iTunes - HELP!

[GseRacing]

Sorry i couln't think where this would be best placed.

A few months back i cleared my computer off and reloaded everything as i got a virus. I have finally come to put my music back on and its no simple task.

I have reloaded iTunes and i have dragged all my music back into the music file from my memory stick which was easy enough.

But now i have to import all the songs again. So iTunes recognises they are there but i need to import them which i dont have an issue with....except....i have a good 1500 songs to import. it wont let me do them all at once. i have to go through the folder system, into each artist, then the album, then click on the song, click import and its done. Then back into the artist then the album......you get the picture.

Is there a quicker way of doing this?! or should i just take the next two weeks off of work?

 

[Nick1964]

If they're in MP3 format you can import by file (a single song) or by folder, which can be an album or group of albums within a folder. As you're no doubt aware iTunes uses DRM, which severely limits how you can use YOUR music; that's my objection to software that's not open source!

Nick

 

[GseRacing]

Umm DRM?

What i did was copy the iTunes music folder on to a memory stick and have now reversed the process. But they dont appear in the library without going through a long slow process individually.

 

[Bolide]

s you're no doubt aware iTunes uses DRM, which severely limits how you can use YOUR music; that's my objection to software that's not open source!

I think you'll find that songs bought from the iTunes Store have DRM and that songs encoded by you from CD do not. So iTunes does not impose DRM on your music

The reason DRM is (was) used on songs bought from the iTunes store was to placate the record companies. Steve Jobs said in the past he would sell DRM-free music if the record companies allowed him to and they are now doing exactly that with some artists

Nick Froome
www.pvision.co.uk

 

[megah0]

Simply go to file, select "add folder to library" and navigate to where you have stored your music.

Should just work (tm)

 

[Nick1964]

I think you'll find that songs bought from the iTunes Store have DRM and that songs encoded by you from CD do not. So iTunes does not impose DRM on your music

The reason DRM is (was) used on songs bought from the iTunes store was to placate the record companies. Steve Jobs said in the past he would sell DRM-free music if the record companies allowed him to and they are now doing exactly that with some artists

Nick Froome
www.pvision.co.uk

...but music legally bought from iTunes is your property in much the same way as the music bought on a CD is. Music from CD can be ripped to whatever format you wish and used time and again. The fact that Apple encode using their own format by default which contains DRM is a real pain. Lots of other resellers of digital music choose not to use DRM (Amazon is a good example). The thing is that Apple seem to want to tie you to using their format and iTunes.

Anyway that's my rant over; hopefully the original question has been answered. If not the help file in iTunes is very good!

 

[megah0]

...but music legally bought from iTunes is your property in much the same way as the music bought on a CD is. Music from CD can be ripped to whatever format you wish and used time and again.

That is not entirely true, under UK law it is illegal to make copies of your CDs or alter the format of your music.

Every time you copy a CD into itunes and upload it to your iPod you break the law under current legislation which dates back to the 1980s copyright laws.

 

[G-a-r-y]

If you open up itunes and make the window smaller, then open the memory stick. Just "drag and drop". Thats what I did when I bought a new laptop. Works a treat.

 

[dave.robbo]

And all this malarky is exactly why I decided to buy a 'normal' MP3 player, rather than an iPod...

 

[megah0]

I don't understand the problem people have with DRM

I've bought music through iTunes, you can put it onto 5 devices once purchased and can revoke authorisations at any time, retaining the ability to put it onto your devices, and honestly, who puts the same track onto more than 5 devices?

That ignores the fact that Apple do not want to use DRM, Steve Jobs wrote an open letter to the music industry http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/

DRM is the baby of the big four music labels Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI. Who somewhat understandably do not want people to be able to copy music which could result in lost sales. I don't want to start a debate about piracy but DRM is a way that these record labels protect their investment.

At present Amazon are my favourite people to purchase music from, £3 for a downloaded album with no restrictions on it bar those detailed in the copyright laws.

 

[Bolide]

And all this malarky is exactly why I decided to buy a 'normal' MP3 player, rather than an iPod...

An iPod is a normal MP3 player. It's people's incorrect understanding of DRM that's the problem

There is nothing to stop you putting MP3s on an iPod and listening to them

Nick Froome
www.pvision.co.uk

 

[dave.robbo]

There is nothing to stop you putting MP3s on an iPod and listening to them

True, but getting the music onto an ipod is more of a faff then getting it onto a non-ipod MP3 player.

Also, all of my music on my PC has been put there via media player. ITunes needs it to be stored in it's own folder, duplicating everything, so doubling the space required on my hard disc.

 

[megah0]

True, but getting the music onto an ipod is more of a faff then getting it onto a non-ipod MP3 player.

Also, all of my music on my PC has been put there via media player. ITunes needs it to be stored in it's own folder, duplicating everything, so doubling the space required on my hard disc.

Only if you allow it to, simply add folders to iTunes, tell it where the music is instead of copying it to the default folder.

 

[GseRacing]

I dont even have an ipod.

I will try the two selected methods and feedback with results. thank you very much.

 

[GseRacing]

All sorted now. thanks for the help.