Newly imported AAC files created in Audacity are having their
time changed to 789:57:13. In addition, when I tried to play one of these songs
in ITunes for widows, it jumped done to past several other songs and changed
their time to 789:57:13.
The songs will not play on my iPhone with this time. They will
play correctly on a third party app. On my widows computer the correct time is
noted.
Can someone please help?
Windows, Windows 6
turingtest2 -- Thank you for the link. I uninstalled the new version (12.9.4.102), then installed an old version (12.9.1.4). When I first opened iTunes, the iTunes Library.itl was updated and worked fine -- I did not have to copy over to an older itl file as shown in the link. In any case, I'm glad to have my music back and can only hope Apple will find a fix for the new version soon.
Thanks also to Steve_DB and others providing helpful links.
For what it's worth, I opened a case with technical support on this issue on April 9th, 2019. The Case ID no. is 20000043746405. The tech support person, Sheena, said she would gather the information and forward it to the Apple engineers. I allowed her to take control of my PC to download whatever she needed. I assume she is a contractor rather than an Apple employee, so no idea how far up the chain it got. I also referred her to this forum thread.
Thanks for the info. I do have ffmpeg, but don't what to do with the info you provided. Maybe it will help others. A coupe of questions - Can it change mass number of songs or you have to do one at a time. Also, will the change cause it to have problems when you play songs on applications like virtual DJ and audacity?
I need some help to reinstall 12.9.3.3. I reinstalled a much earlier version and would like to install the 12.9.3.3. I just got an error saying "Genius won't update and you are not authorized - Turn off Genius to fix or something like that. As a result I lost all my songs in Virtual DJ (which I need for tomorrow night to do my DJ job). I shut everything down, and I think I am back OK for now. However, this happened to me once last September and it took numerous calls to tech support (to no avail) and it took months to recover the damage it caused when I "turned off Genius". It was a mess. Saying that, I would like to install 12.9.3.3. which I have the link.. However, I am not sure about the order of uninstall - IS IT ITUNES, Bonjour, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device Support, Apple Applic Support 32 bit (not sure why I have this) and Apple Applic 64 bit ? Last time I had tech support help me, they totally got messed up and iTunes would not open at all. I am not sure what I did to get back up and running - I think on a whim I reinstalled the Appllic Support. One Tech support person advised that you no longer have to delete all the extra files, you just have to delete the ITUNES App and then install the new ITUNES that you want. Is that correct?
OK I was wrong I am continuing to get the Genius error - it says Genius cannot be updated because the iTunes Store does not recognize your iTunes library. Turn off Genius and turn back on. I don't want to do that as it causes a disaster in my database. Any ideas - have you ever come across this? I really like the functionality of iTunes, but I can't do this anymore. I just wish I was more techy and knew what I was doing or had someone local that could help me.
Hi MD, Not sure I can help. I thought you were running iTunes OK as of almost 3 weeks ago. What changed to cause these errors to start? I don't use Virtual DJ unfortunately. Are you saying that Virtual DJ is now not finding your music files?
Thanks Steve DB and TT2. I did get Virtual Back - not sure why everything disappeared for a awhile. . Saying that, I saw the fix for the "Genius" and all I can say is Heaven Help Me. I will give Tech Support a call in the morning. I do have iTunes Match.
.m4a music files created using Vinyl Studio on macOS (10.14.4) have the same issue; the files appear to get imported into my iTunes library (including lots of correct "info"), but the length of each cut is listed as 397:40:56 and all cuts are unplayable in iTunes. They are playable when I access the cuts in the itunes folder with QuickTime Player.
TT2 and SteveDB. I have not seen a new update yet. Can either if u confirm that it is fixed? I am scared to death to do anything as I dont feel comfortable with going back and installing an older version again. Tks
Hi I think I understand your answer here (not very tech minded), so do I have to reconvert all M4a files back to mp3 files? I have been slowly converting my vinyl collection several thousand albums so about 500 converted and all having the same problem
Thanks for you help
TT2/Steve DB,
Unfortunately, I was not in the loop about the new upgrade nor your communications. Apparently there is a new update? I have not seen it yet. Can anyone verify that the new update fixes the M4A problem with songs loaded from Audacity to iTunes?
Thanks. But what will that do for me? Who does it report it to? Does it report it to Apple? I am going to try and reinstall the last iTunes version.
Thank you for the answer. I checked with the program you suggested. Both audio files appear to be the same type. So, this is not a solution to the problem.
So, Masterdance, are you having the same problem? If so, are your files created in Audacity? Mine are, so I’m trying to determine if the problem is an audacity problem or an iTunes problem.
My first file that had the problem was in January which was before the last iTunes update. It has not affected any previously imported files, only newly created files.
I did not change the way that I was doing the imports. They have always been M4a files Created in audacity.
It began in January. I believe that was two updates ago.
Time for imported AAC files is changing to 789:57:13
