Ok, I just got an error message from tunecore after I uploaded all the "special/surprise" David Reilly tracks onto iTunes. Three (3) of the songs came back with this error:
There's a problem with the submitted file: Your bitrate of 242kbps is too low, it should be at least 300kbps.
This is what I dont understand: all the tracks are pulling from the same CD and the rest of them are fine... why would three songs have that error message all coming from the same master...?
Also, does anyone know a solution or a fix to this problem for these 3 tracks? I cant go live with this until all tracks are accepted and these are the 3 "problem child" tracks... anyone have any suggestions ot can anyone help get them to 300kbps if I send them to you so we can get them to go live and everyone can enjoy them????
I'm by far no expert in tunecast or uploading tracks to itunes, but I would just try to resubmit these 3 one at a time checking the default settings for tunecast. Are these tracks longer/shorter duration than the rest that were successfully uploaded? If the master is wav files you should be able to control ripping them to 300kbps. Are you ripping these to VBR format? I'm sorry if these are dumb questions but I figured it may help.
VBR is the same thing I thought of. With VBR it lists the average bitrate of the track so you'll see variances from one to the next. Here's an example of an album encoded as LAME mp3 v0:
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gthesob: you didnt necessarily fix the problem for me, but what you did was remind of a program I have that can convert files to other formats, hence sometimes changing the kbps and voila.... it worked!!! All 3 problem tracks were accepted on the first try!!!
thanks for helping me out... now its off to activate the tracks.
Jawa242 wrote:gthesob: you didnt necessarily fix the problem for me, but what you did was remind of a program I have that can convert files to other formats, hence sometimes changing the kbps and voila....
Once you've transcoded from the source to mp3, transcoding from the mp3 to "add kbps" is not going to do anything but reduce the quality of the tracks. Does iTunes not have any guidelines on how they suggest you prepare the tracks from the source?
I appreciate all your work but it's important to get it right - we're used to waiting.
Jawa, please never upload anything from mp3's. Use WAV files to do this, and if you've already done - please replace it. It's just on quality purpose. WAV's themselves shall be produced using some good engine like EAC and have off-set for drive set up the correct way. If you need anything - just PM me.
Does iTunes not have any guidelines on how they suggest you prepare the tracks from the source?