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...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
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MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
Proprietary Format....
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RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
Proprietary Format....
How do I change that? :-?
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MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
Proprietary Format....
How do I change that? :-?
I don't know that you can. Apple has their format to make sure the revenue stream keeps them on the map. M$oft has their Winmedia format for the same reason. Although, it is my understanding that both will play mp3s, so as long as it is in that format, it should be good on both?
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RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
Proprietary Format....
How do I change that? :-?
I don't know that you can. Apple has their format to make sure the revenue stream keeps them on the map. M$oft has their Winmedia format for the same reason. Although, it is my understanding that both will play mp3s, so as long as it is in that format, it should be good on both?
Ok, so if I save my music in media player as an MP3 then I should be able to move it over to itunes? :-?
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MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
Proprietary Format....
How do I change that? :-?
I don't know that you can. Apple has their format to make sure the revenue stream keeps them on the map. M$oft has their Winmedia format for the same reason. Although, it is my understanding that both will play mp3s, so as long as it is in that format, it should be good on both?
Ok, so if I save my music in media player as an MP3 then I should be able to move it over to itunes? :-?
I believe so.
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Yep.. itunes likes mp3... that's the format you should have your music in anyway.. the other formats stink...
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MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:...Why can't I move ANY of my music from media player over to itunes???? :-? :x
Proprietary Format....
How do I change that? :-?
I don't know that you can. Apple has their format to make sure the revenue stream keeps them on the map. M$oft has their Winmedia format for the same reason. Although, it is my understanding that both will play mp3s, so as long as it is in that format, it should be good on both?
Ok, so if I save my music in media player as an MP3 then I should be able to move it over to itunes? :-?
I think this should work, you should also be able to add .wav files to iTunes if you have concerns about loss of quality.
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Ok, I changed them to MP3 files and still can't get them to go over :x :evil: So now, I'm doing it the long way but loading each cd again... :x :evil:
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MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:Ok, I changed them to MP3 files and still can't get them to go over :x :evil: So now, I'm doing it the long way but loading each cd again... :x :evil:
DO you have:

1. The correct folder selected as your default music folder?
2. The option for automatic ipod updates selected?

That's all I can think of... I only did it once so don't ask me how to do 1 & 2 above cause I can't remember.. It's in the dropdown menus somewhere... I used the help dropdown when I was setting mine up.. There's a pretty good tutorial in there that helped to get me started as I had no friggin' clue what I was doing....
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Post by Touch O Parrotdise »

this is why i bought a dell player.. figured it'd be easier from a dell computer.. :)
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