Songs skipping in itunes

Hello todd1527,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

If you're not hearing the end of a song in iTunes, then the crossfade option might be enabled in your preferences. Please follow the steps below to check your settings, and disable crossfade if needed.

Fade between songs

You can set iTunes to fade each song in (increase it in volume) while the previous song is fading out, so there are no gaps of silence between songs. This feature is called crossfading.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences, and click Playback.

2. Select Crossfade Songs.

3. To change the amount of time it takes for the current song to fade out at the end and the new song to fade in, drag the Seconds slider.

When iTunes plays consecutive tracks from the same album, crossfading is automatically turned off, with no fading between the songs (or tracks).

To play songs without fading, deselect Crossfade Songs.

iTunes 12 for Windows: Play songs

Take care,

Alex H.

Hey there todd1527,

If the affected songs have been downloaded from the iTunes Store, then I recommend you delete the songs from iTunes, and then download them again. To do this, please follow the directions below.

Before you begin

1. Sign in with the Apple ID that you used for the original purchase. Use these steps to see which Apple ID you used to download an item.
2. Check to see if the purchases you're looking for are hidden. If your purchases are hidden, you might not see them even after you follow the steps below. Learn how to unhide purchases.
3. See if the content is available for redownload. Previously purchased items might not be available if they're no longer on the iTunes Store. Also, make sure that you’re in a country where iTunes in the Cloud is available. If you changed your Apple ID from one country to another, you can’t download items you purchased in a previous country.

On a Mac or PC

1. Open iTunes.
2. Click Music in the upper-left corner.
3. Click iTunes Store.
4. If prompted, sign in with your Apple ID and password.
5. Under Quick Links on the right side of the iTunes Store, click Purchased.
   
6. Select Not in My Library to view purchased content that isn't on your computer.
   
7. Scroll to find the item that you want to download. You can browse using the menu on the left-hand side of iTunes.
   If you have more than 2,000 songs, you'll see Recent Purchases instead of All Songs or Albums.
8. Click the Download icon in the upper-right corner of the item you want to download. Your app downloads to your library.
   If an item is already in your library, the Download icon won't appear.

Download past purchases from iTunes in the Cloud - Apple Support

Have a good one,

Alex H.

Hello todd1527, check out this thread to see if it might help - Music skips on Windows 8.1 64-bit with iTunes 12.1.

Hi,

I had a similar issue and tried a lot of workarounds but think I finally found one that works. See my most recent posts in this thread: Song playback cut off early