iPod cuts off in the middle of SOME songs

I have same issue too. From reading other observations it seems there is a common fault in that the IPOD Classic would randomly pause a track for a couple of seconds before proceeding normally. Apparently the fault and it is a fault is attributed to the IPOD cache being too small.

Also, I've discovered another fault where one song refuses to play but plays fine using iTunes

Someone else mentioned trying to get a previous version of iTunes (besides me). I searched and here's the link: http://support.apple.com/downloads/iTunes7_62

Hope going to an older version works. My Otis Rush CD just cut off the end of every song on it....

This happens to me on maybe 5 songs out of 4100, I think iTunes tries to transfer these songs too fast and maybe forgets some of it?

There is this one 5 minute song I like and it gets cut off at maybe 1:45.

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It sounds like there is an error or corruption in your music files or your sync hing maybe did not complete.
I have an iPod classic and when this happened to me I re-synced it and it cleared up the problem.
I have never read that this is an on-going problem with classic's.

I have the same issue - random songs skipping in the middle of the song (at various durations into the song) to the next track. Sometimes if I return to the song and fast forward through that spot it will play the entire song, but not always. Sometimes it skips again at a later point of the same song.

I have reset and resynced and tried to sync in small portions, slowly adding songs back in. None of the issues are solved by these actions. I'm up to date with the software and firmware. I just got V8 of iTunes but have not resynced since then. It's obviously a flaw they do not intend to address.

I have the same problem...
This is extremely annoying especially when you're playing albums in full; I hope Apple will fix this in a later update.

It seems to happen not only to "some" songs, but basically all the time... at least twice per day. I have all my audio in "apple lossless" (alac) so it could be that the cache is smaller than it should be

Hi guys,

I have this problem too... seems like Apple needs to troubleshoot soon and come up with a firmware update to address this issue.

We customers are not happy when faced with bugs in the system... however small it may seem!

Anyway, with such a "high occurance" of this issue, I'm sure Apple will have looked into it.

Hi Y'all...I found this post while searching for the same problem you're having, songs cutting off early. I called Apple Tech support and told the tech the problem and that I didn't think my IPOD classic was broken but asked him if there is a setting to adjust the play time. He told me that there is but the ipod has to be connected to Itunes. From there you highlight the song, in fact you can select all the songs on the ipod to do a global change. Next right-click (for you PC users) and select Get Info then Options. From there he said there is an option for Start Time/Stop Time. He said uncheck those boxes or you can set the time. I never want to set the song time, so I'm going to uncheck it. I'm at work now but when I get home I'll try it. I think it'll work.

I guess im having the same trouble. after my last ipod video was stolen i bought a 120gb "Classic" and on some songs it stops and goes to the next song, example ace of bass - the sign: plays to 10 sec every time then skips to next song, some song play all the way through others only play for a second or two.

these same songs worked just fine on my last ipod

Very Similar problem here, too:

I recently began updating my old files (replacing them with completely new files). I did this by deleting the old file completely (outside of itunes) so that the link for the song in itunes would be saved (therefore saving the song's playcount, date added, etc). I then double clicked the link and itunes promted me to go find the missing (deleted) file. At this point I went in and chose the new UPDATED file. The new song plays great in itunes via the old link. The problem comes in when I sync my ipod. The new files are much larger, so they stop playing about midway through the song on the ipod. I don't know the exact mechanism of this, but I believe the ipod only plays the song through to the same point of KBs as the old song had. So, there is my problem. Not sure if it might be related to yours. Can anyone out there help me?!?! HOW TO GET THE UPDATED VERSION OF A SONG TO PLAY THROUGH ON MY IPOD, ALL THE WHILE KEEPING THE STORED LINK IN ITUNES THE SAME?!

I don't seem to have this problem with my 160GB. I do have an invalid/false battery meter. It shows more than is really there until I have to hard reboot it and it reveals the correct battery reading.

You are definately right. When I add the new song seperately (thereby creating a new link in my itunes library), the song play beautifuly on my ipod.

The problem with that is that I would lose all of the information (play count, date added, etc) that is stored in the old link.

So, apparently you are right. There is a software problem here. Lets hope that a fix/solution comes soon!

All the songs from the last few albums I put on my ipod classic cut off early, usually with about 30 seconds. This is odd since all the songs play in full in Itunes and on my newer Ipod Touch. I restored my ipod and reloaded my entire library, and the problem lingers. To me, this suggests the problem is with the ipod classic, anyone have any idea which settings I could tinker with to fix this problem?