SONGS WON'T COPY TO IPOD

For the first time (I've had iTunes and an iPod for a long time), I'm getting an error message when I sync my iPod that says that "[s]ome of the items in the iTunes library...were not copied to [my iPod] because you are not authorized to play them on this computer."
Umm, what the f---? Why is this happening?
There are 103 songs that won't copy, and at first glance it appears that the first 103 songs I ever purchased are the very 103 that won't copy onto my iPod.
Anyone have any ideas about what is going on here? I am reasonably sure that I haven't copied all 103 of these songs to disc 5 times, or whatever the limit is.
Thanks in advance to all who answer.
TW

b noir:
your initial reply, which at first seemed promising, has now taken me to a whole other level of difficulty. allow me to elaborate.
1) i have attempted to play one of the aforementioned purchased songs in my itunes library, per your advice (not on my ipod, but on my imac). upon doing so, i get the error message:
"This computer is not authorized to play "______." Would you like to authorize it? The message box displays the Apple ID and asks me for the password.
2) all well and fine, except that the email address which displays in the message box as my Apple ID is old and obsolete--way obsolete. So of course, if I enter my present password, it will not match this old ID.
3) i attempted to change this old ID to my present ID. when I did so, my present ID, which DOES match my present password (and, thus, which i DON'T want to change), showed up as the ID to change.
4) what do i do? at this point i'm stuck.

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Hello all,
A bunch of songs won't transfer to my ipod and I can't figure out why...
Exact message: "Some of the items in the Itunes Library, including "..." were not copied to the iPod because they cannot be played on this iPod" Then it says there are "101 problems - see below"
I counted the tracks, there are actually 63. (My library has about 6000 tunes.)
I've recently upgraded to buy the new DRM free songs, but I don't see the connection.
I checked the Kind, Sample Rate, and Bit rate and there doesn't seem to be any differences between these and others.
I converted the songs to mp3-192s, trashed the originals, still won't transfer.
I still have 10GB of space left on my iPod, so it's not a space issue.
Most are songs I purchased in the I-tunes store.
The only thing these songs have in common is that they all were loaded in the same session.
They were on my iPod before I upgraded to 7.2
I'm on a G4 laptop, OS 10.4.9 1.67 PowerPC.
Running I-Tunes 7.2
Video iPod version 1.2.1

I was shocked to see your post. I was just about to paste this new thread:
After updating iPod software to 1.1.3 for my nano 8GB, there are 101 songs that iTunes refuses to sync to the nano, saying:
Some of the items in the iTunes library, including "Great Escape", were not copied to the iPod "My iPod" because they cannot be played on this iPod.
When I use the disclosure triangle to see details, all songs give the same info, for example:
"Multiply" was not copied because the file type is not supported by the iPod "My iPod".
But these are all just MP3 files. Some, if not all, of them were purchased in the iTunes store, then burned to a standard CD (aiff?), then later reloaded. They've all been played before on this iPod. I still have the original protected song files filed away, and I could pull them out, but I shouldn't have to do that. Has anyone seen this before? Thanks.
--Scott
Sully, I think it is an odd coincidence that we both have "101 problems". I thought this was an iPod problem at first, but I have reset the iPod and started all over. The problem persists. I think the problem is in iTunes. In my case at least, there seems to be a list of m4p files within iTunes that were on this iPod before, files that i have replaced with regular mp3 files now, and iTunes doesn't want to copy over them. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
--Scott

Only two computers authorized but ACC songs won't copy to iPod.

Today I purchased some new music from iTunes. Once I was finished downloading iTunes informed me that I might want to upgrade the software on my iPod. I did. Then when it went to sync everything it came up with the following message.
"Some of the items in the iTunes library including "Say It Ain't So", were not copied to the iPod "Ben's iPod" because you are not authorized to play them on this computer."
I checked online and iTunes say that only 2 computers are authorized, which means I've got 3 to go. The other weird thing is that these new songs and some other protected ACC songs purchased form iTunes were copied and work fine on my iPod. Does anyone know what's going on here. I'm stumped.

b noir:
your initial reply, which at first seemed promising, has now taken me to a whole other level of difficulty. allow me to elaborate.
1) i have attempted to play one of the aforementioned purchased songs in my itunes library, per your advice (not on my ipod, but on my imac). upon doing so, i get the error message:
"This computer is not authorized to play "______." Would you like to authorize it? The message box displays the Apple ID and asks me for the password.
2) all well and fine, except that the email address which displays in the message box as my Apple ID is old and obsolete--way obsolete. So of course, if I enter my present password, it will not match this old ID.
3) i attempted to change this old ID to my present ID. when I did so, my present ID, which DOES match my present password (and, thus, which i DON'T want to change), showed up as the ID to change.
4) what do i do? at this point i'm stuck.

