes friendly". If you download an album from the iTunes store then the tracks should normally be grouped together, although there are ways of sorting the Songs view that will always break things up. If you purchase from Amazon, elsewhere, or rip your CDs then you may sometimes need to make a minor update to the tags to tidy things up. Which workaroud is needed depends on context, but the most common one of setting an Album Artist takes a few seconds.
tt2

Synchronizing music that appears in multiple playlists.

I just got my new iPhone 3G today, so please forgive me if this is a really basic question
I'm wondering if the iTunes sync software is smart enough to not duplicate songs that are sync'd to the phone. In other words, I have selected multiple playlists to have it sync to my iPhone. If a song appears in multiple playlists, is it going to copy the song file multiple times to the phone, or will it copy it only once and have it appear in the iPhone music library in each relevant playlist?
I'm sure it's the same as iTunes where it doesn't duplicate, but I just want to make sure. My 16GB aren't going to go far
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It is the same on your iPhone as with iTunes on your computer.
A song cannot be in a playlist unless the song is in your iTunes library. Placing a song in a playlist does not duplicate or copy the song. The playlist includes a pointer only to the song in your iTunes library. The same applies on your iPhone. A song can be in multiple playlists, but the song is not copied for each playlist. There is only one copy of the song on your iPhone even though the song is available in more than one playlist.

Combining Tracks That Appear as Separate Albums

I switched my iTunes library from a G5 to an Intel Mac. After the change, some tracks (in album view) appear as separate albums and not from the same album or compilation. How do I "merge" the tracks so they appear that they are on the same album, when, in fact, they are?

When you select multiple tracks and open the multiple "get info" in iTunes 9, the compilation selection is in the options tab.
Also, you might find some tips for your original problem in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1468

Apple update ruined my playlists, they are no longer on my ipod and playlist i didnt have are. how can I get mine back. And i am missing songs that appear in itunes but not on the ipod?

apple update erased my playlists, they are no longer showing on my iTunes. I am missing songs that do appear in iTunes and should be on the ipod but are not, and new playlists that I didn't have are now where mine should be. Any suggestions as to getting "MY" ipod back?

- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

How to find all songs that do not have album art

I create several smart playlists for housekeeping, like songs with no year, songs with no album name, etc. I wanted to create a similar one that lists all songs that do not have any album art associated with it. I have not seen this option when creating a playlist, but I didn't know if there was a way to write a script (that could run on Windows) that could create this playlist for me. I can (and have) gone through each song individually to note which did not have album art, but I have almost 5000 songs, and this is not really feasible any more.
Has anyone else done anything similar to this? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Awesome !!! Thank you very much. I did not realize you could use JavaScript to code against iTunes ...
I don't know if you have written any of these yourself, but do you know how to maybe create a smart playlist with this information via script? If not, no big deal. At least I know have something which I can use, I will just have to run it every so often.
Thanks again for pointing me to that site!

When importing songs from a cd into itunes, the songs get separated into multiple albums instead of one. How do I fix this problem?

I recently tried to import a cd that I got into itunes. When it imported, instead of being one album by one artist, it created multiple ablums by the same artist. Does anyone know how to fix this problem to bring all the files into one album by the same artist?

Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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TS1424 some of the songs I purchased are not the songs that appear on my computer

why are some of the songs I purchase not the correct song when I play them on my computer?

Some items you’ve previously purchased are not eligible for redownload via iTunes in the Cloud and thus, will not appear on your Purchased page. This content includes ringtones, audiobooks, movie rentals, items that have been modified or removed from the store since you purchased them, anything that may have been refunded, as well as certain movies.
For some movies, you will see the message "When purchased, this movie will not be available from iTunes in the Cloud” if the movie can't be downloaded again. This message appears under the Buy button on the iTunes Store product page. This is why you should always back things up.
To learn what previously purchased content is available for download in your country, visit this article:
iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match Availability
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085

Songs that appear in my ipod when connected to itunes disappear when discon

when i connect my ipod color - 60g - to i tunes..all playlists show...when i add or delete songs, it apprears in the itunes directory under my ipod...when i disconnect my ipod...none of the changes show on the ipod....any ideas???

This Apple knowledge-base article may help address that issue.
Strange iPod behaviour.

How to rename files that appear in multiple .book files?

I have about 50 .fm files, and 4 .book files, each of which includes about 20 of the .fm files.
I want to rename some of the files.
If I open all four .book files at once, and I go to First.book and rename file Q, I want it to be renamed in all the other .book files in which it happens to be included.
How can I do that?
Thanks.

You have to rename the file in each book that it is included in. After the first re-name, the other books will treat the old filename as a missing one.

Linking songs to multiple albums

Is there anyway that you can link a song to multiple albums in your iTunes library? I find that I often have songs that appear on several different albums - for instance they may appear on the original studio album, but then also appear on Greatest Hits albums or compilation albums as well. I'd like to be able to link the song so it shows up in the track listings for every album it appears on - without having to have multiple copies of the song on my Ipod Touch.
Does anyone know of anyway to do this?

*Is there anyway that you can link a song to multiple albums in your iTunes library?*
No there's not. iTunes doesn't have an option to allow a single song to be linked to more than one album. As you've discovered, if a song appears on more than one album you need multiple copies of it. You can send feedback/feature requests directly to Apple at this link and provide them with your comments. Maybe a future version of iTunes will incorporate a multi-album option: Apple Product Feedback

Multiple albums for one song?

Is there any way have a song show up in multiple albums without duplicating the song? I have a lot of these, mostly songs that show up on soundtracks. I want 'Whiter Shade of Pale' to show up on 'Procol Harum' and 'The Big Chill Soundtrack.'

You can always add the other album names to the comments section of the file if it means that much to me.
Personally, I only list the name of the collection (soundtrack, best of, etc.) if it is the only version I have of it. But if I later import the original album, any of those songs that are also on a best of collection (after verifying they are truly the same versions) I delete the Best of or soundtrack version and retain the one with the original information (album name, date, etc.).
Patrick

Single song, multiple albums

Say I own the albums Purple by Stone Temple Pilots and the Crow Soundtrack. Both albums have the song Big Empty. How do I get that song to appear on both albums without having duplicates or setting up a whole bunch of playlists? I'm particularly interested in getting the iPod to pick up on this. Thanks.

You get one album per song. So if you want it in both albums, then you need to have it imported into your libary twice. Me, I tend to simply delete duplicates on Best Of or soundtracks if I have them on the original and leave them with the original (so the retain the proper date and such).
Patrick
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Songs appear as separate albums

In my iTunes Library, I have multiple songs that show up in album view as seperate Albums, even though they are clearly the same album. They even have the exact same name listed in their Album field. How do I get iTunes to group these together. Obviously, if i wanted to view them a song at a time I would be using the Songs view and no the Album view. I have tried applying a Sort field to them and marking them as "same album". But that does not apear to work. Each of these songs display the album art and play fine. I have the latest iTunes 11 on the the latest OS 10.8.

Have a look at this discussion.
http://discussions.apple.com/message/20560881?ac_cid=tw123456#20560881

Songs that appear on Multiple Albums

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