How to move music from iTunes to DJ Software (Serato DJ / Rekordbox)

[@Crossfader]

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[@buterdhams]

Dang!!! This is the best video for this on UA-cam that I can/can’t find. Thank you.

[@markhall3323]

I just watched “Digital DJ Tips” saying the opposite - use iTunes to manage your music, not Serato. It was quite convincing.

[@MattVick]

6:52 when i drag to put into new folder on desktop it doesn't allow me to drop them?

[@colinbuckley39]

Awsome a great help for a new user to mac as i have always manually managed my playlist's on windows and vdj recently switch to mac and serato and was finding it hard to import playlist's and music into itunes and serato

[@djsianowen]

Thanks this helped me a lot! :)

[@GregMurrayEnt1]

Thank you!

[@Ziggy_v2]

When you first posted this video I really didn't play much attention to it- however now that iTunes removing XML I'm having issues. Totally moving away from iTunes.

[@brandonmitchell714]

this worked but I can't put my music into crates

[@user-wf3jr8hu5s]

Why did my tracks have m4p format??? I cant import than into a serato.

[@pedromatiasofficial]

Hello friend, i'm quite sure your video was the most explainingfull in the internet for that topic, but if you don't mind to help me, i have few questions.
1) If i drag and drop all songs of itunes in rekodbox collection, it will begin to sabe into rekordbox folder and i can after that delete itunes and the files will work?
2) the name and artist i organized will be automatically be the same in rekordbox?
3) if organize the playlists as you told in the video (command a an drop into new rekordbox playlist) after importing all songs (question 1) will it duplicate the files or not?
Thanks!
I wish you all the best

[@Wolve_Entertainment]

Thanks for that dude!! What about the smart playlists...??? In rekordbox has linit of 128.. Thats huge problem and the only reason i use itunes... Anu ideas?

[@pauldubyou78]

Wolve Entertainment great question

[@thatsingleCabsierra]

Thank you 🙏

[@TimKranz]

What do I have to do if I am using iTunes to download the music into rekordbox but don’t use it to create playlists? I just drag the iTunes songs into my playlists in rekordbox and now I’m not sure how to continue or what to do. Would be good to know, thank you!

[@aconemusic]

Would love to know this as well ...

[@JoselynR]

My problem is no sound comes from my ddj rev1 after I added iTunes music I’ve tried to change sound settings etc and it’s not working

[@christopherciuppa8668]

just did this and half of music is gone and when i rescan the id's, they aren't there

[@jacobregan5848]

This is why you don’t do this.
They are giving kind of whack advice

[@nicolaurenpadua8653]

bro just felt like yappin

[@trobidron3121]

I cannot copy the songs via drag and drop it is not working ?

[@user-sg4bg4oq1s]

I can't just drag and drop my playlist songs on windows into a folder,
crossed out circle appears
What did i do wrong?
Please help!

[@seancoughlan7579]

Михаил Буланов same!

[@outsidethefink5063]

Question guy's what about making sure all cue points etc are still in tack following the transfer?

[@miscellaneous1276]

And how to do this same but groove music to dj software?

[@DJGuanci]

how do you do it with the Big Sur update?

[@TonyJacobsenUNBREAKABLE]

Thanks for the video. I'm hoping to get music out of iTunes! What about music that I've purchased via iTunes? Will those still move and play correctly in Serato?

[@Crossfader]

It's a bit hit and miss on songs purchased through iTunes. If they have DRM protection no, but if they are free of DRM you should be fine

[@thecllctive6011]

My only question to continue with downloading more music and to keep it A-Z organize like iTunes. Is there a way or was that just for my previous music on iTunes?

[@jungpark]

wondering the exact same dilemma here

[@aleale-vm6cp]

Im sorry..i download from i tunes..track are mpeg 4 protected (.m4p)....not mp3..help me please!

[@linadonneys8736]

I cant see my itunes playlists in my recordbox, help me please what I have to do

[@djjohnnyp2700]

Problem I'm having is Im trying to migrate from my time machine music back up on my Lacie hard rive and when I connect to my new laptop, I can pull the music folder with the artists and songs on Serato dj pro, HOWEVER, I can't load or find the playlists I had on my old laptop because I only used iTunes playlists and not crates, any help?

[@alchance662]

Can we choose different Column Headers used in our iTunes?

[@ceicj]

Sad that there's no way to get all the cue points and beat grids back once the file location changes
It means I'm going to have to re-analyise and beatgrid + cue point over 2000 songs

[@Crossfader]

The analysis data is written to the tracks file so once you relocate the file all the hot cue, saved loops, key ect will still be there. Remember we are only moving files, not making new ones. Hope this helps!

[@ceicj]

@@Crossfader nah, that's only in serato, try it on rekordbox and it won't work
Rekordbox saves all the meta data in a separate file and links it to the song location, if the song location moves, you lose your cue points and everything

[@djholland4235]

@@ceicj Just tried this on Rekordbox now and the hot cues and analysis was all there just fine?

[@ceicj]

@@djholland4235 no way? 😂 Mine got rid of all my cue points, had to redo over 2000

[@retro3795]

TBH, i dont know why you guys dont have courses on Virtual Dj,

[@arthurod44]

Around 2:20, you add a new track into your iTunes Library and it's perfectly renamed (name-artist) How do you do that ?

[@djholland4235]

iTunes is taking the name and artist info from the meta data of the track. Downloading from legitimate sources such as online stores, record pools and promo lists should preserve this data as they add it to the track for you.

[@arthurod44]

DJ Holland thanks a lot man

[@johnviera3884]

How do you get off Rekordbox?
Can you copy music files over to a folder from playlist the same way you can do with iTunes?

[@earlesmith852]

I've tried this. Seems like Apple Music has the tracks locked down (m4p).

[@gaborfogarasi9027]

Is there a way to also copy the Cue points which I already have set on my iTunes files?

[@lilbritton1]

I just use iTunes to store my tunes I don't have any playlist on iTunes only folders in serato so how do I clean my SSD drive? Because if it's making doubles that means I'm using double the amount of storage which doesn't need to be done.

[@Crossfader]

Check that iTunes is making a doubles first by checking the Media folder. It's important to check where Serato is reading the file from, your iTunes version or the version in your downloads. You can check this by scrolling to a song in Serato and pressing Cmd+R. Once you know if there are doubles you can clean up with the methods shown in the video.

[@leon-kp9dp]

Can you make tutorial on how to play on cdjs and know where to play one track to drop it into another or make a build Up after a drop? Sorry for my english, quite hard to explain

[@grafterhutch]

Tim Apple

[@markyruss]

i just use tunes kit - this seems painful

[@dangoledale8058]

Why is putting tracks in a playlist so complicated? Jesus christ smh

[@MrJFunkSanchez]

Do any of these methods preserve your hot cues, loops and flips?

[@Crossfader]

Yes, the cue/loop ect is saved into the tracks meta data so as long as you relocate the same file you'll find everything attached!

[@MrJFunkSanchez]

Crossfader Cool man thanks! Not worried about the change at all but we’ll see.

[@Pookieliciousness]

Is this legal?

[@ACABSTUDIOS]

rip itunes man

[@Antweezy]

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[@djholland4235]

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[@djlevel3047]

first!