Certain songs won't transfer to iPod

Ok, this is bugging the crap outta me.
A few days ago, my iPod Classic kinda went on the fritz. For some reason, the sound became all distorted. So I tried restoring it. That didn't fix the problem. In fact, it made things worse, because after I restored it, it wouldn't update properly. Certain songs wouldn't go, and a message would pop up that said "Attempting to copy to the disk failed. The disk could not be read from or written to." I assumed there was something wrong with my iPod, because there had already been something wrong with it. Which there was, and now it's like dead completely.
Anyway, that's not the extremely troubling part, because I had to get that iPod fixed anyway.
The really troubling part is that my dad gave me his old 4GB iPod Nano (3rd generation) to use because he just bought a new iPod Classic. So I try to put my music on this one, and guess what... same thing happens. I erase and restore it, and when I try to put my music on it, there's certain songs that won't go, and that message pops up. No matter how many times I try to put it on, it's just those certain songs that won't go. And I cannot find ANY connection between the songs that lets me know what the problem is. The files are connected just fine, the songs seem completely random... I can't find any common thing between them... bitrate, encoding, length... nothing. And there's nothing distinguishing most of them from the songs that transfer just fine. They're all MP3s. They all play just fine in iTunes, but won't transfer to the iPod.
I'm getting the feeling there's some kind of bug with iTunes 8, because that's the only thing I can think of that changed recently that might be causing this.
Anybody have any answers? I'm desperate.

I've been having the same problem recently- after we downloaded Itunes 8, around the same time we got the new Leopard software, most songs won't sync to my Ipod 3rd gen. And, of course, most of those songs are my favorites.
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OK, all my songs went missing off of my mini and I can't get them to sync back on but they are still in my library... and now when I try to connect the ipod into itunes and connect my ipod, an error messege comes up, something about playlists.. but im mainly just concerned on trying to get my library back!
"Songs on the ipod "Name Of Ipod" cannot be updated because the playlists selected for syncing no longer exist."
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hey ive bought 3 differnt aulbums from itunes, but all will copy to ipod nano but 1.each differnt aulibum has one song that wont work. does someone knows whats up with this?

Yeah, that happens a lot, but there can be all sorts of fixes for it.
What version iTunes? (itunes > help > about, let it scroll up)
What is the date of the iPod Updater? The newest is 2006-03-23.
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WON'T COPY TO IPOD

For the first time (I've had iTunes and an iPod for a long time), I'm getting an error message when I sync my iPod that says that "[s]ome of the items in the iTunes library...were not copied to [my iPod] because you are not authorized to play them on this computer."
Umm, what the f---? Why is this happening?
There are 103 songs that won't copy, and at first glance it appears that the first 103 songs I ever purchased are the very 103 that won't copy onto my iPod.
Anyone have any ideas about what is going on here? I am reasonably sure that I haven't copied all 103 of these songs to disc 5 times, or whatever the limit is.
Thanks in advance to all who answer.
TW

I think the most probable cause for this is that your iTunes is not authorized to play songs that is brought from the store. If this is the case go to Store>Sign In and login with your Apple ID and password. Then it should be able to sync. If you want to check how many computer is authorized with the account of the songs that won't sync to your iPod, you have to go to the iTunes Store -- sign in first. Click on your Apple ID, there is a popup asking for your password. After you done that, there is a row called "Computer Authorizations." If there are 5 computer that might mean that you can't authorize anymore computers and it might be the reason why you can't sync. I am not sure how you can deauthorize all the computers now after 7.0.1. There is a way on 6.0.5 but it is gone.
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i uploaded all my songs from itunes onto my nano but it has this screen that keeps popping up saying that one song cannot upload onto the nano. it's not an english song. it's a vietnamese song and the other rest are english. that's the only song that won't go into my nano. can you help me with why it won't transfer? is it because it's not an english song?

