idk. i have the same issue, except its only about 75 songs that need to be converted.

what you can do, since im assuming most of your music is ripped from your CD's, and im guessing you use windows media player, you can just change the settings in media player so that when you rip your CD's they get ripped as MP3's instead of WMA's. that way iTunes doesnt have to convert them.

granted, its probably too late for that now, but just a thought

variety is the spice of life

my itunes collection currently consists of 15423 songs. there are repeats (happens when you download discographies) but i am still not done downloading installing songs. im sure this is nothing compared to others here on the forums

pineapple wrote:

username wrote: im sure this is nothing compared to others here on the forums No, that is absolutely crazy. Isn't there a way in iTunes to find the duplicates and delete them?

well, there are duplicates because of the discography torrent i download. those who download them understand it.

for example, i have 3 versions of Bem Bem Maria by the Gipsy Kings. one from the rare & unplugged album, one from the hit collection 2000 album and one from the very best of CD. so, its the same song, but off a different album.

happens w/a lot of these artists (rolling stones, black sabbath, iron maiden, bob dylan et al)

chazzlabs wrote:

username wrote: pineapple wrote: username wrote: im sure this is nothing compared to others here on the forums No, that is absolutely crazy. Isn't there a way in iTunes to find the duplicates and delete them? well, there are duplicates because of the discography torrent i download. those who download them understand it. for example, i have 3 versions of Bem Bem Maria by the Gipsy Kings. one from the rare & unplugged album, one from the hit collection 2000 album and one from the very best of CD. so, its the same song, but off a different album. happens w/a lot of these artists (rolling stones, black sabbath, iron maiden, bob dylan et al) When I download a torrent, uTorrent gives me the option to select which of the files included in the torrent that I would like to omit. This is handy because when I'm downloading a discography I can just uncheck all the albums I've already got. Once I find an artist I like, I usually have to download all of their music. :\ There are exactly 4900 songs on my iPod.

BitTorrent allows this as well. most of the CD's i had were lost (i.e. someone borrowed + never returned them) so i had to start my collection over from scratch. and some of those greatest hits CD's have songs that werent available on the other albums. so i basically download everything

you dont have a Zia Records in your area? thats where i go when i want a CD. or BookMans, but thats just AZ and NM.

FNJ wrote:

I'm no smart guy, but I think it's because now you not only have the original wma files, but you also have the converted songs taking up space. it's like you have every song twice.

this.

which is why you rip your cds in mp3 format from the get go