Discovered the non-play issue ... VBR MP3's ...

After spending an annoying amount of time trying to figure out why certain tracks simply do not play on my 3rd gen iPod nano (Stays at 0.00 showing playing) the main issue seems to be with Variable Bit Rate (VBR) MP3's. All my VBR MP3's encoded with LAME 3.9 (Pre-iTunes) simply sit at 0.00 showing playing.
Could others having this issue see what format MP3 or AAC tracks are causing their issues?

Some apps put incorrect info in the VBR tags and cause iTunes to mess up.
You can fix the song files in Windows with this app -> VBRFix.
Not sure how to get VBRFix running on the Mac though.
Looks like it needs to be compiled.

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Discovered the non-play issue ... VBR MP3's ...

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