Any one experiencing itunes skipping/stuttering when playing music

i tunes is skipping since recent update

There is an alternative version for 64-bit editions of Windows here:
iTunes 12.1 for Windows (64-bit — for older video cards)
that seems to address the most of the playback issues that some users have been reporting with the full 64-bit version of 12.1.0.77. The alternative installer here is the same architecture as most previous "64-bit" versions of iTunes, i.e., a 32-bit application with a 64-bit installer. The "for older video cards" label appears to be something of a misnomer as some people have reported that this corrects problems found on current / high-spec systems.
Some users have reported that after installing this alternative version it is necessary to adjust the "Play audio using" selection (normally to "Direct Sound" rather than "Windows Audio Session", though this may vary based on your audio hardware/drivers) in Edit > Preferences > Playback to restore glitch-free audio - one part of the reported symptoms is that the "Direct Sound" choice isn't available, usually in Windows 8.
If this doesn't address the issue, you may want to think about reverting to iTunes 12.0 - see Turingtest2's notes on Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates for steps needed to completely remove all installed iTunes components, and for links to the 12.0 installers.

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Itunes stutters when playing music

When I'm playing music in itunes and go to open another program, the music skips and stutters.
I saw posts elsewhere to go to Quicktime preferences and "change the 'Sound Out' from DirectSound to something more reasonable, like 'Wave Out.'" I found nothing in preferences indicating "directsound" but checked a box marked, "Safe mode (waveOut only)" which did not fix my problem. The skipping/stuttering is still there.
Any advice is appreciated
HP DV1000 Windows XP Pro 1.6GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM

Hi Denis,
I managed to fix a similar issue on Mac OS X:
"I am running 10.5.8 on an iMac 27 with a 2.66GHz i5 processor and got the same side-effects after I moved up to iTunes 10.5. Th e problem also continued when I downgraded to 10.4.1 as well, straight afterwards. However, I managed to resolve it fairly quickly in this way:
Opened the Activity Monitor, and looked at the processes taking most resources.
The one that leapt out at the top, if ordered by % CPU, was "ShockWave Flash (Chrome Plug-in Host)".
So, I closed down Chrome and noted that it was still there. Thus, I sent a force quit to it and waited for it to die. I then re-opened iTunes and the annoying stuttering had gone. I've now got Chrome and this plug-in open and it has not returned. I suspect the issue may frequently be caused by a plug-in like this causing resource contention, but I can't say for sure as I've only seen this once.
My advice would be to close down, one by one, as many apps as you can and constantly review activity ordered by CPU in Activity Monitor. If you think you can safely quit the process then do so and retry iTunes. If you're not sure, then gracefully shutdown and look again. Bear in mind, the problem may be launching at startup. Before shutting down, review your Login Items in System Prefs->Accounts->"My Account"->Login Items. Remove anything you can live without. You can always add them back in. If you manage to spot conflicting software then you can look for a patch or upgrade, but at least be aware that it does not play well with iTunes and thus quickly fix your issue."
May be you can follow a similar process on Windows? I would target your suspicions towards Adobe and Google components :-) !!!
Hope this helps.

ITunes 10.5 randomly stutters when playing music

Installed iTunes 10.5 last week to get new iOS for iPhone. I have a HP Pavillion notebook running WIndows 7 and have had no problem with iTunes before at all. Now, however, when I am playing music on iTunes little electronic glitches and stutters are audible. They are random and seem to affect both mp3 and aac. Nothing else on my computer has changed aside from the itunes update. VLC media player still seems to be fine.
I see some people are having distortion issues with the new iTunes, but this is more just a little distorted stutter for half a second or so every once or twice a minute.
Can I fix this, or will I have to wait for the next update of iTunes? Any help with this would be gratefully appreciated.

Hi Denis,
I managed to fix a similar issue on Mac OS X:
"I am running 10.5.8 on an iMac 27 with a 2.66GHz i5 processor and got the same side-effects after I moved up to iTunes 10.5. Th e problem also continued when I downgraded to 10.4.1 as well, straight afterwards. However, I managed to resolve it fairly quickly in this way:
Opened the Activity Monitor, and looked at the processes taking most resources.
The one that leapt out at the top, if ordered by % CPU, was "ShockWave Flash (Chrome Plug-in Host)".
So, I closed down Chrome and noted that it was still there. Thus, I sent a force quit to it and waited for it to die. I then re-opened iTunes and the annoying stuttering had gone. I've now got Chrome and this plug-in open and it has not returned. I suspect the issue may frequently be caused by a plug-in like this causing resource contention, but I can't say for sure as I've only seen this once.
My advice would be to close down, one by one, as many apps as you can and constantly review activity ordered by CPU in Activity Monitor. If you think you can safely quit the process then do so and retry iTunes. If you're not sure, then gracefully shutdown and look again. Bear in mind, the problem may be launching at startup. Before shutting down, review your Login Items in System Prefs->Accounts->"My Account"->Login Items. Remove anything you can live without. You can always add them back in. If you manage to spot conflicting software then you can look for a patch or upgrade, but at least be aware that it does not play well with iTunes and thus quickly fix your issue."
May be you can follow a similar process on Windows? I would target your suspicions towards Adobe and Google components :-) !!!
Hope this helps.

