Songs From Windows Media Center Problems

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Songs From Windows Media Center Problems

My Friend has an iPod Classic and is having a couple of issue with it & iTunes 11.1.

1. He has some songs in his iTunes library that wne you try to play them it skips to the next song. If there are a couple of these in a row it bypasses all of them & plays the next playable song. I've never seen anything like this & was wondering what the cause could be. He imported them from his My Music folder so I believe they were all WMA format to begin with.

He isn't very good with iTunes and is looking to see if his WMA files can somehow be transferred to his iPod with out using iTunes. I took a look at his Windows Media Player but the iPod doesn't show up as a connected device. He claims someone else did the transfer for him previously, but doesn't know how. If I go into Windows Explorer can I just move WMA files into the iPod and they would then play?

Any help appreciated.

Posted on Nov 17, 2013 5:13 PM

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Answer 1

ed2345

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Nov 17, 2013 5:48 PM in response to TonyMan13

WMA files will not play in an iPod.

Convert them to MP3 or AAC, and then they will be usable.

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TonyMan13 Author

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Nov 17, 2013 8:42 PM in response to ed2345

OK, but shouldn't WMA files import ino the iTunes library.?

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Nov 18, 2013 1:32 AM in response to TonyMan13

TonyMan13 wrote:

OK, but shouldn't WMA files import ino the iTunes library.?

Yes, unprotected WMA files can be imported in to iTunes for Windows.

See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1347

If they were protected that might be a possible cause.

PS. It is possible to get WMP and hence Media Center to play AAC and Apple Lossless files. I have all mine in Apple Lossless in iTunes and shared with WMP and Media Center.

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