Why can't I download music from itunes onto my MP3 player?

[Starbear]

I am trying very hard not to be a dinosaur so I brought myself a Sony NWZ-B153 MP3 player. I read the manual and it just says drag the music from your playlist into the MP3 player icon. Why oh! Why! can I not make this happen!!! What am I doing wrong I have now spent 2 hours trying I have Windows Vista and nothing seems simple on it!!
I have wasted so much time I need to get other things done in my life! Help

[Starbear]

No i have looked again and again and i can't find it

[Starbear]

It says create 'AAC version' I did that

[schroeder]

itunes is shit

[Starbear]

i have to go to bed DH is going to go nuts I've wasted my life on this.

[BadgersPaws]

Yes that's the option.

For some reason your iTunes has been set up to copy it's music off of CD in AAC format, we need to change this to be MP3.

1. From the Edit Menu in iTunes select "Preferences"
   
2. Click "General" and then click "Import Settings"
   
3. Where it says "Import Using" select "MP3"
   
4. Click "OK" and then "OK" again.
   
5. Select a song
   
6. Have another look at the Advanced Menu, does this now say "Create MP3 Version"?

[Starbear]

Badgerpaws I did that and that all worked. Now I have to get the sony walkman icon back on the itunes page. When I first pluged it in it was laready on the page and told me I could drag music to it. Now my brain is so foggy I can't figure out how to do that again You are a star and you've got me so far can you get me to the final stage?

[Starbear]

BUMP HELP anyone! I'm going to waste another day AGHHHHH!

[Clumsymum]

Right- Now that you are able to convert your existing songs in iTunes, do that for all your tracks, then switch to using Media Player as I told you yesterday.

iTunes doesn't like talking to non-apple devices. Yes, as Lady Gaggia said you could install an iTunes agent, but that isn't reliable - I struggled with it, and I do IT support as part of my job.

[Starbear]

Clumsymum I'll have another go but I think I've tapped so many keys yesterday that I've buggered my PC

[Clumsymum]

You can't have "buggered your PC"

Try the conversion first for all your tracks

[BadgersPaws]

You shouldn't need media player and you shouldn't need iTunes Agent, that's just adding even more software into the mix and could just confuse things.

Let's just get one track working before we try all the rest.

So you've done my steps 1 to 6 above.

Now do this:

1. Select a song and select that "Create MP3 Version" option from the Advanced menu.
   
2. A new copy of the song will appear. Drag that to your desktop.
   
3. Close down iTunes.
   
4. Right click on the song on your desktop and click properties, what us the "Type of File" now?

[Starbear]

ClumsymumYes yes yes I have been able to download an old CD track to the MP3 player Uptown Top ranking! Now, How do I transfer everything I have on itunes to the media player? Nearly the end here honest. I'm going to give you all a break and do some food shopping and Ironing another wise I will lose another day. I am truely grateful for the advice. I know I've been thick but hey I'm not in IT I'm in law enforcement and the waste of time is a crime

[BadgersPaws]

"Yes yes yes I have been able to download an old CD track to the MP3 player"

Brilliant :)

Now that you've changed that "Import Setting" option to be MP3 any CD that you import into iTunes will now be able to be copied to your Sony in the way that you've already done.

So with the music that you've imported into iTunes possibly the easiest thing to do would be to delete it, reimport it using the new settings and then just drag to the player.

That means that you will have just one copy of each song on your computer and it will be in the right format for both iTunes and your Sony.

If you don't want to do that go through selecting the songs that you want on the player (holding CTRL and clicking on songs will allow more than one to be selected), then do the Advanced/Convert thing and then drag the new songs created to the player.

[Starbear]

I lied I'm still here! Clumsymum & BadgersPaws You got me there my god! Thank you thank you I now have changed Eurythmic 'Sisters are doing for themselves'to 'MP3 version', transfered it to to Media player then down loaded it yep! Yep' Now listening to the 'Luntics have taken over the the asylum' Fun Boy Three. I'm going to have a break and do it again but write it down so I don't forget. I don't know how to repay you both ?

[Starbear]

You have saved me buying a n ipod thingy which I probably would have stuggled with too. Next I want to download comedy from BBC iplayer and Radio 4 I love News Quiz. I am over 40 and from SE! but I'm not very pale
See you next time.

[BadgersPaws]

"I'm going to have a break and do it again but write it down so I don't forget"

I did say that once you knew what to do it would be easy enough to sort out :) Getting to know how to do something new like this on a computer can be tricky, especially through a forum like this, but once you've got it it's easy enough to repeat.

"Next I want to download comedy from BBC iplayer and Radio 4 I love News Quiz."

Now that's harder... Not impossible, but not simple...

The BBC don't want you do that and you'll need some software to help you get around it. Someone will know what you're after but it's not something that I've done.

[Starbear]

Don't worry if I miss the News Quiz I'm sure they will repeat them in the care home I'm going to!

[Clumsymum]

Starbear - Good for you.

I need to get some work done, but when I have time I'll take you thru subscribing to BBC comedy podcasts, and getting them onto your player.

[BadgersPaws]

"when I have time I'll take you thru subscribing to BBC comedy podcasts, and getting them onto your player."

Subscribing to podcasts and getting them onto the player should be a doddle, the BBC offer them in MP3 format.

However StarBear wants to download from iPlayer to the Sony Player, and that's different. I know that it's possible, and I could probably bluff my way through it, but I've never done it...

[Starbear]

I'll give you a break for now but, Is SONY hated by other companies in the media? I know George Micheal hates them but why the BBC!

[TwoBlueFish]

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