Why does iTunes shut down when playing music but not using computer, why does iTunes shut down when playing music but not using computer

Hi Everybody
When I use my macbook pro running lion 10.7.2 to play music through itunes it shuts down after about 2 minutes, is there anything I can set to keep the itunes open and playing when not in use, this problem only started when I updated from snow loepard to lion.
Thanks

Hi Limnos
I have tried that but it makes no difference at all, the only way I have found to get continues sound is to open and set a keynote presentation onto play and dimmed the screen using the function key and adjusting it manually so as not to kicker my screen, there must be an easier way than this.
Thanks for trying

ITunes skips/pauses when playing back .wav or .aiff files

Hello all,
Ever since I upgraded to iTunes 6.01, every .wav or .aiff file I play results in skipping playback. Sometimes the sound will pause, other times it will skip half a second or more. It sounds like a scratched CD without the screeching.
The iTunes visualiser goes 'flat' during these periods of silence, implying that it thinks the silences are breaks in the music. Rewinding the skipped portion usually results in it playing back satisfactorily, although it will continue to skip throughout the remainder of the track, as it would have done without my intervention.
They still skip when opening the files in QuickTime Player, although not as much - perhaps once a tune rather than the five-almost constant in iTunes. Also, they worked perfectly in both programs before I upgraded to 6.01.
Anyone else having this problem, or is it just me?
I've sent feedback to Apple, but other than that, I'm at a loss as to what to do. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your time,
Tony Ghirra
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I updated the AE firmware and made sure my airport and AE software were current, but the problem is still there. One thing that makes it hard to track is that the amount of skipping varies during the day, so sometimes it will play an album without skipping, and others it will skip a few times per track (i.e. unlistenable). Still fiddling with channels to see if that helps...
There is one peculiar thing that happens only with playback involving AirportExpress, even if there are no skips in the track:
When iTunes approaches within (approx) 10-15 seconds of the end of a song, it will jump the time-display forward to the beginning of the next song: then the display will wait at the 0-second mark of the new song till the current song almost finishes (it will clip a couple of seconds off the end): then iTunes will start playing the next new song.
G4 iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I recently got an iphone 5S and my songs not purchased from iTunes are grayed out (phone only) and are skipped past when playing them through my iPhone.

I recently got an iphone 5S and my songs not purchased from iTunes are grayed out (phone only) and are skipped past when playing them through my iPhone. i have tried the following:
1) Removing all music from phone and resynced to iTunes PC library.
2) Erased phone and restored from back up
3) Erased phone and started as a new iPhone
4) Reformated the music files in my library that weren't playing
5) Deleted songs from iPhone and computer and re-imported CDs
6) Tried to redownload my COMPLETE MUSIC LIBRARY from iCloud.
7) I have also turned it off and turned it back on several times
8) I tried syncing through my macbook (only moved partial songs to it to see if it would even work).
9) I have tried to get Siri to play them, did not work.
10) All music does play fine on my iPod Touch 3rd (iOS6 i think) gen and iTunes on Mac and PC
11) I added a CD to my roommates iTunes and it plays on their iPhone 5S but not mine.
After all of these things it is now WORSE!!! My iTunes purchased songs are now experiencing the same issue along with some (not all) of the original music files that were skipping and grayed out. My conclusion is i have no clue at this point! I have done everything i have found online in EVERY discussion, i have spent over 60 hours trying to get this to work and i am asking myself, i bought this product why am having to fix this when it worked just fine on my iPod touch (3rd Gen) and iPod Classic!!!! PLEASE APPLE FIX THIS ISSUE FOR US!!!!

I had this problem too after i upgdatd to OS X Mavericks... only the songs on my iphone 5s that i purchased from itunes would play.
i read something about it being a syncing issue. when you plug your phone into your computer with the usb cable, the person said to switch from automatic syncing of itunes to the "manual" option. mine was already set to manual so i wasn't sure anything would work. BUT, when i plugged my phone into my computer, it started to sync all of my music on my phone again (top of itunes bar where song playing/time is listed said "now syncing 123/534 songs to x's iphone"). once that was completed, i checked the music app on my iphone and everything was back to normal!
so, i would suggest setting your music syncing settings to manual if you haven't tried that yet!
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When playing music from Ipod in my car, music suddenly stops and message appears to restore in iTunes. After a few minutes, it starts to play again. I hear a click and the apple logo shows on the screen. Any ideas??

