How to Solve Can’t Add YouTube MP4/MP3 to iTunes? (iTunes 12.3 Included)

YouTube music videos win many of audiophiles’ favor for storing lots of classic music, and release lots of new fantastic music. Some music lovers download their favorite music from YouTube and convert to MP3 or MP4 to enjoy on the go. However, since updating iTunes to iTunes 12.3, Apple device users just found it’s impossible to add YouTube MP3 to iTunes, or import YouTube MP4 to iTunes.

Luckily, TechiSky found a solution to help you solve can’t import YouTube to MP3 to iTunes 12.3 or can’t add YouTube MP4 to iTunes. This solutions also applies to solve iTunes won’t import MP4/MP3 to iTunes, no matter what MP4 or MP3 files they are, MP4 or MP3 downloaded and converted from online baidu, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Goear music, Metacafe, Break, Veoh, BBC, 123Video, IGN Game Video, VideoBash, AOL Video, NBC, CBS, FunnyOrDie NFL, CollegeHumor, etc. or converted MP3 from CDs, etc.

Why iTunes Won’t Import YouTube MP3 to iTunes or YouTube MP4 to iTunes?

iTunes 12 and iTunes 12.3 won’t import YouTube MP4/MP3 to iTunes because iTunes recognize any video or audio downloaded from online as link, even the video or audio files are already converted to MP4 or MP3. To solve this issue, you will need to remove the metadata which defines the video or audio as a link. If you have not downloaded YouTube video or YouTube audio, you can refer to YouTube to MP3/MP4 downloaded won’t import to iTunes to download YouTube and then add YouTube to iTunes.

How to Solve iTunes Won’t Import YouTube MP3 to iTunes or YouTube MP4 to iTunes?

Prepare: Download Total Video Converter

Download Total Video Converter (Windows version, Mac version ), and run it.

Step 1 Import files

Click “Add Video” button to add you already downloaded and converted MP3 or MP4 files to the program. Or you can also drag and drop your files directly to the main interface of the converter.

How to solve iTunes won't import YouTube MP3 to iTunes

If you have not download YouTube videos, the Total Video Converter can help you download videos from YouTube. Click “Add Video” drop-down and choose “Add YouTube Video” to copy and paste the link of the YouTube video you want to download to start download video from YouTube.

download YouTube

Step 2 Set output format

Click the drop-down button on the right side of the “Profile” to set iTunes compatible audio “MP3 MPEG Layer-3(*.mp3)” as output video format from “General Audio” Category or compatible video “MPEG4 Video(*.mp4)” as output video format from “General Video” Category.

Step 3 Remove link metadata

For Windows Users: Highlight the files, right click the mouse and select “Keep Metadata” to uncheck the keep metadata option

For Mac Users: Highlight the files, press Ctrl and click the mouse and select “Keep Metadata” to uncheck the keep metadata option

How to solve iTunes won't import YouTube MP4 to iTunes

Step 4 Start convert and remove link metadata

Click “Convert” button to start and finish conversion. The link metadata in the converted MP3 or MP4 will be removed .

Step 5 Add MP4 to iTunes 12

Start iTunes, and then choose “File > Add File to Library” to import YouTube MP3 or MP4 to iTunes. Now you can successfully add YouTube MP3 to iTunes or import YouTube MP4 to iTunes.

You can follow the steps to change the category that your MP4 files shows in iTunes 12.

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7 comments on “How to Solve Can’t Add YouTube MP4/MP3 to iTunes? (iTunes 12.3 Included)

  1. Nariod says:

    THANK YOU OH MY DOD. YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

  2. Shelly says:

    I downloaded the videos but it only converted half the song.

    Why is that?

  3. john jones says:

    useless………….. need to pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • TechiSky says:

      John, thanks for your comments. I am sorry but if you want to use the full version of the easy and professional tool, you will need to pay. Luckily, there is free version such as VLC, you can download it and try if it can solve your issue. Good luck.

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