2 issues: Some songs skip won't play 2nd issue: itouch will not open itunes

1. Some songs that played well when they were initially added to my ipod itouch, suddenly stopped playing and are skipping to the following songs. How can I fix this?
2. My ipod touch (which is the 1st generation) after updating it to version 3.1.3 will not sync with my itunes. This was after a 2 month struggle to open my itunes (which refused to open at all until I disabled the bonjour serice) now I got the itunes back, I cannot sync it with my itouch because I disabled the bonjour service, if I enable it, my itunes would not open! Any advice.
Oh 1 more issue, does the updated itouch 1st gen support apps with microphone required apps! I bought a couple of apps that required an enabled mic headset to be plugged in, in order to work, I tried many headsets with mics all different brands with no luck. Will it ever work or should I quit trying?

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I recently transfered my mp3's from my PC to my Mac with my USB disk. I also transfered the Album Art folder and the two iTunes Library files, so I can keep the "Date Added" and other personal preferences.
Now, however, I cannot play certain songs that I've ripped from CD's. When I click the file in iTunes, it simply does nothing (apart from showing the small Apple logo in the little screen at the top). I also tried to play the same songs on my PC, and suprisingly, they do not play there either. I have played these songs before - many times, and have never come across any issues. Most are ripped in late-June and July from my PC, so not that recent. Others ripped after that - work.
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I have had the same problem, and managed to solve it this evening. This solution works on a PC, so if you also have a Mac you'll need to copy the repaired tracks across somehow.
The cause of the problem is faulty ID3 tags - the area inside the MP3 file where metadata such as artist name, album title and cover art are stored. iTunes has known issues with the insertion of cover art into ID3 tags, and given that you and I have both noticed the unreadable/unmodifiable album art, I suspect this is where the problem lies. iTunes appears to have broken the files sufficiently that I couldn't get them to play in any music playing software, or on my iPod itself. On the iPod, each song is attempted for a couple of seconds and then skipped.
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What you will be doing is to strip out and then re-write all the ID3 tags. Note that I tried other software, which was meant to do exactly that, with no success. The program I ended up using had an option to rewrite MP3 tags, which also didn't work. The only successful method was to tell it to remove the tags altogether, and then tell it to re-write them from scratch. So here is the step-by-step method for fixing a single song, and then the shortcut for fixing the lot:
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Many albums at a time: As above, just drag and drop several albums, one after the other, into the foobar2000 window before you repair the tracks.
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