itunes chopping off end of songs now that i signed up for match

Signed up for itunes match with 2011 imac, latest updates of itunes and lion on mac and latest update on ipad 2.

Noticed during playback on ipad2 that LOTS of songs are cut off at the end...they end 15 - 20 seconds early, abruptly...not sure why?

Please help, thank you in response!

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1, 2011 imac, itunes match

Posted on Nov 29, 2011 10:31 AM

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Nov 23, 2012 5:22 PM in response to SmithAtlanta

There was some method discussed a few pages back. But the short answer is "no". No easy / quick way to determine them especially if you have a large library.

If you have a gmail accout I would recommend using Google Music. It's ugly and crude but at least it works...unlike iTM.

I, for one, will not be renewing this piece of garbage when renewal time comes. Really disappointed.

Nov 24, 2012 7:44 AM in response to edwardfrommoseley

Songs cutting off before they're completed have NOTHING to do with MATCH. I moved my library over from my PC to my new MAC about 4 months ago (and of course lost more than half my library), but now over 50% of my songs cut off early. I JUST downloaded 10 minutes ago, about 20 christmas songs directly from iTunes to my MAC, and am listening to them on my computer, and they're cutting off early!! ****** me off! Who has the time to delete, re-download, etc. It's clearly a BUG in iTunes and has nothing to do with Match, iCloud, or devices.

Nov 24, 2012 9:59 AM in response to karaks

I wonder if my problem went away because I uploaded/matched all of my 5,000 or so songs to Match. Then deleted all my local copies and downloaded those I wanted to keep locally. I upgraded bit rate to higher levels when I did it. Now I have no cutoffs either locally playing from iPad, or iPhone or using Match through Apple TV.

Dec 10, 2012 6:21 AM in response to cgerry14

I had recently uploaded to Windows 8 which required a re-install of iTunes and then the recent update. (I do not subscribe to match) iTunes then said it wasn't paired with any device so I connected via USB and realized that my phone was missing quite a bit of music from my library. I did a manual synch, erasing all songs on the iPhone 4. That finished completely and now this morning while driving in to work songs started to end early. Not every song. The only thing I noticed so far is that songs I recently purchased (within the last 2 months) seem to be ok while randomly songs purchased over the last 5 years as well as songs ripped from CD are having issues.I use the AAC format, is that the problem?

On a separate issue, how do you re-upload a song you know you purchased in iTunes that has just magically gone missing?


HELP I'm about ready to throw away my iPhone 4, give away my iPad and switch to something else because this is too time consuming.

Dec 14, 2012 8:45 AM in response to cgerry14

I'm having the exact same issue...I purchased an iPhone5 in September and noticed that certain songs (purchased from iTunes) would just stop playing...I'm starting to lose track of how many cut off now because it happens that often...But when those particular songs are played on my 4th generation iPod, I have NO issues. I checked the original source file and even that cuts off...I do not have iTunes 11 and refuse to upgrade for fear that it would cause even more problems...is this an iMatch issue? And if so, can I uninstall iMatch??? HELP!!!

Dec 14, 2012 10:27 AM in response to mlloyd618

This is a joke, right? I skipped over this thread so many times, now, guess what? That's right, I am affected by this. Checked music I ripped myself, seems no issues. (I have a lot of songs so can't check them all). I checked songs downloaded from the iTunes stores maybe 8 or so years ago, some are cut off, some not, but it seems the oldest songs are the ones affected, make sense? Do I just need to re-download them from the store? Songs downloaded in past few years seem fine. I downloaded the complete U2 maybe 8 years ago, that is a lot of music, it all seems fine. That's a big phew as it is like 500 or so songs!!



Here's my situation:


I recently subscribed to iTunes Match, and am unsure if I had this problem prior.

I am using an iPhone 5, I am not at home right now so I am unable to test on iTunes 11.0.1 that I have installed.

I recently got a new laptop however I did not move my music files as they reside on an NAS. The only thing I did was create a new library file locally and add the music folder on the NAS to iTunes which then associated everything to the new .itl file.



So, how do I fix what I find as bad? Is this maybe just due to match? Is this isolated to just iPods and iPhones? Is this isolated to matched vs. uploaded at all? And a strange one, don't laugh, but I purchased 10cc I'm not in love about 7 or 8 years ago from the iTunes store. There is whispering at the end that used to be there, now it is gone, did they switch the version when I did match?

Dec 16, 2012 10:41 AM in response to Glenn Ferguson

I have the same problem!
Every song that i matched in the last few month is missing its end (half song, to be picky).
And this happen only on iPhone.
I tried to delete and download the song and disable/enable the iTunes Match on my iPhone, without results.
I tried to delete and download the same song on my Mac and works fine.


And this problem persists on my brother's iPhone too.


Seems to be linked to the account, not to my iPhone.

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