IPod ot playing songs

My iPod will not play the songs i have, it stays at 0:00 and then will skip to the next song which will also not work. It does this until it finds a song that will play. Ive checked the volume and the songs that do not play on my iPod will play on itunes.
Help please
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I have used these two programs to get the data out of the ipod, Xplay and Floola. The former is commercial, the latter is free but xplay has a few more options.
http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=WiwiHome
http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay/
I understand Winamp (it has a free version) does sort of the same but I have never had the chance to use it.
http://www.winamp.com/

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Okay. I've been searching for days in forums, etc for a solution to no avail.
I have a 4GB ipod nano 3rd gen.
I run Windows Vista. I updated my iTunes to version 8 and plugged in my iPod to charge it. First time charging the iPod in this computer running Vista. Every other time I would charge in my other computer running XP.
When I connected the iPod I recieved the message saying the iPod may have disc problems. I cancelled the message. I recieved a message asking if I would like to sync the songs to or from the iPod. I chose to sync the songs from my iPod onto my computer (again, first time using this Vista computer).
After syncing the songs onto my Vista computer I noticed it had not synced all the songs. I ejected the iPod. Plugged it back in. This time when the message prompted about the disc needing repair I chose yes.
My iPod was not detected by iTunes, and has not been from that point on. Furthermore, I cannot play songs from my iPod. I can power it on, scroll through songs, etc, but when I choose a song to play it either flashes the album cover then that screen goes away right away, or it freezes for about ten seconds, in which time if I circle the wheel I hear my click volume going up and down but nothing on screen is happening at all. Another weird thing is I can load the Quiz Show game that plays clips of music and has you guess what they are, but when I play the game now it's just the Quiz Show music the whole time and none of my songs will play.
This is really weird and I don't know why no one has posted a solution on any websites yet. I have read so many differrent threads on so many differrent websites, but no one can answer my question.
APPLE I CHALLENGE YOU!!! HELP MEH

What format are these certain track encoded in (AAC, MP3, etc.)? Have you worked through each of the suggestions in this article related to your issue?
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B-rock

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Assuming the songs play in iTunes on the computer
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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First, for safety, do a quick diagnostic of the iPod.
You can do this by starting a sync as usual with iTunes, then enabling Disk Use. Now, go to Utilities/Disk Utility on your desktop, and perform a diagnostic - it should take only a few seconds. Now, go back onto iTunes and Disable Disk Use (so you can take your cable out).
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Try the steps listed here...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303545
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1320
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I have an iPod mini that used to work.
I linked it to another PC (and iTunes) for a few seconds and since then my ipod will not play anything.
You can see all the songs that I used to have on the ipod, and when you try to play an album it just skips through each song, just displaying the name on the ipod for about half a second, then displaying the next song, and so on.
When I look on the ipod, the available space is 3.7mb which is the max it can be, so it looks as though the actual songs on the hard drive have been deleted, but the names remain.
I have tried connecting it to my pc a number of times, have tried getting updated versions of iTunes and iPod updater, but to no avail.
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You may want to read the user's guide at
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPodmini(2ndGen)UserGuide.pdf
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Transferring Songs and Playlists to iPod mini Automatically
By default, iPod mini updates automatically when you connect it to your computer.
iTunes updates the iPod mini music library to match the songs and playlists in your
computer’s music library, transferring new songs to iPod mini and deleting songs from
iPod mini that aren’t in your music library.
You can set iPod mini to transfer only certain songs in your iTunes music library. This is
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By connecting to another PC, you may have begun the update process which deletes your music first and then attempts to match what is found in iTunes on the PC you connected to... You should view your ipod mini as a hard disk storage device and check to see if there are any songs on it. I imagine if you connect back to the original PC with your iTunes account, it should hypothetically resynch it and place all your songs back onto the device if any are missing. That is if you haven't mucked up your original iTunes library.
The most common troubleshooting recommendation for ipods doesn't hurt also. That is, reset the device by switching the hold button to on and off. Then press the menu and select buttons simultaneously for 6 secs.
Good luck!
~Eric

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Hi all,
This is my first question here, so please be patient with me if I'm rambling, or this is posted in the wrong forum.
I've recently downloaded a language learning course and want to put it on my iPhone so I can learn Italian as I'm on the bus. While it's great having this course at my fingertips, I want to keep these particular audio files from playing when I'm listening to music on the iPod.
So my question(s) is this..is it possible to somehow ADD files to the iPhone (iPod) while excluding them from the general iPod playlist? I don't want to have to skip over these files each time I'm listening to music, but I still want to keep the files on the iPhone(iPod). If it is possible, how would I go about it?
Thanks for all help!
Cheers!
PBEnglish

There's a work around by using playlists in computer's iTunes.
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Sync with the selected playlists in iTunes when connected to the iPhone.
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Now on iPhone you can choose music or language course playlist without interferences.

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Alex

I'm not sure what you mean by "iPod format". If I recall correctly, the PS3 should support unprotected .aac files. However, it won't support protected ones, which, until recently, were the bulk of what the iTunes Store sold.
Also, I don't believe that Apple has ever said that iPods will work with PS3s in any way so I doubt that any updates will address what ever problem you're having.

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Okay, so I will be listening to a song like "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles and will get the urge to change the song to a different band and song half way through of listening to it. After listening to the new band and song and like a month goes by I will go back to The Beatles song and it will begin where i left off and not in the beginning like it used to. How can i fix this because it makes me mad that it starts half way through and not in the beginning?

Hello uhmcookies,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
I believe the "Remember playback position" is enabled for these songs in iTunes. This option will ensure that wherever you leave off in a song is always where it will be picked up off at. This is a nice feature for audiobook tracks, but not music.
Anyways, you can disable it by removing the check mark next to this option from under the track's Options tab in iTunes. You can access this tab by right->clicking on the track and choosing "Get Info" from the menu.
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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