Ipod Classic 160 Gb refuses to play several songs.

Hi
i´m long time reader , first time "complainer".
I had an Ipod 4G then 5.5 Video 80 Gig and had no problems with them.
All songs in my library were played without any glitches.
Ipod classic simply refuses to play some of them.
Those songs are very "old" i ripped them with a decoder called lame long time ago.
4G and 5.5 G Ipods played them and itunes still dose but Ipod classic don´t.
I chose a song and Ipod simply stops i mean not freezes just stops playing. I can move forward and back in song and i can see "play" symbol in upper right corner but the progress marker dont move and i dont hear any sound.
Is here someone with a similar problem ?
i´m sorry for my bad english.

If those Files are ripped in .mp3 (this is what I guess) you may try to convert them to .mp3 again. There is a Tool called dbPowerAmp which is shareware, but I think, a free demo is available. With this Tool, I once repaired some Songs that where ripped with Lame. My old Player MusicMatch said, their are curpted. iTunes played them well. So just try to reconvert your files from .mp3 to .mp3.
By the way: The Format .aac is not a bad one.

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