Kevin Callahan spake on Monday 28-May-2012@15:16:58 > I assume this means his actual media might be strewn about his Windows file > system and causing the sync issue or forcing the alert saying the songs can't > be found. But that doesn't explain (or doesn't explain well) why the iTunes > app on his PC *can* play these problematic tunes just fine, ie: it knows > where they are, but when syncing, it doesn't know where they are.
It is possible that iTunes can play them, but the iPad cannot. iTunes can play files in a larger range of bit encodings that the iOS devices can. For example, I had some audiobooks that I ripped at a very low bitrate that I had to rerip to get them to work on my ipod. For the tracks that are not copying, I would check the file type and the encoding bitrate. I think iOS range is 32K mono, 64K stereo and up, though there is a possibility that iOS 5.1 has raised the minimum to 96K (which is the iTunes Match minimum). If this is the issue, there is a trick that will save you rending, if you use iTunes Match. 1) make sure that your encoding is set to AAC-96K or higher, but less than AAC-256. 2) Select the tracks <96K 3) from the Advanced Menu select "Make AAC version" 4) When that is done, you will have brand new AAC-128 or so files and the will be matched up with iTunes Match. Once they are matched (but only if they match successfully) delete this matched tracks from your library, but not from iTunes. 5) download the tracks from iTunes Voila, you now have 256K AAC versions of your old crappy <96K encodes. -- The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind. _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
