Ipod 160 Classic Constantly Skipping Songs. :c

I have an Ipod 160 Classic thats been working just fine til now. Now it skips a whole lot of songs and plays some half way. It does it both on the ipod and computer. I dont wanna restore my ipod because I dont have all my music saved into my computer. :c Any suggestions??

You will probably get a better response if you post in the iPod Classic Forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=204

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Hello there,
I am facing a trouble with my iPod, there are some songs that it keeps skipping, see, it starts playing the song, and every time at the same second of the music, it just skips the song and goes to the next one of the list.
It doesn't happen with all songs, it happens only with the SAME files, and I can say that these files are NOT corrupted, cause they play normaly on my pc AND, if I press and hold the forward key on the iPod to pass through the moment that the song is skipped, it plays the rest of the song without any problem, so, it happens only in an exact spot of the file, does anyone knows what's happening?
Hope you've understood me, my english is not so good.
Thanks for helping.
Message was edited by: CESF

I have the same problem on my ipod 80gb classic that I purchased recently. It is VERY annoying that many files have this skipping problem on the ipod but play perfectly fine on my other mp3 players (creative/sansa etc) and on itunes...
The problem is, there is no way to know in advance which songs in your collection (huge) will skip. When I had been to the local apple store for help, they suggested that one possibility is for me to re-encode all my 80gb of music, how wonderful?? And they also started trying to give vague justifications like DRM protection issues that can cause this...asking me to reinstall itunes quick time etc...crap.
Added to this is the scroll wheel which is not so responsive...
I had some respect for apple products, and used to have the opinion they do a few (only) things but do it perfectly... but that feeling is gone, big disappointment.

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Hello christopherfromvalrico,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help with skipping tracks. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice for the issue you are experiencing:
Troubleshooting songs that skip on iPod
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
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BobbyD

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Ive read other people having a problem with their ipod 160classic randomly pausing for 2 secs then resuming play from where it left off. Ive also read this is probably an inherent design flaw with to small of a cache because it happens with larger files( i've only had it happen with my apple lossless files and wavs as opposed to my 256vbr mp3s). Is there any fix ive restored, my ipod defragged it, took off album art, and nothing helps. Nothings more annoying than having a random pause as your getting into the music then to have it continue where it left off. THe problem cannot be recreated its random if you rewind to where it occurred it wont repeat there but somewhere else. this happens 5 or more times per hour for me using the higher bit files.
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Thanks for asking the question, and leading me to a workaround..
It certainly means I can enjoy the iPod again, even if it's plugged into my HiFi using the headphone jack, and running on battery power. Still sounds great.
It would be nice if the device worked properly while docked, but I'm a lot happier now regardless.
Cheers, Bill

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Ive read other people having a problem with their ipod 160classic randomly pausing for 2 secs then resuming play from where it left off. Ive also read this is probably an inherent design flaw with to small of a cache because it happens with larger files( i've only had it happen with my apple lossless files and wavs as opposed to my 256vbr mp3s). Is there any fix ive restored, my ipod defragged it, took off album art, and nothing helps. Nothings more annoying than having a random pause as your getting into the music then to have it continue where it left off. THe problem cannot be recreated its random if you rewind to where it occurred it wont repeat there but somewhere else. this happens 5 or more times per hour for me using the higher bit files.
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