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iTunes only playing certain songs?
Well for some reason my iTunes is only playing certain songs. SInce limewire is no longer an option i have used this u-tube converter. it has worked great and all the songs play in my iTunes. But ever since lastnit my iTunes is only playing the songs that were done in limewire and are not playing the ones if used this utube converter site for. This has worked before for many months. so did i press a button on my laptop that for some reason enabled me to play the converted onesÉ My laptop is Vista if that helps. This is very fustrating because i dont know why all of a sudden they are not working and it is alot of songs. Please help if you have any idea why this is happening or if you have been in the same situation! thanks so much!
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Yup, this sure sounds like it would be frustrating!
I haven't run into a situation such as this, but have some general thoughts that may prove to be of value.
I prefer the free SharePod over iTunes, in fact, have two devices and don't even have iTunes installed. With that in mind, here is some stuff to think about:
- Assuming that you have monitoring enabled, you might try doing a restore point to a time before it broke. If it worked yesterday, restore to the day before yesterday, for example.
- I'm not sure how iTunes works, it may have built-in codecs handle playback. (It probably does.) Just in case, you might want to remove and install the most current version of whatever codec pack you use and see if that helps.)
- Are all the files of a standard format, MP3 for example? You might take a file or two that IS NOT playing and run it through dbPowerAmp or even Windows Media Player to be sure that they're in the standard and expected format. Try playing those files again and see if they work now or not.
- Can you play the problem files in another application such as Windows Media Player, Foobar or whatever you prefer? If they work in other software, then you're probably looking at a specific issue with iTunes, (which wouldn't be a huge surprise.)
- Try going into Control Panel, Add Remove Programs and see if there is an option to repair the installation. It would almost certainly be the "Change" button that you want, then work your way though what should be obvious choices.
- If that doesn't do the trick, you may want to remove and reinstall iTunes. Again, not being familiar with the software, a full removal and reinstall might require some-to-extensive rebuilding of your library, preferences, etc.
In a nutshell, if the music plays in other application but not iTunes, it's an iTunes issue.
If the music does NOT play in iTunes OR other apps either, then you're looking at a problem with the codecs installed on your system or with the files themselves. Re-encoding, testing having been done, will help verify this.
I hope this helps, good luck with it!
Happy New Year!
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