Some songs won't copy to Ipod from Itunes

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Some songs won't copy to Ipod from Itunes

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

G4 laptop, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 23, 2007 12:04 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 23, 2007 1:03 PM in response to SullyKutz

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

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Answer 2

SullyKutz Author

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Jun 23, 2007 1:40 PM in response to SullyKutz

Your note made me remember...

My tunes are the same way - burned to a standard CD and reloaded. They were ALL Itunes-Store purchases.

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Answer 3

Jun 23, 2007 8:34 PM in response to SullyKutz

I counted the number of files that didn't copy over. In my case, it failed to copy 65 songs, even though it reported "101 problems", just like it did for you. This has to be a bug. In the case of each file that failed to copy, it was an iTunes store purchase that was burned to standard CD. The original m4p protected file was archived to a backup disk and deleted from iTunes. The mp3 files were then reloaded back into iTunes. These same files played before on the same iPod. I'm going to try to downgrade my iPod software, and maybe downgrade iTunes. This is infuriating.

HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THIS PROBLEM?

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Answer 4

Jun 24, 2007 8:28 PM in response to SullyKutz

I found it. This is a bug in iTunes 7.2. There is a MacFixit article acknowledging and explaining the problem and the fix.

Basically, you first backup your playlists, just in case, like this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93763

Then you recreate your iTunes library file like this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313

If your podcast list disappears, do this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302376

It worked for me. I hope it helps you.
--Scott

PowerPC G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.9) 8GB Nano (Red)

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