How To Move Music Files from DBPoweramp or PC folder to iTunes?

[fado]

I recently installed Windows 8. I just purchased DBPoweramp and downloaded the current version of iTunes. I used the DBPoweramp Converter to change existing FLAC files on my C Drive into MP3 so I could move them to iTunes for downloading to an iPhone5. I cannot seem to find the right buttons in either DBPoweramp, iTunes or Windows 8 to click to make the transfer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You

[dbfan]

Re: How To Move Music Files from DBPoweramp or PC folder to iTunes?

In the music folder is an itunes\automatically add to iTunes. Folder,you should convert your mp3 files there.

[fado]

Re: How To Move Music Files from DBPoweramp or PC folder to iTunes?

Thank you for the response but I cannot seem to find anything that says "itunes\automatically add to iTunes". Would this be found in Win8, DBPoweramp or iTunes? Perhaps I have done things in the wrong order. I started with DBPoweramp Converter - should I have started in Win8 or iTunes?

[BrodyBoy]

Re: How To Move Music Files from DBPoweramp or PC folder to iTunes?

When you installed iTunes, it created its own set of folders for your music. Typically, this is all contained within an "iTunes" folder in your My Music library (you can find that in Windows Explorer), and ithe iTunes folder will have several subfolders. Your iTunes music is found in a subfolder called "iTunes Media," and within that is a special subfolder called "Automatically Add to iTunes." So in summary, the typical location for that folder is:


c:\users\yourname\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes
(Note that the root may differ depending on which drive you use for data and where your Windows data libraries are set up.)

The reason that particular folder is special is because iTunes always checks it for new music and....you guessed it, automatically adds that music to iTunes! :smile2:

The easiest approach to your question would be to set dBpoweramp's output to the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder. (You can either leave the original FLAC files intact, or direct dBp to delete them after conversion. Note that you cannot convert those mp3s back to FLAC, so you probably don't want to delete the originals if they are your only lossless versions.)

So okay...you've now set dBp's output to the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder and converted some of your FLAC files. Next time you start iTunes (every time, in fact), it'll find any new music there and re-organize it into its own folder/file system. That new music will now show up in your iTunes music library and will be available for download to your iPhone and other iOS devices.

[RMJFlack]

Re: How To Move Music Files from DBPoweramp or PC folder to iTunes?

Is it Ok to keep the files there, or will iTunes keep re-adding?

[BrodyBoy]

Re: How To Move Music Files from DBPoweramp or PC folder to iTunes?

Is it Ok to keep the files there, or will iTunes keep re-adding?

If I understand your question correctly, you're wondering whether you need to move the files from "Automatically Add to iTunes"....right?

iTunes takes care of that for you. When it finds music files there, it re-organizes them....i.e., moves them...into its own filing system. So if, for example, it finds music by some new artist you don't already have, it'll create a new folder for them (as a subfolder under iTunes Media\Music). Once iTunes has processed them, they are no longer in the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder.