iTunes won't stop music videos at the indicated stop time. Start time works though. Both seem to work for mp3.
This problem didn't come up until one or two days ago. My iTunes was updated around that time too.
Thanks!
Mac OS X (10.6.7)
I have the same problem! Waiting for this to be solved with an update...
I had to make a copy of the video and trim it in Quicktime.
I have the same problem and have posted a question too. It doesn't seem to be the iTunes upgrade that stopped it working, it is the upgrade to 10.6.7. Downgrading to 10.6.6 fixes it. Upgrading to 10.6.8 does not.
Here is the latest update on that problem: We were recreating the same behavior on several Macbook Pro's and a Macbook Air at the Apple Store Bridgeport Village running Lion yesterday, with the sales staff acknowledging the problem:
audio files will play from the specified start time to the specified stop time
video files will play from the specified start time past the specified stop time all the way until the end.
It is a know bug and has not been fixed in Lion.
Excellent news that you have recreated the problem. It may help you to fix it to know that it was not introduced in Lion but was introduced in Snow Leopard version 10.6.7. (Doesn't seem to make any difference which version of iTunes was running). Hope this helps.
This issue still exists (as of 11Feb2012)
I am running iTunes 10.5.3.3 along with Windows 7 64bit
Start & Stop Time work fine with .mp3s, however "Stop Time" does nothing for videos
Has anyone found a fix yet?
I assumed Apple would have & would simply release an update but no update to fix this has been released
If I fix this I'll let you know
This bug is the only reason I have not upgraded to Lion yet (or even to 10.6.7 or 10.6.8). I have thousands of music videos with bad endings and I really do not want to edit all of them to crop the ending just for a simple little bug. I hope Apple fix it soon!
I'm in this boat, too. It also applies to videos that you add to iTunes yourself (which aren't music videos). I'm trying to make a video playlist, and the Stop Times are all ignored.
C'mon, Apple! Let's get this thing resolved!
One small workaround I've found:
If you're playing videos with Stop Times, control the playback through the Remote app on an iOS device. Even though it still won't stop with the Stop Times, the "time remaining" numbers on the Remote app actually count down to the Stop Time you've put in. Not useful for all circumstances, but this is an easy way to know when to manually skip to the next video in a playlist.
the apple 'tech' insists that the problem does not exist. He 'cannot recereate' the problem on 'his' system.
The stop times are ignored in every apple store on any computer I tried so far as well as all of my 4 Macbook Pro's in Lion and Snow Leopard. When I point it out to the staff including the 'geniuses', they suggest to go back to the apple tech which is a master in denial. I am moving around in a circle on this problem for over a year now . . .
I have been struggling with Apple's denial of this bug for nearly a year. If you have a Time Machine backup then you can fix this by going back to Snow Leopard 10.6.6. The upgrade to 10.6.8 first introduced this bug for me (without changing iTunes). I went back to 10.6.6 and it worked again. Then I tried upgrading to 10.6.7 - FAIL. Went back to 10.6.6 - OK. Upgraded iTunes all the way to 10.5.3 and it works fine as long as the OS is not 10.6.7 or later (including Lion!)
I really wish Apple would fix this. They are pressuring me into upgrading to Lion because MobileMe is changing into iCloud but I do not want to upgrade the OS as long as it has this bug. My only other choice is to manually edit the ending of a couple of thousand music videos.
--UPDATE--
Hello, Everybody
As of today, 25April2012, this issue appears to be at most 1/2 fixed.
Let me explain.
1. I set the STOP TIME of one of my videos to 2:00
2. When playing the video on my PC it played straight through
3. However, After I synced my iPodTouch the video DID STOP @ 2:00
Software info:
iTunes 10.6.1.7 (Today's current edition)
IOS 5.1
Windows 7 64bit
Did the video stop at 2:00 on the iPodTouch or on the computer?
What did you change to 1/2 fix it? Or is this the first time since you noticed the problem that you synched your iPodTouch?
(By the way, this is not an iTunes problem. This problem was introduced with OSX 10.6.7 and has not worked for me with any version of iTunes since then. I downgraded to 10.6.6 and the music videos stop when they are told to with every version of iTunes up to and including the latest. Please fix it soon, Apple. It's driving me crazy!)
If you have a Mac computer and want to play music videos, you can use the following Applescript to force the videos to end on time.
You must compile the script and save it as a "Stay Open Application". Then run it in the background when playing music videos and the script will jump to the next track when it should:
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-- This script should be compiled and saved as a "Stay Open" application
-- Start it running and it will jump to the next track when a music video
-- plays longer than its specified Stop time
property RunInterval : 1 -- number of seconds before running again to check for things to do
property TimeResolution : 0.2 -- granularity of our timing (for return values from the idle routine)
-- Globals
global TimeToQuit
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-- Main routine called once at start up.
-- After that the script keeps running the idle routine to check for over-running videos
set TimeToQuit to false
return -- It will now run the idle routine with no delay
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-- This is the idle handler that runs every RunInterval seconds to check on things to do
on idle
if TimeToQuit then
quit -- quit this scheduler
return -- ensure it quits without accessing iTunes again (which will abort the quit)
end if
return my CheckInterval() -- Check to see if everything is OK and set the next interval
-- The return value tells the OS when to run the idle routine again
end idle
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-- This is the quit handler to allow us to quit when told
on quit
set TimeToQuit to true
continue quit
end quit
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-- This routine checks to see if we need to jump to the next track at the end of a video
on CheckInterval()
set IdleTime to RunInterval -- default idle time
try
tell application "iTunes"
if player state = playing then
-- First see how many seconds we have left to play in this song
set SecsLeftToPlay to (finish of current track) - player position
-- If we are very close to the end of this song then just wait until the next one starts
if SecsLeftToPlay < TimeResolution then
if SecsLeftToPlay ≤ 0 then
next track -- To fix the bug introduced in 10.6.7 where it doesn't stop when told
else
delay SecsLeftToPlay
end if
set SecsLeftToPlay to (finish of current track) - player position -- Should be playing the next song by now
if SecsLeftToPlay ≤ 0 then
next track -- To fix the bug introduced in 10.6.7 where it doesn't stop when told
set SecsLeftToPlay to (finish of current track) - player position -- MUST be playing the next song by now
end if
end if
-- If we are going to start a new song before the regular idle time then set us to run near the beginning of the next song
if SecsLeftToPlay < IdleTime then set IdleTime to SecsLeftToPlay
end if
end tell
end try
if IdleTime < TimeResolution then set IdleTime to TimeResolution
return IdleTime -- The return value tells how long to wait before idle runs again
end CheckInterval
The video stopped at 2:00 on the iPod touch, only.
On my Windows 7 64bit computer, videos in iTunes do NOT stop at the "Stop Time"; they simply play straight through.
I've done nothing to 1/2 way fix this, this is simply something I noticed after I installed the current version of iTunes for the PC (iTunes v. 10.6.1.7)
#AttentionToDetail
KnightBuild523: Your solution is gold. I signed up just to let you know that you saved me a lot of trouble, considering I will be using iTunes to display video on a TV and really need it to stop at the right time on multiple videos. It shouldn't be necessary, but in the face of Apple's neglect it is and I thank you for your help, sir!
iTunes won't stop music videos at the indicated stop time?
