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iTunes Distorts/Garbles certain MP3s/Albums

Hello. I really like using iTunes as a way to organize my VGM library. However, for years now I've dealt with the problem of not knowing which albums I download will be compatible with iTunes. See, sometimes when I import an album, despite the mp3s sounding fine in something like Windows Media Player, in iTunes they have random distortion, ranging from kind of garbled to almost sounding underwater. I cannot find a single solution/explanation for this online.


Here is an example of what I'm experiencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvwRit6MsbM

Posted on Jan 5, 2021 4:46 PM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2021 12:13 AM

The Import settings apply to new rips from CD or conversion from an existing format. They're not applied to audio files as they are added to the library. I'm not sure why iTunes doesn't cope properly with them, but I suspect if it can't play them correctly then it probably cannot convert them correctly either. You could try using Audacity and see if it can make files that iTunes can play.


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Jan 6, 2021 12:13 AM in response to SBW64

The Import settings apply to new rips from CD or conversion from an existing format. They're not applied to audio files as they are added to the library. I'm not sure why iTunes doesn't cope properly with them, but I suspect if it can't play them correctly then it probably cannot convert them correctly either. You could try using Audacity and see if it can make files that iTunes can play.


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iTunes Distorts/Garbles certain MP3s/Albums

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