My Ipod will not play songs, it just skips from song to song

I'm having the same problem. My iPod skips over the songs that I have obtained from iTunes. The ones uploaded from CDs play fine.

When I sync my iPod the songs play for a little while, then it goes back to skipping.

I have installed iTunes 5, updated with the 9-06-2005 update and restored the factory settings. Still having the same issue.

I'm having the same problem with my new 60GB iPod photo. The songs that it skips over vary from CDs I've imported to songs I've downloaded. I hope Apple addresses this issue soon because it is downright annoying.

I had that same problem with one of the cd's i put on my ipod. I fixed it by deleting the songs and reputting them on my pod. It works fine now. I use windows xp and manually update songs on my ipod. (just in case you're wondering)

The same thing is now happening to me...but only since I used the iPod Updater. Has that happened to anyone else?

Someone suggested reinstalling the last version of the Updater, but I can't find it.

There are lots of different reasons for skipping songs.

1) play the song on your computer to make sure the tune is really okay. More than one person has discovered the skipping song is skipping on their computer too. Bad song file - rerip CD

2) ask yourself what you were doing when the song(s) skipped. I had a customer come into the store furious that I'd sold him a defective iPod. After syncing his pod he went jogging - in the store his iPod worked just fine. Wish Apple had been making the shuffle or nano back then.

3) try to determine if there is a pattern to the skipping - is it every song of a CD? Did you buy that CD from the iTunes store? The iPod thinks you aren't authorized to play the music. Make sure your syncing computer is authorized and resync.

Is the song file particularly long? If the file is larger than 32 MB it doesn't all get spooled into memory which sometimes results in the music skipping and pausing until enough has been played to fit the rest in memory.

4) goblins. Try removing the affected music from your playlist. Sync. Add it back in. I once added 6 newly ripped CDs to my iPod and every song skipped and paused. Not a pleasant Monday morning drive to work. That evening I verified that my rips were fine - resynced and all was well.

5) hardware problems. Try restoring the iPod and syncing a few songs before contacting Apple for repairs.

My particular problem isn't one of a 'skipping' song per se. The iPod brings the song up for a second, then brings the next one up and so on. Sometimes it will stop and play a song and then the next serveral the same thing happens.

The songs play just fine on the computer and I've reloaded them all onto the iPod.

I have noticed that on some songs with album art, it will play them. I don't know if something is corrupted in the album art part of the file on some of the songs. But they play just fine in iTunes.

I'm going to try a hard reset when I get home and see if that helps.

Hello,

I have the same problem with my 3rd generation iPod and haven't been able to fix it. But there was a guy who posted a message that he was able to fix the problem by doing the following:

• Mount the iPod in Disk Utility.

• Reformat and zero out the disk (he zeroed it out twice)

• Reinstall the iPod updater, but avoid using the latest update - use the previous one.

I think this might work. I can't try it myself right now because I'm travelling and away from my home computer, but I'm going to give it a try as soon as I can.

Patrick

I had the same problem...never played any songs, just went from song to song to song with no music. I was told to send it in to get it fixed, so I did that - they sent a new one. Now it's fine...obviously. But I wonder if that was an iPod problem or if there is bad songs that can cause that - my old computer had a worm on it, potentially from an mp3 and I was told that could've caused the problem. Who knows?

It's skipping OVER the songs, not skipping like a needle on a vinyl record. And the songs it skips are the ones I've purchased through iTunes, and ONLY those songs. The songs from CDs play fine.

I've restored factory settings twice and I'm still having issues. It works for a time, but then if it sits without getting played for a day or so, the skipping begins again.

Yes, I understand what you mean. At least I think I do - actually, others have referred to it as "run-through" rather than "skipping over," but I think we're talking about the same thing. If I realy do understand what you are saying it happens like this: the song plays for a very short time - maybe a second or so (if it plays at all) and then goes on to the next song and does the same thing again. Is that right?

Anyway, lots of people have had this problem, myself included. I'm away from home, where my other mac is, and so I haven't had a chance to try the "repair" that I referred to earlier, but I'm going to give it a try as soon as I can.

Also, I confess that I just got sick and tired of trying to fix the problem and today bought an iPod Nano.

Patrick

I have a 40gb and this just started to happen as well. I tried everything and the only thing that worked was turning the ipod on it's side and banging it on my dresser. Really! Someone suggested this in another thread. It has nothing to do w/ the songs and the way it's dl. It may be a hard drive issue or battery problem cause now my bat. can't seem to hold a charge. This is pretty bad as it's been less than a year.

I have a 20G iPod. The other day it was dropped and a couple songs wouldn't play. Sometimes it would show the song. But after about 20seconds of frozen time, it would skip to the next song. I figured it was a bad spot on the hard drive. I restored and those songs worked fine. Then I found another song that does the same thing. when it does this, it increments the play count too. Is there anyway to defrag the iPod so it will recognize bad spots?

Kevin

I have an older 40g iPod with a scroll wheel. It was having this problem with "running thtough" songs. I restarted it and then the apple logo and folder with exclemation point began to blink. I can still restart it but I cant get it into disk mode. It just continues on blinking until the battery dies. Any help?

Peekas

Erm that's what I ment. Resetting it not restarting. I reset it and it goes to the apple logo then blinks the folder with exclemation point icon. I ended up taking the whole thing apart and unplugging and plugging back in the battery that took me back to the main menu and it is playing the songs like normal but now my itunes sayed it needed updated. So I updated it now iTunes doesnt recognize it although my computer does. This is torture!!

Do a search on Skips and you will find there are numerous posts about the same issue. i have tried all solutions on my iPod and have given up. Songs play great on the computer and Squeezebox. Only the iPod is a problem.

Would be great if Apple could let us have a solution. THey are keeping very quiet - must know something we don't !