IPod skipping through all my songs, can't play.

When I start it up, and go to a song, it skips it and keeps going through the list until it's at the last song and it goes back to the main menu. I've tried resetting it, and nothing helps. Has anyone else had this problem????

Let the songs skip until your iPod dies or hook it up to your PC

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I have 30gb iPod video and it skips through all the songs and then goes back to the menu. Occasionally I can get it to stop skipping through and play part of one song. I have reset it several times. Also, when I plug it in to the computer it appears in iTunes as the name of my iPod Nano. I really don't want to lose all the songs on my iPod because it was my sister's iPod and she recently passed away. Most of the songs on here she put on and I don't want to lose those songs... Is there a way I can get the songs off my iPod onto my computer and then restore the iPod? Or is there a good way I can fix the problem?

i'll have a go at this one:
Also, when I plug it in to the computer it appears in iTunes as the name of my iPod Nano.
that can be caused by a Windows drive letter confusion. are the techniques from this document of any help with that?
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear

Ipod skips throught all the songs

when i click on a song it skips through all the songs again and again..
is this a gitch with the ipod or a bug????

Is this happening with all songs or only purchased music?
Assuming it is all music...
Try resetting your iPod...
Resetting iPod
If that doesn't work, make sure your iPod's software is up to date...
iTunes
iPod Updater
Updating iPod's Software
If you updated and the problem persists, try a restore...
Restore the iPod
This may also be helpful...
Troubleshooting Songs That Skip On iPod
btabz

My iPod just skips through all the songs without playing them

The other day, I was listening to a playlist on my iPod Nano (first generation), and it just skipped over one of my favorite songs. I immediately reset my iPod and went back to the playlist, but this time, it wouldn't play any of the songs. The artwork, title, artist, etc came up for a second, then it would skip to the next song and do the same thing. I reset it a few times, updated iTunes, and updated my iPod, but nothing worked. I'm extremely disappointed because I'm pretty sure my iPod isn't under warranty anymore, but still, it hasn't even been two years since I purchased it. Is there any way I can fix the iPod? If not, could someone please tell me how I could contact Apple and possibly get a replacement? I understand that it'll be difficult sine it's no longer under warranty, but when I spend $250 on a product, I expect it to work for more than a year and a half. Thanks so much to anyone who can help.

DeepCove-r,
You can actually transfer your iPod songs to your computer.
First, you'll need to prevent iTunes from automatically syncing your iPod. To do that, follow these steps:
1 - Open iTunes.
2 - Connect your iPod to your computer.
3 - Basically as soon as your iPod begins to display "Do Not Disconnect", begin to press and hold the Ctrl and Shift keys together.
Continue to do this for perhaps about 20 seconds after your iPod appears in the Source List of iTunes (the left area).
After you've prevented iTunes from auto-syncing your iPod, click on it in the Source List, and under the "Summary" tab, select the option: "manually manage content on iPod".
Also, go to the Music, podcasts, etc. tabs, and deselect all check-boxes that say "Sync", to sync music, or podcasts.
Now, to save your changes, click the "Apply" button in the bottom-right corner of this screen.
Now, to transfer your iPod songs to your computer, there are a few different methods, but perhaps the most straight-forward way to do it would be to download a third-party program which can do this for you.
YamiPod is free, and commonly recommended for using with copying your iPod songs to your computer.
After you have those songs copied to your computer sucessfully, restore your iPod in iTunes.
-Kylene

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when using my ipod touch i went to play an album, and the ipod starting skipping through the songs, and now have the red stop sign next to them and i cant play these songs now. how do i fix this?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5397140
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5693855?tstart=30
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5711119
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5611266?tstart=0

My Ipod is switching through all my songs!!

I have a 30GB video Ipod and it just got done charging and i took it out of the usb and when i went to go and listen to it, it starts to scroll through all my songs and not letting me listen to any of the songs!!! Can somone tell me whats goin on? and if so can you help???? please reply i need help!

