Classic skipping songs

I have the same problem *** others seem to be suffering.  My old Classic starting picking on certain artists and refusing to play them, just skipped through the songs.  It was gradually adding new artists to its banned list, grew from 1 to 7 in about 12 months, which was worrying.  I re-installed iTunes, reset the ipod etc no luck.  I have copied the songs to a friend's iPod and they play fine, as do they on my iPhone - the problem was the Classic iPod.
I sent it off under warrenty and they said it was uneconomical to repair and gave me a full refund.  I have just bought a new 160gb Classic (need this size for all my music) and exactly the same thing is happening with the same artists!  This seems to me to be a Classic issue?
Can anyone help me please?

Hi -Bilbo from Cheshire has solved my skipping issue and it may work for you too?   The problem seems to be corrupted MPEG headers (whatever they are!), and the Firmware with the latest iTunes is less tolerant of errors in the headers.  Apparently.  Anyway, I downloaded MP3Validator (just googled it and there was a helpful tutorial from another tech guy) it is free.  You find any tracks or whole albums that are skipping and ask it to check them - it does, then solves the problems.  Delete the tracks from your iPod and then re-install them using "find folder" option, re-sync the ipod and they work.
or at least they do for me!  Hope this helps.

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