HELP - iTunes

TheBlueRaja · 11-03-2005, 17:10

Hi All,
Just got an iPod Photo (30gig) - but iTunes dosent recognise any CD's - well, to be specific - it knows there is a CD in the drive, but it fails to identify the number of tracks on the CD and the length of the tracks.

As an example i put in a CD (genuine CD) with 10 seperate tracks and a running time of about 70 mins, iTunes detected a CD with one track of 41mins in lenght - am i doing anything wrong here?

Help!

Neil · 11-03-2005, 17:20

You need to set something, somewhere to connect to CDDB I think (sorry-not much help I know)

TheBlueRaja · 11-03-2005, 17:21

Well, its not just that - it cant even see the tracks on the disk. If i run diagnostics is shows up as ...

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
iTunes 4.7.1.30
CD Driver 2.0.4.0
CD Driver DLL 2.0.2.0
UpperFilters: Dvd43 (2.6.0.28), GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.0),
Video Driver: RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition
IDE\CdRomAOPEN_CD-RW_CRW5232_____________________1.01____, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRom_NEC_DVD_RW_ND-3500AG___________________2.18____, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
Some Dell computers need an update to the ATA bus driver before iTunes recognizes CDs. If you have a Dell computer, check the Dell support website for details.

G: AOPEN CD-RW CRW5232, Rev 1.01
Audio CD in drive.
Found 1 songs on CD, playing time 41:00 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00

H: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG, Rev 2.18
Drive is empty.

But there are 10 tracks on the CD - Winamp / Media Player all see the CD no problem.

TheBlueRaja · 12-03-2005, 11:35

Help, im screwed here - no matter what CD i put in it only shows as having one track.

skyblueheroes · 12-03-2005, 12:50

MMMm, mine picks them up straight away.

What about if you delect Get Track Names ?

TheBlueRaja · 12-03-2005, 13:26

Well, thats the thing - it appers to be reading the CD incorrectly as no matter what CD i put in it only shows Track 1 and a variable time of about 30 - 50 minutes.

So even if it queried the database its not going to find anything that matches as search parameters are wrong.

bucketbakereturn · 12-03-2005, 13:33

... i'm no expert but could it simply be the cd rom not reading it, i mean in theory itunes gets the raw data from the cd rom so maybe start there. clean the laser even update firmware of the cd rom, i wold suggest latest version of itunes but i imagine u have that. other than that i'm stumped....

TheBlueRaja · 12-03-2005, 19:27

The why does WMP 10 pick it up no problem?

bhoywonder1967 · 12-03-2005, 20:28

Have you tried ripping the tracks with WMP and then importing the files into Itunes, pain in the backside but it gets the job done.

Also might be a stupid question but have you tried your CD's from your DVDRW drive? Could be your CDRW isn't totally compatible with Itunes.

Hope you get it sorted mate.

BW1967

TheBlueRaja · 12-03-2005, 20:35

Well, after a LOT of p***ing around i have just reformatted and reinstalled windows, just to get this god damn iTunes working.

Which i now appears to do thank god.

So its back to normal again (once i install all my apps)

Bloody Apple - iMac my donkey

ntl customer · 12-03-2005, 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Well, after a LOT of p***ing around i have just reformatted and reinstalled windows, just to get this god damn iTunes working.

Which i now appears to do thank god.

Gosh, that's a bit extreme just to get iTunes working?

TheBlueRaja · 12-03-2005, 23:19

Tell me about it.

Thing is - i could have mucked around for ages trying to find out what was wrong getting more and more annoyed, so i just decided to go the hog.