Can't add mp3 files to ITunes

Didn't work for me at all. Tried closing iTunes, selecting a file to play, and letting iTunes open. And that's where it stopped. It opened, and the same number of files that were there before, are still there. And nothing played. Nothing.

I don't know if all of you are using Apple/MAC OS, but I am using Windows 10.

Place the file into the Automatically Add to iTunes folder in the media folder. It will either be added to the library or moved into a Not Added folder. You won't know what the issue is, but if it goes into Not Added you'll know for certain that iTunes doesn't like the format of the file.

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I'll try that. What I did, that also worked was, place the file into a synced cloud storage folder. In my case, it's OneDrive, on my Windows 10 PC. From that folder, the file added perfectly to iTunes. So it isn't the files, it's definitely iTunes being persnickety!

I also had this problem before, what I did is to reconvert the mp3 file to mp3 (it sounds weird because it's already an Mp3 file) but just try it, look for mp3 convert online or you can download it, then upload the file, reconvert, copy the files in your library, and it will be there.

What I have found in my case is, the file is in the library, it's just not listed the way we would look for it. The exact file name needs to be looked for. It might be, like "01. The Temptations-My Girl", etc. Where you thought you had just downloaded "My Girl, by The Temptations...". It's all about semantics.

You say "stay" which suggests they are appearing and then disappearing. Is this the case?

Are you using iTunes Match? Are they in Recently Added? If yes to both, wait at least several hours, maybe even a day. This is a common issue with Match.

Drag them to an empty playlist. They may be adding but without labels.

Will the files play in Quicktime Player?

iTunes can be fussy about mp3 files. They are not all the same and if they originated from some obscure PC encoder 15 years ago they may not be to modern iTunes' liking. You can try:

Topic : MP3 Scan+Repair - an ID3 tag evaluator for the Mac - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2020936

MP3 Scan+Repair (including sources): http://triq.net/mac/mp3-validator-mac-os-x

Can't really tell what's going on because don't know what is in the ID3 tags beore you add them to iTunes.

If the ID3 tags are blank, iTunes will use the file name as the track name. Artist and Album will be Unknown Artist andUnknown Album.

A few things to try...

• Sort on the Artist column.
• View > Column Browser - Use Album Artists.
• Look in Compilations (under Artists in the left hand column).
• Reverse sort on Date Added.

Don't drag them directly from Dropbox if that is what you are doing. It may be confusing iTunes.

Have you restarted iTunes?

Get info on the tracks in the playlist in which they do appear. Change something in the track information such as adding an X to the end of the artist name. Close Get Info. Does the track appear? (You can undo changes later.)

Delete the tracks from iTunes using the playlist window, but don't let the computer delete the actual files. Drag the files back into iTunes so they are added again.

When these files appear in the playlist window where they do appear, do they have just the filename in the track name or is the full track information parsed in the various fields?

I also had this issue.... After trying several things I noticed that the files that I was trying to import successfully showed up in the "Recently Added" playlist. I have no idea why this worked and nothing else, but out of curiosity I dragged the entire "Recently Added" playlist icon into my main iTunes library and suddenly everything finally appeared in my main library. Again, I have no idea as to why this would work, but I'm going to keep doing it until Apple comes up with a fix for this.

Restarting iTunes fixed the problem for me. I downloaded a remixed version of "Danza Kudoro" and it wouldn't play originally, despite switching windows to the open iTunes. Then I closed iTunes and double-clicked the mp3 file again, it started up iTunes and was able to play the file, and it appeared normally in the "Recently Added" playlist.

Success!

This is also happening to me. Ever since I downloaded the new iTunes update. I can drag new files to a playlist, but the won't show up in the main library. They play fine. What gives???