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From: Dundonald on 25 Sep 2005 17:43 I have just bought a 20gb ipod and I'm in the process of transferring my existing Mp3 collection. Can anyone tell me why I receive an error message such as "Some of the songs in the iTunes library, including the song <song name>, were not copied to the iPod <ipod name> because they could not be found." ?? The only thing I can figure out is that the files that struggle have an exclamation mark next to them on the left hand side. I'm finding it very strange and I'm not sure what to do. I'm not doing anything complicated. Here's a summary of what I'm doing: FYI my MP3 collection is all organised by Artist, Album name and each album has an m3u. So all I do is: 1. in iTunes select File|Import then browse to album's m3u file. 2. the album is then imported in to iTunes. 3. I update ipod, then error message appears. If I go to a music file that is mentioned in the error message I see the exclamation mark. I right click on mouse button and select "get Info" and the error message "The song <song name> could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" 4. I browse to the file and the exclamation mark dissapears and that file then updates on the ipod, however the next file in the album suffers from the same problem and so on. Any ideas why that message is appearing, when I have only just imported it and I haven't moved any files?
From: Bonge Boo! on 25 Sep 2005 18:03 On 25/9/05 22:43, in article 1127684617.912830.121180(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, "Dundonald" <mark.dundon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Any ideas why that message is appearing, when I have only just imported > it and I haven't moved any files? Do a "Show Song file" and see if the actual music file is were iTunes thinks it is. When I forget to plugin my external HD I get exactly that unsurprisingly. Maybe your iTunes DB is iffy?
From: Ian Robinson on 25 Sep 2005 18:12 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:43:37 +0100, Dundonald wrote (in article <1127684617.912830.121180(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>): > Any ideas why that message is appearing Sounds like iTunes has it's knickers in a knot. Make a copy of your music folder, in iTunes select all the entries and delete them. If you get an alert box asking if you want to move the files to the trash don't. You may not get this question, hence the prudent backup before you start. Once all the entries in iTunes have gone then use Add to Library from the File menu to import the whole lot again. Choose the folder at the top level of your music, most likely the Music folder within your home folder. This'll rebuild your itunes DB. Any playlists you have set-up should be okay but your may have to set them up again. I can't remember as it's been a while since I had to do this. Ian -- Ian Robinson, Belfast, UK - <http://www.canicula.com> Soapbox - <http://homepage.mac.com/ianrobinson/index.html>
From: Woody on 25 Sep 2005 18:30 Dundonald <mark.dundon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Any ideas why that message is appearing, when I have only just imported > it and I haven't moved any files? Have you tried the consolodate library? That should sort out the library. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Roger Merriman on 25 Sep 2005 18:39
Bonge Boo! <bingbong(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > On 25/9/05 22:43, in article > 1127684617.912830.121180(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, "Dundonald" > <mark.dundon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Any ideas why that message is appearing, when I have only just imported > > it and I haven't moved any files? > > Do a "Show Song file" and see if the actual music file is were iTunes thinks > it is. > > When I forget to plugin my external HD I get exactly that unsurprisingly. > Maybe your iTunes DB is iffy? yes thats the genural cause normally, my imac often forgets after a reboot that its suposed to use the extrenal drive so i do have to deal with the can't find the song mal arky fairly frequnently. Roger |