There is a song on my computer that I want to add to iTunes. Usually when I click on any song, it automatically adds to iTunes and plays. This song is an MPEG file. When I double click on it, iTunes pops up, but the song does not add to the list and it does not play. However it does play in Windows Media Player. I have also tried dragging the song into iTunes, but that doesn't work either.
there must be a file error/problem. Can you play it on QuickTime for example? If you can, try exporting or "saving as" another format.
It's strange because, as you say it doesn't even play once...
I have imported a CD a while back by U2. Now i am creating a new album called the 100 greatest guitar tracks which i've found on a website, and i have almost ALL the songs in various other albums and compilations. However, i'm trying to create a copy of one song in particular by copying it to the desktop, renaming the album on the MP3 to 100 greatest guitar tracks, then reimporting it. It will not play or be imported into iTunes!
- i've checked and yes the file extension is '.mp3'.
- The initial copy of the song plays fine in iTunes.
- The song wont play in QuickTime (Error 2048: the file is not a movie file)
- The copied song works in both WinAmp and WMP.
- The altered album name does not appear to have changed in the mp3 on my desktop, as it still shows the old album name, not 100 greatest guitar tracks.
- No, it's not a WMA file.
- i've tried renaming the file extension to WMA, MPEG, AVI, and these all work with RealPlayer, WMP and all the rest. Then i tried renaming to .m4a (the extension for an apple AAC format song) and again, it just opened the iTunes window but did not play.
- Clearly the iTunes file association is there for the mp3 file, but it just won't play it!
FOR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, It's becuase of the version of the IDV3 Tag... you need to get a program that will update it to a newer version... make sure that there is only 1 tag too, this is why iTunes won't recognise it.
i don't know, i couldn't get it to... i tried in woindows explorer but is it possible that windows doesn't support the newest idv3 tags yet? renaming album info etc in properties in explorer seems to currupt the files so they don't work in iTunes
