[iTunes] itunes seems to be broken

[Ken Stevens]

No, some MP3s do work with playcount.   I think the people recording
the MP3s have a choice whether to make them write protected or not.
Unfortunately, some choose to write protect them, but you know how to
fix them now.

Ken
On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Becca Price wrote:

> 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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