Did you make sure that you ejected the hardware safely?
They don't like being dismounted before the connection is closed, it can do really significant damage to the iPod and it is cumulative (it builds up and gets worse).
Reset your iPod and place it back in your dock after you have let your battery run out after all of the "turbo-scrolling" (as I like to call it) through your library has finished.
Let the iPod synchronise properly again and make sure it is safe to dismount your iPod from your dock.
This may happen again later if it is slightly damaged, just be patient and let it run down again, repeating the process.
If you are worried about damage, you can always check the disk to make sure that it is not damaged and repair any damage to the sectors.
(bear in mind that reformatting it if you want to will erase your music)

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If you go to the Now Playing screen, the Repeat control is the the arrowed racetrack icon on the left side right below the scrubber bar. Tap the icon to change. It is white when Repeat is off.

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If your iPhone is skipping over certain songs, you may want to check out this article:
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Yes i've tried all of that. I've turned it all the way on and off and erased all of my music and put it back on and nothing works. And with the breaking up CDs and putting into compilation categories i have already fixed all of that stuff. It's fine it just doesn't show up in the list of artists. I can find the album in the songs category and the albums category it's just it doesn't show tha name of the artist. All of the other albums that i downloaded before i updated my itunes to th most recent update are fine. It's just the two that i downloaded afterwards. Thanks for trying though.

Ipod skipping through my tunes

Hi,
my ipod won't play any music, when you chose the album you want to play it skips through the list and doesn't play any song, it just thinks it has, I can hear a clicking noise like it is trying to play, but nothing happens, I can see the songs on the screen, the ipod flicks through them all in about 10 seconds, any ideas what may be wrong?
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Try these five steps (known as the five Rs) and it would conquer most iPod issues.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

I have two albums (RCA Sweeny Todd 2 discs set and RCA Into the Woods 1 disc) where the songs are listed as being on the same album on the list view, but do not group together on the iPod, so the songs can't play consecutively, or in the proper order.

I have two albums (RCA Sweeny Todd 2 discs set and RCA Into the Woods 1 disc) where the songs are listed as being on the same album on the list view, but do not group together on the iPod, so the songs can't play consecutively, or in the proper order. The "Apply Sort Field" and "Same album does not work, but ti is only these two RCA albums that do this. All other albums remain intact. Need help with this minor problem. Thanks.

UPDATE: This behavior (to an extent) still happens when "Repeat Album" is off. Instead of an infinite loop, it goes through all the tracks on the album (unsuccessfully) and kicks me out to the Album overview screen. Going back to list of Albums and tapping the Album again brings up "No Content: You can download music from the iTunes Store" but that screen immediately kicks me back to list of Albums.
So I am just even more confused now.

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I don't want to download itunes and reconnect the ipod because the ipod is already on 4 different hard drives(that no longer exist). I would prefer a different media player than itunes. Any compatible with ipod?
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ipod skips over the itunes songs but not those copied from CD's. Can this be fixed?
Authorize your iTunes then sync the iPod.
ipod skips over the itunes songs but not those copied from CD's. Can this be fixed?
Would you explain?
iPods are not on or linked to hard drives in anyway.
I would prefer a different media player than itunes. Any compatible with ipod?
If you have DRM protected songs, no.

How do I get iTunes to stop cycling through all my songs?? I want to listen to them not watch them fly by without a sound!

I click on a song and iTunes just starts shuffling through all my songs without stop. I can't use it at all! This just started when I got the iPhone 5 so I am imagining it is a software issue but I am current and still have the problem. Are there any fixes out there?

Do you have iTunes Match?
If so, when does your subscription expire? There have recently been a fair number of problems with the early adopters of iTunes Match having problems as iTM attempts to auto-renew the subscription. Fixing this requires actual involvement of an Apple Tech Support person.
What you're describing was exactly the behavior I experienced when Apple mistakenly cut off my iTM account last weekend.

Here goes. My iPod touch has all my songs on it. I have changed computers several times and iTunes has a library of similar but not as many songs as iPod. When I plug iPod in ans go to sync it says that iTunes library will replace iPod songs.

Here goes. My iPod touch has all my songs on it. I have changed computers several times and iTunes has a library of similar but not as many songs as iPod. When I plug iPod in ans go to sync it says that iTunes library will replace iPod songs. I don't want this to happen I want the I pod songs to sync with iTunes. What do I do?

That really does not work since music is not included in the backup. See:
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puttly123 wrote:
backup your ipod. then sync your ipod to the computer, then restore your ipod and it will still have the right songs. its exactly what i had to do with mine.

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A not uncommon problem. See this previous discussion.
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