Fix for the skipping yet???? SUPPORT = READ THIS

Question

Is there a fix yet for the skipping/clipping in playback that was introduced with 7.6.whatever??? Has Apple even acknowledged that there is a problem???
My iTunes library is useless like this.

Answer 1

Hi,
There are various reasons why iCal won't read that file.
1. Spaces at the end of lines (eg after the last "END:VEVENT"). I'm not sure if this is incorrect, but iCal does not like it.
2. The format of some of the dates/times is incorrect. (see http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.html#sec-4.3.12 and http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.html#sec-4.3.4 if you're interested).
3. The UIDs for the two events are not unique. Perhaps this is something you edited? (see http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.html#sec-4.8.4.7 )
This works in my iCal:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20100512T133215Z
DTSTART:20100601T141000Z
DTEND:20100601T221300Z
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Omitted
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Reagan National
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Your Itinerary: SFO-DCA
PRIORITY:1
UID:TKTNO-DELTA-11111111
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT1440M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20100512T133215Z
DTSTART:20100605T110000Z
DTEND:20100605T195000Z
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:OMITTED
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:San Francisco Intl
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Your Itinerary: DCA-SFO
PRIORITY:1
UID:TKTNO-DELTA-11111112
SEQUENCE:1
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT1440M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Best wishes
John M