Delay when changing songs

Whenever I change a song on my iPhone 3GS by hitting the next arrow or the previous arrow the song will delay for about 3-5 seconds before changing. It's like it freezes for 3-5 seconds and it becomes really annoying when I shuffle my entire library because it will freeze everytime I go to the next song.
This same thing happened with my old ipod touch and I have no idea how to fix the problem.

The same thing happened to me. I was never sure if it was because usng random was too taxng for my large library or If it just took long to load up the album cover art.
In any case, it looks like the new 3.1 update fixed this finally. Have you upgraded yet? I'm very curious to see if you are still having the problem.

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VERY Slow Respons When Changing Songs on iPod

My work computer is a Windows Vista machine, with Vista, SP 2 installed. I installed iTunes 8.2.0.23 this morning, upgrading from version 8.1.1.10. The new version works well when I play songs stored to the library on my hard drive, but I find that it has a VERY slow response when changing songs that I play from my iPod Touch. At one point, it took 17 seconds to change to the next song in the iPod's library. It changes instantaneously when I play songs from the library stored on my HDD. The iPod Software is version 2.2.1.
Can someone please offer insight?
Is there a way to download and install iTunes 8.1.1.10? I had no problems with that version.

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Loud burst of static when changing songs?

My 5G iPod has recently started to occasionally blast a loud, high-pitched burst of static in my ear when I change songs using the "next" button.
It doesn't happen all the time -- maybe 3-4 times over the last week -- but it's really unpleasant, and I'm afraid it could potentially hurt my ears if it decides to do it really loudly one day.
Could this be a firmware issue? I don't remember this happening until fairly recently, possibly coinciding with the last firmware update.

I've been playing with this for several hours. I can make it do it if I peg the memory use (not hard) and then do something like make a window go full-screen or anything that causes the bluetooth to glitch or pause. I got it to do it watching a YouTube video on full-screen, and then when I un-fullscreened, it blasted static. (So it's not just iTunes.) It appears to be the bluetooth, somehow.
Under Mavericks, this never happened. But Yosemite does it a good portion of the time. Makes the headphones absolutely unusable.

ITunes sound crack / Pop when changing song

Hello
I'm having iTunes Crack / Pop everytime i change a song.
It doesn't occur with Windows Media player.
I'm using Windows 7 x64
Soundcard: ASUS XONAR D2X
anyone got idea on how to remove the crack / pop everytime i change song?

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6267 restarts when changing songs...

I'm now on my third (yes, 3'rd) Nokia 6267 since I got the first two phones replaced just a day (and the day after), because of this problem - and STILL the problem has not disappeared. I even tried to change to another brand om MicroSD-card - for no use.
As it is right now, I can't use the mobile at all for playing my music. Randomly the phone restarts when skipping a song to play the next track. It *may* work for some tries, but after a few click the screen goes black, then white - and we are back to the main window. (Nokia logo with hands not shown as in a common startup). Seems lite the system is restarting somehow.
I'm not really sure how to get on further with this. The company that I bought the phone from told me that if I havent figured out a way to solve the problem myself - they would keep it and send it for repair. That is stupid, since all three phones I've tried now has the same problem, probably a problem that would easily be solved with a new firmware or Series 40 version. I've got the latest, already checked that ofcourse.
Any clues what to do? =( I want the tech-people at Nokia to know about this issue, but I'm not sure how to reach them. I've contacted the Nokia email-support, and I'm very curious about how the will handle this matter.
I'm seriously mad...and sad about all this. Will there be an update for the latest Series 40 and for the Nokia 6267 soon?
Do you have the same problem, please let me know if that is the case!
Best Regards,
Fredrik, Sweden

the allocation unit size is affected in exactly the manner you've stated (for a 2GB card) but small allocation units are not always better.
for small files, it is more efficient to have smaller allocation units. for large files, larger allocation units are better. it boils down to how much work is performed to the read data for an entire file, not just the first chunk.
small files in small allocation units: more efficient since less space is wasted (called 'slack space' by most people, the wasted space is the portion of an allocation unit assigned to a file that is not actually used by that file).
large files with large allocation units: once the filesystem driver has found a data cluster, it can stream more data without being interrupted by another lookup task. there are fewer inode lookups (due to the previous statement). less wasted space on meta data (fewer inodes @ 1 allocation unit per inode). less wasted space on allocation table (2^16 entries instead of 2^32 entries - an entry points to the root inode for a file). less fragmentation: file system fragmentation is more of an issue with smaller allocation units. (tear up a picture into 2x2 inch squares, how disorganized can you make them? tear each of those squares into 4 pieces, how disorderly can they become now?)
faster performance with FAT32 you say? then you must have a lot of rather small files. load up your 2GB card with a few large movies (which is what i like to do) and you should see better performance (and battery life, but not considerably) with FAT16.
sorry to be argumentative, i've had a rough morning. in any case, FAT is a pretty crummy filesystem by today's standards. we're talking about performance and power optimizations on the order of 10%. disk space optimization is a little trickier to predict, since it is a product of how many files you have and how many allocation units they use before the final, partly used allocation unit.
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Spinning wheel delays when deleting songs from library

Powerbook g4 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

If the song is in your own library, you can right-click it and Delete. Or, click the track to highlight it, and then Edit > Delete.
If the track is in a shared library, you cannot delete it.

Itunes 10.6.3 - Just update to the new Itunes and the album artwork is not sticking anymore... I upload the artwork and when I change songs and go back the art is gone. Anyone with similar issue ?

Itunes 10.6.3 - Just update to the new Itunes and the album artwork is not sticking anymore... I upload the artwork and when I change songs and go back the art is gone. Anyone with similar issue ?

