Problem Importing CD to iTunes

So if changing it to MP3 is working than it means there is something wrong with the AAC coding?

Either with the way the version 7.9.4.0 of CoreAudioToolbox.dll is handling the AAC encoding (on some systems) or the way that the dll is interacting with people's preference files on those systems seem the likeliest possibilities at this stage, lnk. (I've seen examples of both sorts of problems crop up for people ... troubles with preferences files and/or troubles with a new version of a dll ... after iTunes updates in the past.)

Hi All

Bit new to this Apple Discussion Forum.

Had the same issues as everyone else, seems that the only way round at this stage is changing to MP3 instead of AAC.

Not done this yet, but would prefer to stay with AAC as everything else in my Music Library is AAC.

If this is an issue with the latest version 10.1 of iTunes, will Apple release a further update with the problem resolved?

Is this likely to happen (soon)?
Should I wait or plough on with MP3 format?

Seems a bit of a Boo Boo by Apple to alienate so many users in 1 upgrade!
New to Apple and iTunes, does this sort of thing happen often?

Any thoughts or comments welcome (especially from Apple)

Cheers

Chris

Not done this yet, but would prefer to stay with AAC as everything else in my Music Library is AAC

If you want to try the importing preferences thing, Chris, as a temporary measure it might be worth changing your importing preferences to a lossless format like Apple Lossless or AIFF. Then when the bug is cleared up, you could convert those Lossless-encoded files to AAC without the risk of losing some sound quality (by moving from the lossy encoding MP3 to the lossy encoding AAC).

The downside of that option is that the lossless versions of tracks are going to be a heck of a lot bigger than the AAC versions (or the mp3 versions), which could potentially cause trouble with transfer to devices with limited storage space.

Hey i have a massive problem very simular to the problems everyone else is getting i have got a brand new laptop its got windows 7 (64bits)...
everytime i go to import a cd i always get a window come up saying that there is a error and it shuts down itunes..
can you help me with this problem as i know there is no problem with the laptop and i have tried everything on the help list..
i have reinstalled it three times now !! just getting annoying :/
heeelllpppp 🙂

Hi

I'm having the exact same error message when I try and import CD's. I have followed the early instructions about checking the Action Centre in control panel but I can't find any reports of the errors.

I can't believe it, just bought an iPod Touch today and have downloaded iTunes only to find it's not working because I have Windows 7.

Any help would be great!

Thanks

changing to MP3 encoding in the import settings seems to have worked for me, but I'd still like apple to resolve the issue with the update.

thanks to all for the help

To B noir and the other guy who briefly helped on this issue on my thread i'd like to say a massive thankyou....It took me half an hour to find this section, I think its a discrace for a company that is worth so much money that it will happily pass the buck to loyal customers and brand supporters that will lend their knowledge and expertise for pretty much no charge to other users, for them to have such a difficult meethod of customer supprt for such a broad range of products is shocking....i'd love to find the right avenues to vent my frustration but that seems impossible.....again big up to you guys that can lend a helping hand when the company itself seems like it cannot be arsed!

Thanks goodness I stumbled upon this thread - the exact same thing started with me yesterday. Changing the import setting to MP3 fixed it but clearly there's an issue with Win 7 64 bit as I has to resort to using my (32 bit) Laptop to do the importing.

Thank you all for the "solution" which really isn't a solution but it worked. I had the exact same problem. I always hesitate when installing a newer version of iTunes when I have a current version that is working because of issues like this that crop up. I spent several hours, like most of you, trying to figure out why all of a sudden my itunes wasn't importing a CD but crashing instead. I uninstalled, reinstalled and even restored my PC to a previous working date. To no avail. What DID work was changing the import settings to MP3.... Thanks again and hopefully APPLE will fix the bug in the new version of the software.

I'm having the same problem since I upgraded to iTunes 10.1 on my Windows 7. I'm using the MP3 fix for now, but I hope Apple fixes the glitch soon.

Hi I'm having the same problem except I'm using Windows XP. I didn't have this problem using Itunes 9 but after I downloaded Itunes 10 it started crashing whenever I asked it to import a CD. I've tried running diagnostics (it said everything was fine with my CD drive) and I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I'm not sure what else to do. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

A

I am a technotard too. If I switch it to MP3 for importing instead of AAC, when a fix comes do I have to somehow convert all the albums I imported on MP3? Also, is there a difference in quality, file size, mixed files (mp3 and AAC) in the library? Thanks to all of you brainiacs for helping us technotards. I have spent about 5 hours uninstalling, reinstalling, restarting and all the other bs. You'd think a company like Apple could do an upgrade right!

Hi.. I am having the same problem as everyone else :/ I just switched to the mp3 format and my cds are now importing. Thank you all so much for the help!! I would have never fgured it out on my own and am very thankful to have found the discussion board! Thanks again folks!!

Just had the exact same problem as everyone else. Just wanted to confirm that I tried the mp3 encoder fix and it worked. The apple people need to stop focusing on their freaking iPads and need to remember the people buying cds that need to import to iTunes!!

Changing to MP3 encoding did the trick for me. Im truely grateful because I worked this thing for too many hours thinking that it was something with my machine...thanks again.