iTunes randomness.

[paradigm]

Didn't know whether to post this in W&OS or the Apple forums, but seeing as I use it on Vista Ultimate x64, I've shoved it here.

I'm experiencing something I can't quite understand. I'm sat here browsing my library (which I strive to keep tidy, all details correct, all album art in place etc), when I realise that random songs seem to be missing number of tracks in the disk.

For example:

Track 1 Title, Track 1 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 1 of 9
Track 2 Title, Track 2 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 2 of 9
Track 3 Title, Track 3 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 3 of 9
Track 4 Title, Track 4 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 4 of 9
Track 5 Title, Track 5 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 5
Track 6 Title, Track 6 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 6
Track 7 Title, Track 7 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 7 of 9
Track 8 Title, Track 8 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 8 of 9
Track 9 Title, Track 9 Artist, Disk 1 of 1, Track 9

Now, I KNOW that I put the details in correctly, but a good 50 or so albums randomly seem to have detail omitted that was there at some point

Anyone know of any bugs or issues that would cause this?

I'm stumped.

I've just spent a good two hours putting everything right again


EDIT: GAH, they are going missing again, every time I double click a track to play it!

 

[paradigm]

A few people seem to think that its WMP doing it, but I've disabled all the settings that would cause this (keeping library information up to date using the interwebs).

I'm just going to check if Media Center is doing anything similar.

 

[paradigm]

iTunes on windows is a horrid program, though.

No it isn't, its superb.

How anyone who uses WMP can say iTunes is horrid is beyond me.

 

[paradigm]

Yeah, you're right, I really don't know how I put up with 118MB of RAM usage and 2% CPU.

It's such a resource hog.

FYI: 8961 tunes in library.

 

[paradigm]

Something isn't right there! NO way it should use that much!

 

[paradigm]

I also need help backing up the itunes. I've done it several times but it simply doesn't want to restore

There is nothing particularly hard about backing up an iTunes library. I've managed to back up and restore (as well as duplicate for laptops and the like) my library countless times.

I have two music stores:

#1 - C:\Users\User.Name\Music\iTunes
#2 - D:\Multimedia\Music

The library file "iTunes Library.itl" (as well as purchased from iTunes store, and ripped within iTunes) is stored in #1, and music sourced from other places is stored in #2.

To back up my library, I copy #1 to my backup device (network drive), and install iTunes on the new PC/OS/Whatever. Run iTunes and let it set itself up. Replace #1 with backed up folder.

Job done.

#2 is static as D:\ is a network drive and thus always available.