music folder creates a folder for every song played

When I play a song from my music player on iTunes the music folder creates a
folder inside the music folder for every song played. I am using XP 32 bit.

Did you import the music using iTunes? If not, your iTunes is most likely
converting your mp3s into iTunes .AAC (or whatever format apple uses). When
it make the conversion it puts it into it's own music folder. I think you
can avoid this by going into the settings and make the import format .mp3.


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> When I play a song from my music player on iTunes the music folder creates
> a
> folder inside the music folder for every song played. I am using XP 32
> bit.

I tried that but it still creates folders. Any suggestion is welcome.

"Warm Tubes" wrote:

> Did you import the music using iTunes? If not, your iTunes is most likely
> converting your mp3s into iTunes .AAC (or whatever format apple uses). When
> it make the conversion it puts it into it's own music folder. I think you
> can avoid this by going into the settings and make the import format .mp3.
>
>
> "music folder creates a folder for every" <music folder creates a folder for
> every @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39D5E0D5-0340-4250-A815-3D26A178667F@microsoft.com...
> > When I play a song from my music player on iTunes the music folder creates
> > a
> > folder inside the music folder for every song played. I am using XP 32
> > bit.
>

Hey there. I'm no expert, but I think that this is the way itunes organizes
your music. Each song you import from your cd's is put into its respective
folder in itunes. That folder is usually the album name of the cd you just
imported. It can be very frustrating importing greatest hits cd's as itunes
likes to sometimes create a folder called "compilations " for these as
opposed to the name of the artist. So you could, for example, have Queens
Greatest Hits in the compilations folder and Classic Queen in the Queen
folder. Both are "hits" albums by the same artist but itunes isn't
recognizing this fact...love my ipod...hate itunes and its over indulgent
logic. This leads to the thread I'm about to create regarding moving folders
out of this compilations folder and into its proper folder without itunes
completely losing its mind trying to find it.

"music folder creates a folder for every" wrote:

> When I play a song from my music player on iTunes the music folder creates a
> folder inside the music folder for every song played. I am using XP 32 bit.

Just a follow up to my "rant" above...lol...you could try unchecking the
"keep itunes music folder organized" option. go to
edit>preferences>advanced>general. It's the first check box under itunes
music folder location.


"music folder creates a folder for every" wrote:

> When I play a song from my music player on iTunes the music folder creates a
> folder inside the music folder for every song played. I am using XP 32 bit.