I have this issue. Album artwork was totally fine before. After this update, it is all messed up and even got messed up when transferred to my iphone.
iTunes doesn't have the artwork anymore, but then iPhone has it but shows wrong artwork with wrong albums.
Please fix!

Create a delay when a change occurs

Hallo ,
I would like to know how a delay can be created when i change the value of a pre defined control . The range control is a prefedined option that allows me to change the sensitivity . since it takes few seconds for the new sensitivity to be set i would like to create a delay when this value is changed . Kindly help me on this .
thanks and best regards,
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Thanks a lot for your reply .I have implemented what you said. Unfortunately my hardware is facing some issues and i cannot test it right now.
Hope it works .
Thanks once again .
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What is that screen that pops up when you change songs

I notice this little screen that comes up when iTunes changes songs. I also notice how this seems to slow it down and is just annoying in general. What is that and how can I turn it off or disable it?

No, see I have never opened the standard iTunes widget before so i doubt it is causing the screen to show up. The only other iTunes widgets I have downloaded were for lyrics look up nothing related to displaying the current song, and i deleted them already to be safe. Anywho, as soon as SpyMac.com comes back online I will post a picture of the "widget-like" screen that pops up. I will also try what u said but if there is no widget or other iTunes (other than iTunes itself) process running in the Activity Manager then theoretically this is not a widget problem but a setting somewhere in iTunes that was turned on. Anyways, I will post a picture of this as soon as I can.

My macbook air wont change songs when for itunes when i use the buttons on the top of my keyboard and when i restart my computer they work for like 10 minute then stop working again. Did i change a settting? what should i do?

My macbook air wont change songs for iTunes when i use the buttons on the top of my keyboard and when i restart my computer they work for like 10 minutes then stop working again. Did i change a setting? what should i do?

Hello King Cutway
If you are having issues with the functions keys, then check the settings in System Preferences > Keyboard and look to see if Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys is unchecked so you can use it properly.
Mac OS X: How to change the behavior of function keys
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
Regards,
-Norm G.

IPod skips song when I change song.... normal?

Hi I just got an iPod today and was wondering if this was normal: I loaded my itunes library into my ipod, but when I change songs the hard drive will hum for about 15 seconds. After 15 seconds it will skip the song it was searching for and just go to a new one. I was wondering if this is normal and if not, is there a solution to this?
This probably happens about 50% of the time which is quite a nuisance.

I actually found this topic which is the same problem I have just in case other people are having this.... Seems like no solution yet though
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1269838

I have a 5th gen ipod nano that freezes when playing songs. i can't turn off, change songs, turn volume down. song stays stuck and nothing works at all. any ideas??

i have a 5th gen ipod nano that freezes when playing songs. i can't skip, turn down volume, turn ipod off. it simply screeches as the song is stuck at a specific point. any suggestions?

You have 2 options: #1 - iPod Repair Tutorials
#2 - take the iPod Nano to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you.

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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Nano screens are delayed when clicking through

Hello
My Nano has had this issue and I don't know if this is normal or not. When I click through screens, often the next screen is delayed in popping up like a hesitation. I think it is more noticeable when a song is playing.
When I click the next screen it sometimes hesitates, then the whole screen appears redrawn. Is this normal operation for these ipods? I think I only am noticing it recently.
By the way I just updated to iTunes 7 and restored my ipod to factory settings. But I haven't seen any difference.
Also in previous versions of iTunes, if your library was bigger than the ipod a dialog box came up asking if you wanted iTunes to automatically create a playlist for you. There doesn't seem to be this option in 7, only a box that says there isn't enough room!
Nano 1st generation Mac OS X (10.4.7)

For the messages in iTunes when your library is too big: That could just be a software change in iTunes related to the new way to update your iPod in iTunes 7.
For the lag: How long is it taking? The iPod might not respond instantly, but it shouldn't take longer that 1/2 second to 1 second to respond if the iPod isn't doing anything. If it's doing something (you just disconnected it from the computer, loading notes, sometimes music, etc) then there might be a short delay.
The iPod shouldn't be stalling to the point where it stops in between switching menus.
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IPhone 4s Voice Memo App has 5 second delay when the record button is pressed. When it starts recording, it goes from 0 seconds to 5 or so seconds recorded. This happens randomly and often and sometimes has the delay but starts at zero. Solution Anyone?

After iOS 7 update, my iPhone 4s Voice Memo App has 5 second delay when the record button is pressed. When it starts recording, it goes from 0 seconds to 5 or so seconds that it shows has recorded. This happens randomly and often, sometimes it will have the 5+ second delay but starts recording at zero seconds. Besides the delay it has been working fine as far as saving and playback is concerned. I have plenty of storage on the phone itself and it NEVER had this problem before I updated to iOS 7. I've reset the phone a couple times by holding down the power and home buttons at the same time. The reason I have an issue with this is that I'm always recording song ideas, melodies, and scratch takes; what I'm saying is when I come up with an idea I need to be able to know that when I hit record it will start right then so I don't forget anything that has just popped in my mind.
Does anyone have a solution or suggestion?
Thanks

After iOS 7 update, my iPhone 4s Voice Memo App has 5 second delay when the record button is pressed. When it starts recording, it goes from 0 seconds to 5 or so seconds that it shows has recorded. This happens randomly and often, sometimes it will have the 5+ second delay but starts recording at zero seconds. Besides the delay it has been working fine as far as saving and playback is concerned. I have plenty of storage on the phone itself and it NEVER had this problem before I updated to iOS 7. I've reset the phone a couple times by holding down the power and home buttons at the same time. The reason I have an issue with this is that I'm always recording song ideas, melodies, and scratch takes; what I'm saying is when I come up with an idea I need to be able to know that when I hit record it will start right then so I don't forget anything that has just popped in my mind.
Does anyone have a solution or suggestion?
Thanks

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