[iTunes] itunes seems to be broken

[Becca Price]

ok, so it seems the problem is the mp3 format probably. Odd that
I didn't have the issue before this latest iteration of iTunes,
but oh, well.

-becca
--- Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> I kept playing with the play count problem last night.  It
> seems some  
> MP files are
> write protected.  This keeps iTunes from advancing the play
> count.
> 
> I took one of my podcasts that wouldn't increment the play
> count and  
> converted
> it to AAC.  I set iTunes to AAC import within preferences and
> selected  
> the podcast.
> Now under the Advanced Menu I chose "convert selection to AAC"
>  It  
> made a new
> AAC file.  I then deleted the original podcast.  This new AAC
> copy of  
> the podcast
> did correctly increment the play count.  Hope this works for
> you.    
> You can then
> change the suffix to make it book markable if you want. I know
> this is  
> a lot of extra
> steps, but it may work for your books.
> 
> Ken
> 
> On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Becca Price wrote:
> 
> >
> > --- Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> When you rip an audio book you might try using AAC* format
> >> rather than
> >> MP3.
> >
> > I normally do, but some books, like the ones I get from
> > Kitabe.com, are in MP3 format, so there's no ripping or
> > converting to do, just importing.
> >
> > does mp3 format not support playcounts?
> >
> > -becca
> >
> >
> >       
> >
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