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Getting iTunes & Windows Media Player to play nicely
Short version
If you want WMP & iTunes to live in harmony then disable WMP's options for updating or reorganising media, then tell it that its Rip Folder is the same as your iTunes MediaMusic folder. Move anything you want to add into iTunes either into the Automatically add to iTunes folder, assuming you are happy letting iTunes organise things, otherwise place them where you want, but inside the iTunes Media folder. If you are letting iTunes Keep the iTunes Media folder organised then WMP will work out when iTunes has moved something, but the reverse is not the case. WMP will also detect and add compatible (non-AAC) files that have been ripped or downloaded using iTunes, unless you tell it not to of course. If you want to automatically add compatible (non-WMA) files created by WMP into iTunes use iTunes Folder Watch or manually re-add the iTunes Media folder . You should probably settle on .mp3 as your default media format so that the same audio files can be used in either player without unnecessary duplication of files. Choose a bitrate that gives you good enough quality, probably 256k or above. N.b. Most video formats will only work in one of the two media players.
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Longer version, with pictures
Using Edit > Preferences > Advanced take a note of the location of your iTunes Media folder, here for example I show the default path for a user called Steve. I choose to organise my files manually but generally recommend setting the Keep iTunes Media folder organised option to others as it requires less housekeeping. Having Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library set often encourages unnecessary duplication if you repeatedly import the same content when located outside of the media folder but the choice is yours. If you are going to let iTunes manage the files then you can move or copy your imports into the Automatically Add to iTunes folder (inside the iTunes Media folder) otherwise arrange them to your taste within the iTunes Media folder before manually adding them to the library.
On the Preferences > General tab set your Import Settings to mp3 with a sample rate to suit your taste and the capacity of your devices.
In Windows Media Player use Tools > Options > Rip Music to set WMP's rip folder to <iTunes Media Folder>Music. Set the format to mp3 and choose your quality settings. Disable the Rip when CD inserted option so you can choose whether to rip with WMP or iTunes.
On the Library tab make sure the highlighted check boxes are not ticked. This prevents WMP from automatically updating files and moving them about which can confuse iTunes. With both programs sharing the same media folders you should also take care when deleting tracks from one library that you don't accidentally delete the files if they should be left for the alternate library.
WMP is able to detect when media has been moved from one location to another (providing it is monitoring the target folder) so you can move any music that is currently organised in your main <User's Music> folder into your iTunesiTunes MediaMusic folder and WMP will reconnect to it. You can then add those folders that you want to into iTunes without creating duplicates. Of course you may have already duplicated some material so you'll need to consider this before deciding what to move around and what to delete. See also my DeDuper script for removing duplicates and this thread for more background on it, including tips on how to dedupe manually.
Existing WMA or AAC files in each library can be set out in the same folder structure accessible only to the WMP or iTunes libraries respectively or you can opt to convert them to a common format when the need arises.
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See Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy for a suggested backup strategy.
See Make a split library portable for more on the benefits of sticking to the standard iTunes layout.
This user tip was generated from the following discussion: Problem with Windows Media Player stealing the files from iTunes.
Windows Media Player is an audio and video player based on Windows operating system. As a facile audio player, it perfectly support the audio playback including MP3, WAV, WAV etc, and it also allowed users to import iTunes music for playback in case that iTunes can’t be installed on PC. So can we import Apple Music songs from iTunes library to Windows Media Player for offline playback or if we only want to play Apple Music without iTunes?
Can I Play Apple Music Songs with Windows Media Player?
It is admitted that Windows Media Player is a powerful media player for audio, video and image, and K-Lite decoder can be added as plug-in to support for more media file types. But considering for the copyright issues, Windows Media Player can't play Apple Music songs packaged in protected M4P or M4A format, unless the protection can be removed in a legal way.
Fortunately, this can be done easily with the help of Sidify Apple Music Converter, which is specifically designed to losslessly convertApple Music songs and iTunes M4P music to other audio formats as MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC or AIFF, thus the converted Apple Music songs can be import simply to Windows Media Player for playback.
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- Convert Apple Music songs to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV or AIFF.
- Work for Apple Music, iTunes Music and Audiobooks.
- Convert the Apple Music songs losslessly at fast speed.
- All ID3 tags kept for better organizing your music library.
- Perfectly compatible with macOS High Sierra & Windows 10.
How to Convert and Play Apple Music Songs on Windows Media Player?
We will take Windows PC as an example to show you how to convert Apple Music songs to the audio formats like MP3, WAV which are perfectly supported by Windows Media Player on the following part. And this is also easy to operate on Mac.
Step 1 Download and Install Sidify Apple Music Converter.
Download and install Sidify Apple Music Converter on your Windows PC or Mac from the link below, then launch it, and iTunes will be launched automatically if you have installed it.
Step 2 Add Apple Music Songs to Sidify Apple Music Converter.
Click + button on Sidify Apple Music Converter interface to add Apple Music songs. And please make sure that all your Apple Music songs have been downloaded already within the validity period. Then click 'OK' button to finish adding Apple Music files.
Step 3 Customize the Output Setting.
Click Setting button on the top right of Sidify to customize the parameters like Output format, Output quality, Output path and Output speed. Here you can choose MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC or AIFF as output format, and output quality to 320kbps to keep the best sound quality.
Step 4Start Conversion and Find the Conversion History.
After the settings competed, you can click 'Convert' button to start converting Apple Music songs to the audio format you chosen. When the conversion process completed, you can go to Converted to find the converted Apple Music files.
Step 5Import the Converted Apple Music Songs to Windows Media Player
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Now, you can launch Windows Media Player, then click Organize > Manage libraries > Music, and choose the media folder you store the converted Apple Music songs to add it to Windows Media Player.
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Note: The Sidify Apple Music converter trial version can only converts the first three minute of each track. To convert the full tracks, please purchase the full version.