Uploading files converted from vinyl

Hello Glosterfan,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!

Have you imported these mp3 files into iTunes first and then attempted to sync them to your iPod?

If not, your first step would be to import these files in your iTunes library.

Have you set your iPod up yet to Sync music with your iTunes library? If not, this guide may be of more help than anything explanation I can give on how to sync music to your iPod.
[Syncing Music to iPod|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351]

Just give a few more details regarding what you have done so far. Hope this helps you get started at least. 😉

B-rock

It's just the way Itunes, or any program reads your files, alphabetizing them using the first letter of the first word, in this case the surname.
For Itunes to read the names by Christian name, you would have to rename all your files to read Dylan Bob or Young Neil.

Alex.

Or, if you still want the names to appear on the iPod as Bob Dylan and Neil Young, but want them alphabetized by last name, you can enter "Last, First" in the *Sort Artist* field in iTunes.

Unfortunately, iTunes is not "smart enough" to differentiate a person's name from group names (I doubt any computer program would be). If it used the last name as its sort field, then Jefferson Airplane would end up in the "A's" instead of the "J's".

As far as why you cannot drag and drop your music, iTunes creates a database on the iPod that contains information about the songs, album info, playlists, etc. This is why iTunes is needed.

Glosterfan wrote:
Thanks for your reply - it does help somewhat. It looks as if I am going to have to spend a lot of time editing those tracks that originally came from vinyl.

No. Simply *File/Add File/Folder To Library* and navigate to the location of the file.

Phil

No. Simply *File/Add File/Folder To Library* and navigate to the location of the file.

Assuming the existing files have populated tags, i.e. track number, title, artist & album at a minimum. If not editing the data within iTunes will be time consuming. If the files lack this information at present then I'd recommend Media Monkey which has some useful tools for tagging MP3s from their file & folder names.

tt2

Good point! (I edit the tags when I create the files, so foolishly assumed everyone else does! Oopps!)

Phil