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Songs not appearing under Artist name

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Q: Help!!! There are a handful of songs on my iPod that I can only locate if I search for them by song title, not by artist. I’ve checked the tags, and they look fine. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

- Henry

A: The most common cause of this problem is tracks that are set as “Part of a Compilation” within the iTunes track properties. As discussed in last week’s column, the “Compilation” flag can be used to filter out certain artists from being listed on the “Artist” menu on the iPod and in iTunes. By extension, if only some of the tracks by a particular artist are set to “Part of a Compilation,” then the artist name will still appear on the “Artist” menu, but tracks flagged as “Part of a Compilation” will not be listed under that particular artist. Instead they will be listed under their specific album name, accessible via the “Albums” or “Compilations” menu options.

The fastest way to check this is to turn OFF the Compilations setting on the iPod itself, which can be found under the Settings menu. This will cause the iPod to ignore the “Part of a Compilation” flag, removing the Compilation menu from the Music section, and causing all tracks to be listed properly under their artists. If turning this setting OFF on the iPod solves the problem, then you can go back into iTunes and ensure that the “Part of a Compilation” setting is UNchecked for those particular tracks. See last week’s column for more details on how this setting works and how to change it.

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Comments

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I’ve been trying to find a way to convert already-downloaded podcasts to a lower bit-rate, so that I can put more of them on my 2 gig Nano.

When I follow the usual iTunes procedure: go to Preferences, select ‘Advanced,’ then .mp3 ‘custom’ settings - then select the particular podcast I want to convert, and go to Advanced and select ‘convert selection to .mp3…’

The conversion APPEARS to take place: the little orange ball-thingy that indicates conversion shows up, and after a while I hear the cute ‘lil iTunes twinkle that announces completion of a task…

But when I search for the converted file - NADA! Can’t find it anywhere.

Searching iTunes help was no help either.

Is it impossible to convert podcasts? I can’t imagine why, since they reside on my HD…

Thanks,

Sandy Mitchell

Posted by SandyMac on June 22, 2007 at 8:26 AM (PST)

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I have had my IPod Nano for about 5 months. Have about 100 songs on it. Used it this weekend, needed to be charged, put the charger on it and it said “charging”, left and came back about five hours later and the screen was black, all done charging.
I went to turn it on and nothing happened, no change from a balnk black screen. Checked the “hold” button, not orange…not on.
Tried holding the “menu” button and the “on” button down at the same time for a minute or two, nothing happened. Tried an hour later, IPod went on but screen light grey and blank. No menus items, no lists, nothing just a grey “on” screen. Tried the earbuds, music plays, I can skip to songs, but cannot see anything on the screen. How do I retrieve my playlists, songs, artists, etc., anything on the screen?
Thanks!
Jan

Posted by JMD5 on June 25, 2007 at 7:42 AM (PST)

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