I'm iTunes for Windows on a Dell PC running Windows 10. A few days ago I manually entered a lot of Album title information into iTunes for various CDs I had copied into iTunes. In less than a week, all the Album titles I had entered disappeared.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Windows, 10
Ripped with iTunes probably rules out a multiple tags issue. And if they're not purchases you don't have to worry about store metadata resurfacing. What format did you rip to? Files in .wav format don't have a tag so if you remove and then reimport you end up with the filename as the song name and nothing else.
Under Edit > Preferences > Advanced do you have Keep iTunes Media folder organized? Do these albums now show a path that reflects their album titles, or are they in Unknown Album folders?
I have a number of scripts at http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/scripts.asp for manipulating track metadata, including one called ExportImport that can be used to export a snapshot of your metadata for a selection of tracks and then restore it later if needed. That said it would be nice to work out what it is going on and stop it.
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Ripped with iTunes probably rules out a multiple tags issue. And if they're not purchases you don't have to worry about store metadata resurfacing. What format did you rip to? Files in .wav format don't have a tag so if you remove and then reimport you end up with the filename as the song name and nothing else.
Under Edit > Preferences > Advanced do you have Keep iTunes Media folder organized? Do these albums now show a path that reflects their album titles, or are they in Unknown Album folders?
I have a number of scripts at http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/scripts.asp for manipulating track metadata, including one called ExportImport that can be used to export a snapshot of your metadata for a selection of tracks and then restore it later if needed. That said it would be nice to work out what it is going on and stop it.
tt2
See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows - Apple Community.
Do you have Apple Music or iTunes Match? Am I correct that affected items are CD rips or other imports rather than iTunes Store purchases?
tt2
Ripped with iTunes or something else, and into what format? Do you have any third party antivirus software that might prevent iTunes updating its library properly?
tt2
See Edit > Preferences > General tab > Import Settings to control what format is used for CD rips or file conversions.
You can find a link to the script at ExportImport, once there you right-click and download or save as to save it to your computer. It is a .vbs file rather than an executable. Usage instructions for the scripts are given at the top of the page but generally you select something in iTunes, double-click the script to run it, then follow the prompts.
There is an option in Windows Explorer that controls whether or not you see file extensions. If you use the Songs view in iTunes you can get it to show the Kind column which reveals what format a track is in.
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The majority are ripped with iTunes. I have a few that were downloaded from youtube using a Media Human that saves in an mp3 format.
I ripped the CDs straight into iTunes. I am assuming iTunes saves in .wav format. But I am not certain of that. When I look at the iTunes Media files, they appear as song and album titles, but with no file extensions. The Keep iTunes Media folder organized box is checked in Advanced Preferences.
If I wanted to run your ExportImport, how would I get an executable on my PC?
Thanks again.
For a non-technical end user, I find your instructions very easy to follow. I've run the script against a file I downloaded from You Tube rather than ripping from a CD. It shows that the file is save on a .mp4 file, which to my limited understanding, is a compressed version of a .wave file.
I am using Chrome and not Windows Explorer. But I turned on the View File Kind column in iTunes. I see a lot of MPEG Audio, AAC Audio, some PURCHASED files. That seems to be the majority.
So the original question remains: Is it safe to erase the Internet files I downloaded to a temp folder to add into the Song Info tab in iTunes without loosing those album cover illustrations?
Thanks.
nextleveldan wrote:
For a non-technical end user, I find your instructions very easy to follow. I've run the script against a file I downloaded from You Tube rather than ripping from a CD. It shows that the file is save on a .mp4 file, which to my limited understanding, is a compressed version of a .wave file.
The .mp4 extension usually indicates a video file. Typically audio extracted from video would be saved as .mp3 or .m4a (AAC).
I am using Chrome and not Windows Explorer. But I turned on the View File Kind column in iTunes. I see a lot of MPEG Audio, AAC Audio, some PURCHASED files. That seems to be the majority.
So the original question remains: Is it safe to erase the Internet files I downloaded to a temp folder to add into the Song Info tab in iTunes without loosing those album cover illustrations?
Hmm. I think that is the original question asked and answered in another thread: Album Art - Apple Community.
You could check under Edit > Preferences > Advanced that Copy files to iTunes Media folder is selected so that you're not connecting to files in your downloads folder, for example.
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I have neither Apple Music or iTunes Match. Yes assumption or CD rips is correct.
Thanks.
Ripped with iTunes. I use Webroot anti-virus. But it has not consistently caused any problems that I am aware of. Thanks for working with me on this.
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