Hi Scott, You wrote: > I have 2 of each song >listed in the library, and 2 of each actual mp3 in the itunes music folder, >the 2nd of each song having a number after it.
The 2nd of each song with a number after it is the clue that the same song was imported into iTunes twice. If I had to guess, what probably happened is that you clicked on or otherwise opened one your duplicate songs, and since the default mp3 player is probably set to be iTunes, that opened iTunes in order to play it. But in order for iTunes to play it, it had to add it to it's library, and so, since you had the default preferences set to "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library", iTunes put a copy of the mp3 file into its library. Then, when you added all these files with Command-O (or the File Add to Library Command), another version of the file got created, and a version number got tacked on the end to distinguish it. You could check this by looking at the creation dates of the files with Get Info either in iTunes or in Finder. The easy way to check this (for all your files) is to make sure that "Date Added" is turned on in your View options menu. I don't remember if it is by default, but if it isn't, use Command-J in iTunes to show what View Options are checked, and check which of the approximately three dozen fields are "checked" by using VO-keys down arrow through the alphabetical list. VO-keys space to check "Date Added" if it wasn't checked and carriage return when you're finished. Now, when you go to the Songs Outline there should be a column giving the Date Added. Hope this makes sense. Enjoy your music. Cheers, Esther On Dec 02, 2007, at 01:07PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >Hi Ester, > >Yep, I've checked it out, and these are exact duplicates in terms of >filesize bitrate album and most importantly of course the song itself is >identical. To take an Incubus album for example, I have 2 of each song >listed in the library, and 2 of each actual mp3 in the itunes music folder, >the 2nd of each song having a number after it. previously to me importing >it, there was only one version of each song in the folder which seemed to >transfer to an iPod with no problem. > >I'm not sure if i understood you right about the mp3 tags being the problem, >because on this album I've removed the ID3V1 tags, so there should only be >ID3V2 tags left. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? and if I'm not, >anymore ideas to try? > >Cheers >Scott > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by >theblind" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 10:38 PM >Subject: Re: Itunes and how it organizes files > > >Hi Scott, > >It could be the mp3 tag versions that are the problem, because in principle >multiple copies of the same tag information can be written with the ID3 >version formats into these fields, and players might only use/read the >last set. That doesn't mean that having the different bits of information >written several times in the same header field can't cause you problems. > >There's a command under the iTunes View menu to "Show Duplicates". >It only finds items with the same Song name, so you need to check whether >these aren't different versions of the same song --- a live concert version >on one album and a studio recorded version on another, or multiple >versions that show up in a collection album, for example. You can do >that with the summary information page when you Get Info (command-i) >on a selected track and read its file location. I find it easier sometimes >to use Command-R, which will open a finder window with that track >selected. Then you can check the album/folder you're in. > >I'd check that these weren't multiple library entries pointing to the same >track. If so, you should be safe deleting extra entries, as long as you >don't delete the actual song file by saying that you also want to move >it to the trash. > >One other limitation of the "Show Duplicates" command -- you can't yet >accessibly get back to a view where you show all, to my knowledge, >If I select "Music" in the Source Outline, do VO-keys+M, arrow to the >View Menu, and Down Arrow to "Show Duplicates" my Songs outline >will be left showing only the duplicates for me to check, but I can't >click the button that returns the view to all Music. I have to quit iTunes >and restart it. > >Hope this helps > >Esther > >On Dec 02, 2007, at 11:40AM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >>Hey all - I have a related problem that hopefully someone can shed some >>light on. >> >>So, picture the scene. I've just got my MBP, seen accessible iTunes for >>the >>first time, accessible frontrow for the first time, and i'm in a state of >>pure joy. At that moment, this machine is just a glorified talking iPod >>with a remote to me haha! I then decide to import a load of albums stored >>in an artist/album/track number/song title.mp3 format from my pc where I >>usually use winamp. For the most part iTunes handles this well and >>reorganises the files perfectly where I've deviated from the usual folder >>structure, because the ID tags are accurate on all this stuff. >> >>But, here's the issue. With some albums I'm importing, I'm getting what >>seem to be duplicates of every track, usually in groups of 2 but >>ocasionally >>I've seen 3 for each song. This is strange to me, because the same albums >>had previously gone over to my iPod which relies on ID tags with no issues. >>My first suspicion was that it would be because ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags were >>both enabled for the songs, but after using winamp to disable the ID3V1 >>tags >>for the affected albums, the problem still occurs. Don't get me wrong I >>can >>go and tidy this stuff up manually, but i'd prefer not too, its a fairly >>big >>library and in an ideal world I'd like it obsessively tidy. >> >>Thanks in advance if anybody can help with this... >>Scott >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
