sorry, I misread your original post, you may be screwed but there is hope - hermanesque

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sorry, I misread your original post, you may be screwed but there is hope

Posted by hermanesque on September 25, 2006 at 22:29:25

In Reply to: Re: You have to let the Mac build a new library posted by jeffrey_t on September 25, 2006 at 19:46:33:

I missed the part about your use of WAV files.

In MP3, Apple lossless, flac, etc. the artist name, album title, genre, length, track number, artwork etc. are all stored as tags attached to the file. When you import them to ITunes it builds a database from these tags and stores the info in two files in the itunes folder, iTunes Library.itl and itunes music library.xml.

You can't tag a wav file. All the info for those files was stored in the library database when you ripped them or when you edited the file with the get info function. Lose the library and you lose the information.

I think if you move those library files from the PC to the iTunes folder on the MAC you will get your info back. Hopefully it is the same format and the Mac can read it.. I think it can.

I would then convert them to Apple Lossless so if your library gets corrupted you can rebuild it from the files. iTunes will convert them, well, it actually makes a lossless copy to wherever you tell it in the import preferences, and leaves the originals as they were. It will put the new ones in the library too so you'll have 2 of every song in the library unless you delete them. I don't know how to get around this other than when you are done converting, move the library files to a backup folder so you save the wave file info, and rebuild the library by dropping in all the lossless files.

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Topic - Switching From PC to MAC..Need Help!! - jeffrey_t 10:20:09 09/24/06 (12)

Re: Switching From PC to MAC..Need Help!! - division 13:10:57 09/30/06 (0)

congrats man!!! you won't regret it. - danny kaey 18:02:10 09/25/06 (2)

Re: congrats man!!! you won't regret it. - jeffrey_t 18:46:25 09/25/06 (1)

sorry don't have much experience with .wav files... - danny kaey 10:18:18 09/26/06 (0)

You have to let the Mac build a new library - hermanesque 10:50:11 09/24/06 (7)

Re: You have to let the Mac build a new library - jeffrey_t 19:46:33 09/25/06 (6)

Re: You have to let the Mac build a new library - marcusm 00:06:44 09/26/06 (3)

I think it will work - hermanesque 07:46:45 09/26/06 (2)

Re: I think it will work - marcusm 00:33:05 09/27/06 (1)

Re: I think it will work - e_desilva 13:38:10 09/28/06 (0)

sorry, I misread your original post, you may be screwed but there is hope - hermanesque 22:29:25 09/25/06 (1)

Why can't Apple make transfer of iTunes libraries easy? - dsdreamer 11:53:04 09/26/06 (0)

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sorry, I misread your original post, you may be screwed but there is hope - hermanesque 22:29:25 09/25/06 (1)

Why can't Apple make transfer of iTunes libraries easy? - dsdreamer 11:53:04 09/26/06 (0)

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