Ipod randomly skipping to the end of songs

when playing certain songs on my ipod (5th gen 60gb), the song will play fine until there are about 45 seconds left, at which point the ipod will skip until there is one second left, and freeze for about a minute. this problem does not occur when playing the songs in itunes.
the problem seems to only happen with songs I have ripped using itunes lame, but this does not happen with all songs I have ripped using that software. this problem is very annoying and is keeping me from listening to many songs on my ipod.
thanks in advance for any help/advice.

i'm having the same problem of skipping songs. Minehappens on the gen5 60 gig player only when I want to use a playlist. Mine just seem sto not like my song selection and just skipps a multitude of songs until it find one it likes and starts there. In one list it just goes to the ninth song plays it through and then goes to 12, 14 etc. Should anyone come up with a cause or solution it would be great. I have reset the player three times and that goes not do the trick, even for a minute.

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Okay,
When I play certain songs in my iPod it will be good, usually until the last 40/20 seconds, then it will skip the rest!! This only happends to some songs, and others are normal. And I know it's not the actual songs because on iTunes it works perfectly!!
Any ideas?
Thanxxx!!

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I know this may sound basic, but have you tried the suggestions from this Knowledge Base article?:
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-Kylene

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