iPod cuts off songs

I posted this a whole back but it's still persisting, hopefully someone might have an idea about what's going on...

I'm having problems with my 30 gig 3G iPod cutting off some songs. The odd thing is, it only does this for a handful of songs, usually all songs off one album. The source doesn't seem to matter (some are CD rips, some are purchased mp3s), nor the playback format (mp3, AAC...). One record, for example, cuts off the last 18 seconds of every song. Deleting it and re-transferring it onto the iPod does nothing. However, whenever I restore the iPod, those songs all work just fine. However, now a whole new crop of songs will be cut off at some seemingly arbitrary spot.

All of these tracks play just fine through iTunes. I don't use crossfade, soundcheck, or the like, nor do I have anything checked under song properties that would indicate a new ending time. Any ideas?

Dell XPS, Windows Vista, iTunes 8.1

Posted on Apr 8, 2009 2:07 PM

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jmp1717

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Posted on Jul 28, 2009 10:20 PM

I have the same exact problem, and maybe the solution?
I have a brand new 120 GB, 6G iPod Classic, (fully updated) less than a month old I put all my music on it (I have about 22 gigs worth) and I started using it. I mostly play music via playlist and shuffle. In the MIDDLE (or end, the point is, the song would be playing fine) of a playing a song in a playlist it would decided to skip to the next song (no pattern to when or which song it would skip, it was just random) The first time it happened, I was like okay, weird, skipped back, and it played the same song all the way through with no problems. Then a few songs later it would do the same thing. Again, completely random.
I started researching like crazy over the past week, and discovered it was a pretty common problem. I read a number of possible explanations, it was a hardware defect, it was a software defect, there was a problem with the new iTunes transferring songs. I decided to pursue the latter. I read into it some, a lot of people seemed to be convinced there is a problem with the new iTunes and transferring a large quantity of music. I read someone recommend a program called Mp3 Validator that scans music files and fixes and problems that may cause them to skip. (presumably why the songs worked fine in iTunes but skip randomly once transferred to the iPod)
Anyway, to make a long story longer, I tried the program, scanned the music files directly off my iPod music directory--it fixed a couple hundred problem files. I had it going today, just playing through the playlist, got through 10-12 songs without any skipping. Granted, it wasn't an extended listening session, but I'm holding on to hope.
I can't say for sure that this fixed the problem, or if it even WAS the problem (for all I know it COULD be a hardware defect). But if you are getting REALLY frustrated by the random skipping, you could give it a try.
I'll definitely be having an extended play session with it this weekend, so I can give you an update on whether it is a surefire solution or not.

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Zak55

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Jul 31, 2009 1:11 PM in response to Kimberly Wright

There are loads of others with similar problems - see the other threads that I have just posted to (top bring them to the top of the list)...

Aug 4, 2009 4:59 PM in response to lennyb8000

Please everyone with the "skipping" problem....SEND Apple an email complaint or nothing will ever be done to solve it.

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