When playing music from Ipod in my car, music suddenly stops and message appears to restore in iTunes. After a few minutes, it starts to play again. I hear a click and the apple logo shows on the screen. Any ideas??

You may need to do a Restore in iTunes.
Clicking sounds from an iPod that has a hard drive is probably not a good thing. It is possible that your iPod's hard drive is becoming unreliable.

Have just install itunes on a new PC running windows 8 and I am getting very bad distortion when playing music, any ideas

Have just install itunes on a new PC running windows 8 and I am getting very bad distortion when playing music, any ideas. Music on web (youtube) is working fine.

Use a different browser.
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Itunes delays ONLY when playing mp3's. Also it delays when I move any file type into a playlist. Help! I'm about to go back to Windows Media Player!

Hi friends! Like I said Itunes delays ONLY when playing mp3's. Also it delays when I move any file type into a playlist.
Here's what I've done so far;
I 've checked my external hardrive (by playing it off my internal instead), I've tried reinstalling (although it wasn't an uninstall), I've tried clicking on all the neccesary boxes (let itunes organize files, copy files, consolidate, and reorganize), I've tried different sound cards, I've tried moving files quickly (as some have said this works). I'm not sure what's wrong. I have 7000 songs.
Any help would be great!

Have you tried installing Media Manager on another computer and streaming the songs from there?
How about smaller playlists? See the same problem?
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ITunes skipping/stuttering!

All of a sudden yesterday out of the blue iTunes (7.6.1) starts stuttering/skipping .... sounds "scratchy" "pops" like an old vinyl recording ... on every track always. It makes listening to my music library impossible, useless.
I did a search - nothing posted since December and no real solution.
I am using Tiger 10.4.11 on MacBook Pro Intel. I don't have the problem when playing iTunes on Mac mini. How to get rid of this!!!
Same thing happening when playing music samples at iTunes Store and also during podcasts.
Message was edited by: pwwwayne

I posted a reply Mar 26 to a similar discussion (labeled 'Audio Skip'), following up on post that connected this problem to a USB port on a MacBook. I was having this problem on a new iMac current with all software updates, with no obvious pattern for the skipping other than it happened every time I ran iTunes.
Thinking the USB port might be the problem I first switched the sound from my external harman/kardon speakers to the internal speakers and ran iTunes for over three hours. There was no skipping. I then switched back to external speakers but plugged into a different USB port on the back of the iMac. Several hours of play later I've had no skipping. Other devices plugged into the originally-used USB port are exhibiting no problems so don't think the port is 'bad'.
I'm not a hardware person so don't know why this seems to be working, but the skipping problems seems like a bug to me. I've not changed back to the original configuration to see if the problem returns.
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HT2995 Only one speaker works when playing music. Is this normal?

Only one speaker works when playing music. Is this normal?

This being the Mac mini forum, I naturally presumed you were asking about a mini. But in any case, there's only speaker in an iPhone as well.
Regards.

HT1414 touch screen does not work on my ipod when playing music on itunes, but works fine on every other thing on ipod

touch screen does not work on my ipod when playing music on itunes, but works fine on every other thing on ipod, can anyone help or what is the cause

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

HT5287 DVD and CD sharing will not let you play or share DVD movies and audio CD's. Does any one know of a way to get music from a CD on a MacBook Pro wirelessly to an iMac?

DVD and CD sharing will not let you play or share DVD movies and audio CD's. Does any one know of a way to get music from a CD on a MacBook Pro wirelessly to an iMac?

I cannot find the eMac install disk, and I haven't been able to get it to start up from my 10.3 CDRm (holding down option or c), though I read something somewhere about these not being able to start up from system folders earlier than those they shipped with. I've dealt with this sort of thing several times before, and it always seemed to work to simply use target disk mode.
It definitely won't start up fromt the 10.5 DVD-R, and I'm pretty sure I tried putting the MBP into TM to use its optical drive as well, but it didn't work. But it's worth trying again, and I appreciate your input greatly.

Volume inconsistent when playing music in iTunes

My volume is inconsistent when playing music. As in goes loud then soft without me changing volume.
I dont get this problem with games or movies.
Please help its very annoying.
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I found the problem. I opened up app from application file instead of the dock and itunes worked fine.. I then deleted the short cut and reinstalled short cut and all works fine.

Ussd not Working on my iphone 5 Ios 7.0.3 i am form India , BSNL Carrier Any one can Help me please . when i dail *123# then can't work its direct dailing.

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