pompous itunes
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- de4k
itunes now refuses to import certain cds due to 'access privelages'.
cds that i know (cos they're on my ipod) it previously accepted.
so has itunes stepped up its security?and is there a way around this?
like hold shift and wink while inserting disc etc??
- kpl0
sounds like a file permissions problem. Maybe you should do a permissions check from Disk Utility?
- de4k0
yep, did all that.
anyone else having the same problem?
- Soler0
what cd's is it not allowing? The only one I've ever had trouble with is NIN.
One way around it is to copy the original cd on Toast to a cd-r, and then load that.
- de4k0
anything from Jawbreaker to pedro the lion,
seems a waste of a cdr?
- scratch0
I've heard through the grapevine that itunes has bumped their security.....
I haven't heard of any ways around it though....except to get an older version and STICK IT TO THE MAN.
- Soler0
Damn that's weird.
These are cd's that you bought and they won't load? thats straight up b.s.
- contra0
Try making a disk image of the CD through Disk Utility, then copying the tracks from that into iTunes, then 'convert to AAC/MP3'.
I don't think it's an iTunes problem though, I've never had a problem with importing a CD and I've got a few 'protected' ones.
- auricom0
i've never had that issue either, although i know CD's that are put out by Sony can gank your shit if you try to import them. which in turn has to deal with the CD manufacter rather then iTunes or Apple.
what are your import preferences set to in iTunes?
- Luckyitem0
Ditch itunes and use audion.
- lilbabyarm0
define "gank your shit" ???
sounds dangerous
- de4k0
import using: Apple lossless encoder
I am importing to an external hard drive, which has proved fine in the past.
The 'group' permissions is set to staff (me) - read and write
I 'm told that should be 'yourusername' not 'staff'??but my username isn't an option...
- contra0
Set them all to Read & Write and try again.
- one2meny0
Certain albums are sold on a media format that technically isn't a CD. These "copy-protected" discs have faulty data and bad blocks of data in the music, so that when you rip it, it sounds narsty. Apple, agreeing with Phillips doesn't want to accept these because it's not a real CD.
- de4k0
ok
copied aiff files from cd to desktop...and then added to itunes library..
sweet!!but now i have these fat AIFF (25mb+) files sat on my hard drive.
any ideas how to convert them?? to mp3 aac mp4a whatever?
- contra0
iTunes > 'Advanced' menu > Convert to AAC
You can change the file format in your iTunes preferences.
- mrdobolina0
don't use proprietary shit.
- de4k0
and we're back to the 'access privelages' shit again....
it must be the write-protection, but how come no-one else is having this shit
*shakes fist at screen
- Soler0
yo man, do you own this music or not? that could be th eproblem
- de4k0
yeah i bought the stuff...
just want to fucking import and relax.........*must relax
- Soler0
Actually, "import" doesn't work for some reason if it is already on your HD
. You want to select "add to library"