What is the difference between the iTunes icon with the white background and the black note and the blue background with the white note?

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What is the difference between the iTunes icon with the white background and the black note and the blue background with the white note?

I've just been sorting out the contents of my iTunes and notice that the majority of them have an iTunes icon with a white background and a black note. However, at the end of my contents, there is another batch of duplicates this time with a blue background and a white note. They won't play and I'm wondering:-

1 How did they get there?

2. Why won't they play?

3. If I delete them, will this have any impact on the existing contents showing the white background with a black note?

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Posted on Mar 4, 2013 7:08 AM

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turingtest2

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Mar 4, 2013 7:27 AM in response to Websken

Could you post a screenshot?

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Mar 4, 2013 8:19 AM in response to turingtest2

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Mar 4, 2013 9:33 AM in response to Websken

Ah ok, I'm not sitting at a Windows 7 system at the moment, but the different icons will represent different file types, AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF etc. Those are the tiny icons, the larger ones should have some text that tells you which they are, or Windows Explorer may tell you in a tool tip when you're hovering over a track.

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Mar 4, 2013 11:08 AM in response to turingtest2

I've just hovered over the icons and the black on white one says 'Type: MPEG-4 Audio file' and the white on blue says 'Type: 'iTunes Music Player'. I'm none the wiser so have decided to delete the 'iTunes Music Player' selection as they will not play and I don't know what to do to get them to perform.

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Mar 4, 2013 11:18 AM in response to Websken

Seems a little rash. The problem might have admitted of a solution, but if you're happy, you're happy... 🙂

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Mar 4, 2013 12:57 PM in response to turingtest2

I've just found a program that will convert these files into something that can be played on iTunes and am in the process of doing it now. They look as if they're mostly duplicates of the existing iTunes files so I'll end up deleting them anyway but it's good to know that I've now got the choice of whether to bin or not.

Thanks for your help.

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