Itunes will not import Amazon mp3s

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Itunes will not import Amazon mp3s

I purchased an album of mp3s from Amazon. The files are .mp3 with no DRM. The files play perfectly in Windows Media Player on an XP and Vista PC. At first, the Amazon program copied them into iTunes and they played fine, but in the last few months these files have stopped playing in iTunes. I tried deleting them from iTunes and recopying them, but iTunes will not reimport these files.

The files are .mp3 with no DRM.
The files play in Windows Media Player on my XP and Vista Machine.
iTunes used to play these files.
iTunes now will NOT play these songs.
I have tried dragging them into the library and importing them, but nothing works.
I have reinstalled iTunes on both computers.

Any ideas on why these files won't work other than the conspiracy that Apple will not play mp3s purchased from Amazon?

Windows XP

Posted on Nov 29, 2008 11:24 AM

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Answer 1

mattr1ce Author

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Feb 14, 2009 8:55 AM in response to mattr1ce

I now have a second album that iTunes has removed from the library. Again, these mp3s are DRM-free Amazon mp3s that play on any other system and software program except iTunes.

I can burn these mp3s to a CD and then reimport into iTunes, but that is ridiculous. iTunes should allow users to import mp3s from any legal source. Or, if they are going to refuse to play mp3s from sources other than iTunes, they should be honest about that fact.

Why will iTunes no longer play mp3s from Amazon?

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Chris CA

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Feb 14, 2009 10:17 AM in response to mattr1ce

No idea what's wrong..
Works fine for me.
In the Amazon downloader preferences, you can set it to add the songs to iTunes automatically.

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turingtest2

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Feb 14, 2009 11:02 AM in response to mattr1ce

Works fine for me too, though I'm in the "full manual control of my music folders" camp and generally move/rename things before adding to the library.

Could there be an issue with folder permissions? It's a good idea to make sure both your own login and the SYSTEM account have full access to the top-level folder where your music is stored, with those permissions propagating to all child objects.

tt2

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