itunes "convert higher bitrate songs" not working properly

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itunes "convert higher bitrate songs" not working properly

hello,

i recently used the option "convert higher bitrate songs to 128kbps aac" to save storage space on my iphone. it worked like a charm and i saved several gigabytes.
HOWEVER, as soon as i sync my iphone again, it starts to reencode approx. 60 tracks again! it takes a while of course and after that, the tracks are converted and on my iphone (i checked it). if i sync again it will reencode again the very same tracks (and delete them before from my iphone). this is really annoying because it costs time and cpu usage.
i didnt changed those files, i checked the date when they were changed, and they werent changend at all this month!

does anyone have an idea? i really like this option, but if it means that i have to convert 60tracks everytime i sync my iphone, i will have to disable it...

regards

Posted on Jun 2, 2010 6:50 AM

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Chris CA

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Jun 2, 2010 7:44 AM in response to stotro

Make sure you have iTunes version 9.1.1 (12). Go to iTunes menu Help -> About iTunes.
If you have 9.1.1. (11), download and reinstall -> iTunes.

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stotro Author

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Jun 2, 2010 8:07 AM in response to Chris CA

i have itunes 9.1.1.12 installed..

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Katrina S.

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Jun 2, 2010 11:19 AM in response to stotro

Several folks reported this with 9.....11. They wrote back and said it was fixed with 9....12.
It seems to work OK with my nano. It only re-syncs if I change something like artwork or lyrics.

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stotro Author

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Jun 3, 2010 4:28 AM in response to Katrina S.

well, i reinstalled itunes again, error stays the same. i have to add that i am using the 64bit version of itunes.

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Chris CA

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Jun 3, 2010 7:57 AM in response to stotro

Yuo are getting an error/error message or it is simply reloading the same songs all the time?

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stotro Author

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Jun 3, 2010 8:05 AM in response to Chris CA

no error message at all. it just looks like as i would have added some new songs to my library, and itunes convert them as it treats them as new songs - but this is not the case.

i also cant find a pattern WHY it picks those 52 songs all the time.. they all have different bitrates, some are CBR, some VBR.

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Chris CA

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Jun 3, 2010 8:10 AM in response to stotro

Try this. It used to work for songs that would always sync.

Select the iPod in iTunes.
Tick *Manually manage music* then OK.
Eject the iPod, disconnect and reconnect it.

Go back and uncheck *Manually manage music* then OK.

See if it continues to sync the same songs.

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stotro Author

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Jun 3, 2010 9:50 AM in response to Chris CA

sadly, it doesnt help...

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LSS

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Jun 3, 2010 10:53 AM in response to stotro

I'm having the same problem. None of the suggested fixes help.

In addition using the 128kbps conversion randomly loses cover art on my iPhone.

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Chris CA

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Jun 3, 2010 10:56 AM in response to LSS

Do you have iTunes 9.1.1(12)?

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LSS

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Jun 3, 2010 11:03 AM in response to Chris CA

Yes I do.

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Katrina S.

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Jun 3, 2010 11:06 AM in response to LSS

I am seeing this artwork bug too, on my nano. It seems to be tied to the 128 kbps songs, but I can't pinpoint exactly what makes it happens.

All I know is, now that I'm using the 128 conversion, I have to reset my nano at least once per day to get artwork back. It also seems to be tied to coming out of pause or hold. After I've paused music and come back later, the artwork shows a white box. But not all the time, so I wonder if it's only when I pause a song that has lyrics.

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Jun 3, 2010 11:18 AM in response to Katrina S.

I am pretty sure in my case it's not related to the song having lyrics, because then most of my songs would be having this error. It's not an issue of covers downloaded from iTunes vs. covers added by me either.

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