20G iPod Won't Play AIFF files

It simply scrolls past them. Any reason for this? The same thing happens with Apple Lossless.

Why don't you try converting the AIFF files to Apple Lossless? I think you may have to burn the AIFFs to CD Audio, then import them, but I assume this would reduce the size of the file to a similar size to a compressed AIFF, and you won't lose the sound quality.

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