How to transfer mp3 podacsto itunes

terme,

When you right-click the song and choose "Song Info," the Options tab has a menu where you change the Media Kind from Music to Podcast. See clip below.

If you put your device in disk mode you can copy files to it from the desktop using Finder, but they won't get added to the device's database, so it won't be able to play them. Nothing has changed in this respect in the 12 or more years that I've used iTunes and iPods. You add content to your library, then you sync that content to your device, or drag and drop within iTunes. If you present iTunes library doesn't contain all of the content that is on your device then you should fix that issue now with the steps in Recover media from an iPod - Apple Community. You can then decide what to copy back to the device, including your new audio file which you can define as music, podcast, or audiobook as you see fit.

tt2

Terme,

Do you have an iTunes library that you have been using to sync the iPod? if so, you can add the new MP3s to it, and re-sync. If it is the first time syncing on a new computer, you get the warning as shown. So in that case, yes, Remove and Sync is the correct choice.

If you have content on your iPod that is not in your iTunes library, you can recover it per the procedure recommended by tt2.

Hi Terme,

So far so good!

Files from outside sources aren't going to happen as automatically as files from the iTunes Store. But once they are downloaded and are in your iTunes Library, you can just sync the usual way: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351

In Library, click on the File menu, then select Add File to Library... Browse to the .mp3 file you want to import as a podcast, and choose it. This file will now show up in iTunes Library under Music. Right-click on the "song" and choose Get Info or Album Info.

ED, thanks for all your advice but nothing works.

Terme,

You are welcome, but that is not true. If you click "Remove and Sync," you will find that the Argument is synced to your iPod!

You could be cruising down the highway hearing both sides of the issue of labeling for atypical femoral fractures!

The dilemma in your case is what to do with the songs that are already on your iPod that are not in your iTunes library. The choices are pretty clear: you can kiss them goodbye, or you can first rebuild your library by the referenced methods.

Pls let us know what you decide! Good luck.

See Recover media from an iPod - Apple Community.

tt2

Are you certain the files are in .mp3 format? I've seen cases where a file is given the wrong extension, and while QuickTime might play it anyway iTunes might not be totally happy with the item, so not transfer it. Alternatively the tracks might be in an unsupported bitrate. What do you see on the Get Info > File tab for one of these tracks?

tt2

Hi Terme,

I downloaded one of the audio files at that site (specifically Merck vs Albrecht about atypical femoral fractures!) and it worked fine.

It was a 29 MB MP3, about an hour long. I left it as type=Music (did not change to podcast). It played fine in iTunes, and synced successfully to both a fairly new iPhone and an old iPod.

The file is unusual in that it uses a sample rate of 48 kHz (the old DAT-tape standard) instead of the more normal 44.1 kHz (the CD standard). That may be causing problems somewhere in your set-up. However, it did work fine on the computer as well as both devices. If you try again, leaving it as Music instead of Podcast, does it work for you?