I am by no means an expert here, I generally don't have a clue what I'm talking about. However, check the file type/extention (songname.mp3, songname.m4a, songname.m4p, etc) of your song and then look here:
iPod: About compatibe song formats
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61476
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Hello MissingMyMind,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
I would download an SD version of the movie, and try to sync that. I am assuming that the version you have is in HD.
From: iTunes 10 for Mac: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1706
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Click the Purchased link in the top-right of the Store home page (below Quick Links).
In the page that appears, select a category.iTunes shows you which of your purchases are available for download. You can view all of your past purchases, or just the ones not currently in your iTunes library. Items already in your library aren’t available for download.If you select Music, you can view your purchases by song, artist, or album. If you’re using Album view, click an album to see which songs on it are available for downloading.To search for an item, type its name or a keyword in the search field, and then press the Return key to view your search results.
To download an item, click the Download button to the right of the item.To download all available items, click Download All.
When you go to download the movie in the Movies tab of your purchases, be sure to uncheck the Download HD Version When Available check box to get the SD version, and be syncable to your iPod Classic.
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Song Won't Transfer to Ipod

HI,
I was using my Ipod just fine with ALL of my songs on it when it froze. I couldn't even reset my Ipod. I let the battery die out. That reset it. However since then I haven't been able to transfer any songs to my ipod. I restored the ipod and made sure I had the most up to date software on my ipod, and itunes.
Here is what's happening when I dock it. My Ipod is recongized my computer, and itunes. I look to see it if my ipod is being updated with the songs and I can see the songs being transfered to my ipod. I come back after a few hours and Itunes says the "UPDATE IS COMPLETE". However, my Ipod still says "DO NOT DISCONNECT." If I try to eject the Ipod via the Itunes software, Itunes will freeze. If I try to stop it by using the "Safely remove hardware" icon in my tray then the computer tells me that it is updating and should not be disconnected. Even after over night is still tells me the same thing. Once I get it disconnect, either by stopping all the Ipod services or physically disconnecting it, the only thing that is updated is my playlists, but there ane NO SONGS on my Ipod. I have repeated this a couple of times and the results are the same.
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Instead of dragging them from your library to your
iPod, try dragging them from your Podcasts list to
your iPod. Make sure that your podcasts aren't grayed
out. If they are, you will have to click Get in the
Podcasts list. The problem could be that you are
putting them on your iPod before they are fully
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Thanks again. I've now found the five video podcasts I downloaded as a test, but they're still not in "Video Podcasts" on the iPod ... that remains empty. The five were in "Video Playlists" inside the "Videos" list. They're now also under "Playlists" from the first menu. Given that I don't think I did anything to create any Playlists at all, I remain confused ... but at least I've found what I downloaded. I remain convinced that something needs to be clicked -- maybe in "Settings" -- in order to set my iPod straight, but I don't know what. The un-intuitive nature of this situation is frustrating. But I do appreciate your help.

I had to transferr my music files from one computer to another by directly copying the files from the hard drive to a new drive. Itunes recognized the files and I was able to load in new songs. The new songs won't sync with ipod. Ideas?

To copy the files I had to remove the hard drive and direct copy them to an expansion drive on another machine. ITunes recognized the copied files and operates correctly on the computer. I was able to download additional songs to ITunes on the computer without problem. The IPod however will not recognize the new songs, does an abreviated sync process and gives a message that the IPod cannot sync because files are being used by another application. It is also does not want to accept the disconnect command. Any suggestions on how to solve the sync problem?

how did you save the songs? can you play the songs? have you restarted the computer?

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Thanks for that. It turned out that my computer wasn't authorized to play iTunes tracks yet. When I hit play I had to enter my iTunes password. Then I was able to copy it. Thanks again for your help.

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I never had any problems with previous versions of iTunes, but ever since I upgraded to version 7, I constantly get errors when copying podcasts to the iPod.
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I think the most probable cause for this is that your iTunes is not authorized to play songs that is brought from the store. If this is the case go to Store>Sign In and login with your Apple ID and password. Then it should be able to sync. If you want to check how many computer is authorized with the account of the songs that won't sync to your iPod, you have to go to the iTunes Store -- sign in first. Click on your Apple ID, there is a popup asking for your password. After you done that, there is a row called "Computer Authorizations." If there are 5 computer that might mean that you can't authorize anymore computers and it might be the reason why you can't sync. I am not sure how you can deauthorize all the computers now after 7.0.1. There is a way on 6.0.5 but it is gone.
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If you have made sure that both the iTunes and iPod software are current and have deauthorized and reauthorized your computer, try this test:
1. Deauthorize the computer.
2. Create a new user in the system.
3. Download the free song of the week from the iTMS in the new user account.
4. Play the song in that user account to authorize again.
5. Restore the iPod (using the iPod updater) in the new user account.
6. Sync just the free song of the week and see if it plays on the iPod.
If it does, you appear to have a corrupted iTunes library file, and you should recreate the iTunes library file in your normal user account, and then sync your music back to the iPod and all should be well.
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