Determining gapless playback freezes itunes

I have this EXACT same problem! I've repaired all discs, repaired all permissions, uninstalled itunes, erased my music library from my mac, and then reinstalled and tried to add back my library from an external hard drive, and the problem still persists. From what I've gathered from other posts, it has something to do with the genius side bar (?). Let me know if you learn anything...

Exact same problem. I finally got an Ipod and it's completely useless, because itunes constantly freezes my ENTIRE computer.

I have the same problem. I used to be able to get to the little "x" in time - but now it just happens too quickly.

i have the same problem except it says somethig about the store first

bump, same problem here.. was hoping to find any sort of solution :o

Exact same problem here - I got completely frozen - have to hit the power button to start over. yes, I can hit the x quickly on the "determining gapless playback info" - but it's quick and the user is not going to do that everytime. I just imported a bunch of music - 1000's of songs - so hunting for a particular offending mp3 is impractical. C'mon Apple? Just upgraded to 8.1.1. What is the dealio?

Help?

Same problem here. Sorry, i have no solution but wanted to keep this one going.

Add me to the list. Beachball city here..... (on a networked drive, so it takes longer, I am guessing, but still, is there NO way to turn this off?)

same issue. networked drive and no way to dodge the darn beachball of death.

Exactly the same problem - after adding some albums.
Very keen to find a solution as iTunes is currently unusable as is updating my 3 iPods.

Have you tried reinstalling itunes? Maybe even a slightlier earlier version?

🙂 Sharon

I am on a first-gen MacBook Pro, playing songs off of a connected USB 2.0 drive, not using a USB hub.
Same problem. Jesus christ, Apple, FIX THIS.

Same problem here. It completely crashes my computer and I have to manually power off/reboot. The entire process is completely inane and cannot be good for my Mac. Please Apple, fix this already.

I'm in the same boat guys. It just started happening this week. I first noticed it when I was syncing my iPhone (coincidence?) Like some of you it seems to happening when downloading album artwork are when managing "gapless payback." I have deleted and reinstalled iTunes, deleted my iTunes Library and iTunes Library.xml file - a BIG decision when you have 150GB of music and associated playlists! - tried rebuilding a new iTunes and iTunes library and it has started happening again with just 5GB of music imported. My library is installed on an external Firewire drive and I was starting to think it was the drive failing - are any of you storing externally? Has anyone logged a call with Apple?

Will let you know if I find a solution.

i have the same problem as well. ive put up with using VLC to play music on my laptop for the last few months but i really want to update my ipod and get back to using itunes. so fkn annoying. apple should do something to help