How do you stop itunes from autoplay songs while importing a folder?
There used to be an option in older versions of itunes in the Advanced Preferences "Play songs while importing or converting", which you could uncheck. Now this is no longer optional.
Any way to stop the autoplay while importing a music folder that is NOT the itunes media folder?
It's incredibly aggravating and unacceptible.
iTunes-OTHER, Windows XP Pro
deleted my post? wow.. proof. won't listen if it's disagreeable here eh? ok. your loss apple. not surprised. corporations will only do the right thing when they are either pressured, forced, or shamed into it.. otherwise, they could care less what people that buy or use their products say or think. how ironic that the subject of this thread is an argument in nature. 😁 have a nice day apple! is that good enough to not censor for ya?
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SOLVED! After much trial and error over several days, I figured out that iTunes 10.3.1 is the last version that will not autoplay! It may have been a problem in older versions as well but I know on my computer, that's the most recent one that works.
Of course, it would be fantastic if you could actually use the controls to play music while it's importing but I guess that's a mighty tall order and I should be happy with what I got.
To downgrade (upgrade), first uninstall your iTunes using these instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1923. Then, use ByeTunes to clean up all the extra iTunes droppings this spoiled baby left all over your computer, which you can get here: http://remove-it.org/tools/byetunes. Then, get the older, better version of iTunes here: http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.php?old_itunes=82 .
After you install, make sure to tell it NOT to download the most recent version (which it will ask) and check the "Don't ask me again" box. Voila.
Again, this fix and the links above apply to iTunes for Windows. The process and exact version number may be different on a Mac.
Well, it's now 5 years down the line, and the problem persists. I am not going to downgrade to a prehistoric software version, but since this is listed as solve,d I'll open a new request.
Thanks for the fix, though...
If the folder includes a playlist (.m3u) file, iTunes will use this to create a playlist and start playing it automatically. To avoid this, delete the playlist file before importing.
😁😁 lol, it was probably a user who complained and then bam - gone 😮
If you want to keep .m3u playlists in the media folder while being able to scan it for new tracks to add to iTunes, and not have iTunes start playing the playlists, then try iTunes Folder Watch.
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How do you stop itunes from autoplay songs while importing a folder?
