IPod Skips Half Way Through

My iPod Video 30gb Windows 1.2.1 has recently encountered an unusual problem which I can't seem to figure out with any kind of technical help.
When I play a song (half of them)it plays it to around half or 75% and skips all the way to the end and says theres a few seconds left and freezes. I have 401 songs and I used the On-The-Go playlist tool to make a list of all the songs that have issues, there were 219 songs. When I went to the root folder and played the music files that had problems it played perfectly all the way to the end. I have tried restoring it so many times and lost so many videos.
Any ideas would be nice.
BTW My iPod is still within warranty and I have around 230 days left of service can I take my iPod to an Apple Centre in Australia and ask them to fix it free of charge?
Thanks In Advance

Has it been doing that before the 1.2.1 update?
That is strange, you can take it back to the Apple Centre you purchased it from, or request a replacement from Apple vis this website:
http://depot.info.apple.com/ipod/

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