iTune Troubleshooting

[Jinx]

I purchased some iTunes to my PC. Well, more correctly, to the iTunes softare residing on my PC. However, my CD burner is dead, so I copied these files to a memory stick hoping to burn to CD on PC#2. However, PC#2 sees these files as datafiles, and not music. :rolleyes:

Am I screwed, or is there some way to move these iTunes from the iTunes software to a different PC as playable music files without first burning to CD???

[Chimera]

How did you copy them to the thumb drive? What file format are they shown as being on the flash drive?

You should have gone to c:\users\(you)\iTunes\iTunes Media and copied the files from there.

[ZipperJJ]

iTunes songs come over as .aac files, which is a type of music file but requires iTunes or an iPod to play. Install iTunes or VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) on PC #2 to play these files.

For what it's worth, MP3 files are data files too. You can't play MP3s on a CD player that doesn't read MP3.

[Munch]

iTunes songs come over as .aac files, which is a type of music file but requires iTunes or an iPod to play. Install iTunes or VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) on PC #2 to play these files.

For what it's worth, MP3 files are data files too. You can't play MP3s on a CD player that doesn't read MP3.
Or he could just right-click on the songs in iTunes and select "convert to mp3", then transfer them to the thumb drive.

[Munch]

However, my CD burner is dead, so I copied these files to a memory stick hoping to burn to CD on PC#2. However, PC#2 sees these files as datafiles, and not musicThat's because you burned them as data, not as a song. If you use iTunes to burn the CD, it becomes a music CD.

[Si Amigo]

Or he could just right-click on the songs in iTunes and select "convert to mp3", then transfer them to the thumb drive.

I see no such option when I right click on music purchased from iTunes. Could you be more specific?

[Munch]

I see no such option when I right click on music purchased from iTunes. Could you be more specific?

Hmm...I was positive that was an option. Nevermind.

[jonesj2205]

It's an option, but it's one of the file drop down menus as I recall, not a right click. I don't have Itunes on this computer so can't tell you which drop down menu for sure, but it says create mp3 version or something similar.

[Si Amigo]

It's an option, but it's one of the file drop down menus as I recall, not a right click. I don't have Itunes on this computer so can't tell you which drop down menu for sure, but it says create mp3 version or something similar.

I see where you can burn them onto a CD into mp3 but not another drive. The OP's CD burner is out (as is mine) so we can't burn them and transfer from the CD. I'd prefer not to have to purchase a new CD burner since I consider that about as attractive as going back to floppy disk. :D

[jonesj2205]

If you tell it to create a mp3 version, it creates that version in the same directory as the original music and then you can copy the mp3 version from that folder onto the flash drive. You will have to do them folder by folder, which kind of sucks, but beats buying a new CD writer.