Hi Scott, Yes, if you have .m3u files present with your music you should delete them before you import. Is this from Winamp playlists? I didn't think of this, because most people who see duplicates this way see duplicates of nearly all their tracks. I haven't ever personally imported .m3u files mixed in with mp3 files. I think there are some mp3 audiobook CDs that use these, though.
Glad to hear there was an explanation. Esther >Darcy, > >This cracked it! Dontcha hate it when the answer is that simple? Once I'd >deleted the playlist m3u files (I rarely use them anyway) iTunes imported >perfectly with no dupes. It also explains why the albums had gone on to the >old iPod without a hitch, because I had the software I was using at the time >set to ignore playlists. > >Thanks so much for the heads up man, I haven't got half as much tidying left >to do now. > >Scott > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Darcy Burnard" <[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 11:49 PM >Subject: Re: Itunes and how it organizes files > > >Hi Scott. Are there any m3u playlists in the folders you're >importing? Like for example in each albums folder, an m3u playlist >with each song in the folder. I don't know if importing a playlist >would cause this doubling, but it might be worth checking out. >Darcy > >On 2-Dec-07, at 6:05 PM, 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > >
