Q: iTunes stops playing a song in the middle and skips to the next track
Occasionally, with some regular mp3 files iTunes (up to version 12.1) plays the song until a while, and then in the middle of the song iTunes stops and jumps to the next track.
This is strictly an iTunes player issue: the files are not damaged and can be played by other media players without any problem. This is also not an issue with iTunes settings: neither the start, nor the stop times are set and/or checked for these files.
Erasing the file from the iTunes library (completely removing it from the database, not just from the playlist) and reimporting it does NOT solve the issue.
I have made a screencast video to demonstrate the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sx3_FpZr-Q
This is an issue with the core functionality of iTunes, namely playing music! Apple, it is time to get your act together and DO something about it.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Posted on May 15, 2015 7:21 AM