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DarrenW

posted on 11/4/08 at 10:13 AM Reply With Quote
Any itunes experts

Im having bother geting music from a disc into itunes. Its a disc a mate did for me, already in MP3 format.

If i stick normal cd in it imports it automatically. From this disc ive tried importing manually but it seem to stick each track into a different album cover and i dont know how to get all the tracks under the one cover.

Looking for a numpties guide please!






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DarrenW

posted on 11/4/08 at 10:19 AM Reply With Quote
Just stuck another disc in where there is only one album on it - and itunes is importing automatically.

Its obviously this other disc - maybe cos its got loads of albums on one and all are already in MP3. Must be a way to manually import - im obviously doing it wrong.






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Mr Whippy

posted on 11/4/08 at 10:56 AM Reply With Quote
can't you put the files on the c: drive first, then sort them out as normal?





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DarrenW

posted on 11/4/08 at 11:02 AM Reply With Quote
Ive just tried that.

One of the albums i had trouble with a while back has just imported no problem at all.

Another one though is importing each track as a seperate album. It must be something to do with the way the tracks are listed on the cd (and now on c-drive). Ill have to compare the 2 files later to try and suss out what the difference. At least with them on the c-drive (in my music) i can rename the tracks.


When i view the 2 albums in my computer - one is listed with all the details listed such as album name, track number etc. The one that doesnt import easily only has half the data - dont know if this si anything to do with it.


When the iffy one imports all the tracks as seperate album covers, i cant drag and drop the tracks under one as each cover is listed with the track name and hence i tunes says they are seperate albums. Im a bit stumped.

[Edited on 11/4/08 by DarrenW]






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Hellfire

posted on 11/4/08 at 11:21 AM Reply With Quote
Darren - select all of the tracks in iTunes from the dodgy album. Right click and go to Get Info. From here go to the bottom left corner, there is a small check box marked Part of Compilation. Set this to Yes - sometimes you get this with single artist albums cos the ID3 tags are slightly different. Doing this in your case should sort it out.

Steve

[Edited on 11-4-08 by Hellfire]






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DarrenW

posted on 11/4/08 at 09:30 PM Reply With Quote
Woohooo, sorted.

First job was to put the albums into My Music. Then add folders. As Steve says - if they appear seperately select them all and get info - then set up as an album. This time it all worked. Some tracks still were a bit rogue but i just deleted them off.

Problem now is that my itunes library is far bigger than my ickle 4gig ipod - but ive sussed how to sync only the selected tracks.


Just found my sex pistols cd as well - what a night. You wouldnt believe how diverse my collection is!!!






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