itunes adds every song two times when you import albums

maybe i am the last person to understand why this happens.

when you drag in albums into itunes you sometimes get two copies of every song. very frustrating.


seems like this happens when the folders contains playlist files. if you want to drag the albums into itunes, remove .pls and .m3u files in the folder. if you just want to add one album, just drag the playlist file into itunes.

how i use smart playlists in itunes

i have a large mp3 collection on a shared network disk and when i reinstall my computer i add albums and songs ad-hoc.
to just sync the songs i actually listen to with my ipod i create a smart playlist like this:


(match songs that have been played one time or more.)