This is great, Sieghard. Thanks. The only other thing I'd like you to comment upon is how to ensure that one CD will be kept as one CD in iTunes. I've had several CD's that were ripped into iTunes as multiple albums with various assorted tracks distributed among the various "mini-albums".
What should one check for before beginning the import, and how does one find compilation checkbox in the step-by-step guide you outlined below? Thanks. Keith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: east way to put music on to the phone Hi Paula, Open iTunes, go into Edit, Preferences and on the General tab which has focus when you get into Preferences tab down to the combo box which says "When you insert a CD:". Here you have 5 choices: Show CD Play CD Ask to Import CD Import CD Import CD and Eject I suggest if you want to do a collection to select the "Import CD and Eject" option. This will if I remember correctly require no interaction on your side other than putting the CD into your drive, wait until it pops out and put in the next. Also, once you made your selection, tab one more time to "Import Settings". This is a button, activate it with space or enter and specify your import preferences, e.g. format, quality etc. If you are firmly in the Apple camp, I recommend the AAC Encoder option, if you want to be more universal, MP3 is good, both will work well with Apple. As for quality, I prefer the iTunes Plus format which is the second in the list after High Quality. I?Tunes Plus rips at 256 Kbps. I find he files are still reasonable in size but it is good quality and it is also what you get when you download songs from iTunes. Lastly, once you set your Import Settings and pressed OK, tab one more time and make sure the "Automatically Retrieve CD Track Names from the Internet" checkbox is checked. This will ensure that for almost all CD's out there the correct song titles, album name and so on are downloaded. If you have any CD's of very small local groups they might not be available from the online databases, but it's rather rare. Normally this is checked by default. Now just tab to OK and activate it, then put in a CD and try it. By default your ripped files will be stored in the Music folder under iTunes, iTunes Media and Music. Here it should be by artist name and album name. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
