How do i stop itunes skipping the tracks

could somebody help??
i have just bought a mac and when i play my albums through itunes it skips the track after about 20 secs of it playing

I have had a similar problem, but it was on the ipod and it skipped after one second. Make sure you have imported the files from a good source- an incomplete download or a scratched CD could cause this problem. Does this happen with all your music?

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