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iPod is cutting songs off short in shuffle mode

My iPod is cutting songs off short and starting the next song before the previous song is finished when playing music in shuffle mode. Does not do it if playing an album selection. Is there a setting that could be causing this? I can't see anything in the manual!

HP, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Feb 12, 2006 2:57 PM

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Feb 13, 2006 12:17 PM in response to btabz

Last night I tried the following.

- un tick crossfade and resync.
- Reset iPod and resync.
- Removed all related software and reloaded it again and sync'd iPod.

None of these have made any difference, in fact now it will cut songs off short when playing albums as well.

Appears to be getting worse!

Do you think it could be a fault with the iPod?

HP Windows XP Pro

Apr 24, 2006 2:26 PM in response to sigon2u

Hi all, I think I've figured out one solution to this problem. I have a 3rd Gen iPod and was having songs cut off. Random songs at random points near the end of the song. I've read a post here about deleting the artwork from the songs on the iPod, and it worked! Long story short: Use this script from www.dougscripts.com "removeallipodartwork" to delete all artwork from the iPod, not iTunes. iTunes is fine, only the iPod is having trouble with the little bits of artwork information. If you have any doubts, manually delete artwork from just a couple of songs, update your iPod and listen for the cut off (you can fast forward to near the end of the song). Believe me, I've tried everything else for the past 18 months or so. MP3, AAC, different quality, different iTunes versions, different iPod OS, restoring the iPod, I could go on. Hope this helps.

iPod is cutting songs off short in shuffle mode

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