Moved music to external drive - itunes not working

[boris]

Due to my hard drive being nearly full, I moved the My Music folder (but not iTunes) to an external drive.

Now when I am copying AAC files to this folder after converting them to iTunes, iTunes is not allowing me to play them.

Is it something to do with where the files were originally converted from.

 

[ClubMan]

Would AAC DRM be a factor here?

Update: I guess so?

[broken link removed]

 

[boris]

Thanks for that Clubman it might do the trick. Will let you know how I got on.

 

[paddyc]

I downloaded a program from here a couple of week ago so I could play downloaded tracks on my creative and it worked great.

http://www.hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/#downloads

However the download links are working at the moment .... probably loads more programs out there that do the same thing.

 

[paddyc]

Just found the correct download link

http://hymn-project.org/download.php and download the QTFairUse6-2.5.zip

 

[MonsieurBond]

Due to my hard drive being nearly full, I moved the My Music folder (but not iTunes) to an external drive.

Now when I am copying AAC files to this folder after converting them to iTunes, iTunes is not allowing me to play them.

Is it something to do with where the files were originally converted from.

Can you be more specific as to why iTunes won't play them? The DRM should not be an issue provided you are still using iTunes on the same PC. Using a different drive to locate your iTunes Music Folder should not matter.

You are aware that simply copying files (MP3 or AAC or whatever) into your iTunes Music folder is not enough for iTunes to recognise them - you need to choose Add Folder to Library or Add Files to Library within iTunes.

I recommend turnnig on "Keep iTunes Music Folder Organised" and "Copy Files to iTunes Music Folder When Adding Files to Library" in iTunes (in Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced). Then if you are importing files, copy them to a temp folder (on your C: drive perhaps), choose Add Folder to Library, which will copy the files (to your external hard drive in your case) in and reorganise if necessary (i.e. order by Artist then Album). You can then delete the temporary folder if you wish.