Music Files Appended: Repeating Last 30-40 seconds of song

What worked for me was to select all the files I wanted to repair in iTunes and then "File -> Convert -> Create AAC version". This process creates a duplicate of every selected track without the appended ending, while preserving all the metadata. Moreover, it can be done for multiple files at a time.

You can then delete the old versions as explained here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5051826?answerId=22080099022#22080099022

I have the same sort of file-based music library, and the same problem, and all the same intuitions (that this won't be solved). In my case the repeat is more like the last 5-10 seconds of the song and, as said above, it's not every song, and it only happens on iPhone, not in iTunes on my MacBook Air. My 25-year honeymoon with Apple is finally nearing an end as its devices become less and less hospitable to playing music while new bells & whistles I don't care about are constantly being added. Ever since iOS 11, there have more and more problems.

Having the same issue, though I think it has to do with updating cover artwork. Ever since this new update and cover art and iTunes being a complete mess little seems to work correctly. Ow I see that some of my music that I had no choice but to add new artwork to has an extra few seconds repeated at the end of those particular album’s songs. Get on it Apple!!! This is uncalled for.

Hi everyone,

as I had the same problem I've tried to figure out a solution and, after lots of time, I found a possible way to solve it.

I've noticed that the lenght of the song on iTunes was longer than the same song on Music App on my iPhone XS Max.

So these are the steps I followed:

1 - Select the specific song and click on: "info"

2- Go to "Options"

3- Here you can solve the problem. You have just to reduce the lenght of the song by inserting manually when it should end (for example, if the song lasts 3.56, you have to reduce this time by inserting 3.50)

4- Click on "OK"

5- Synchronize your Device to update.

Hope this work even for you guys.

PS: I know that for Libraries with 3-4000 songs it can be frustrating to do this, but it can be a valid solution before a possibile firmware uodate by Apple.

Cheers

I agree with you. Think it's tied to album art in some weird way. That seems like the only variable I can identify which changes the songs to repeat like this when they end. Which is frustrating when the album art really needs to be updated fixed or changed - since it's rarely correct or at good resolution.

I'm here to say i have the same problem with the latest batch of mp3s I've created, from wavs (of my own songs) - encoded in itunes, at 320kbs, and adding artwork to it. Yet to see if it's done this to the rest of my library. I have match enables and AM subscription. Lame. (pun intended)

Also only happens when you change the album art, as opposed to adding art to a file which does not have art.

So it doesn't like mp3's ? Interesting. But I'll try it. Thx.

I tried your AAC conversion and cleared all the old files by checking each ones date, but the same problem still persists...