Ipod skips last parts of some songs

I recently upgraded to iTunes 7.0.2 from 7.0.1 for windows. On certain songs I play on my iPod, the last few seconds, or even about 20 - 30 seconds will not play. The iPod will freeze and then the remaining time of the song will skip straight from 20 - 30 seconds to about 1 or 2, then pauses and the next song in the playlist starts. I have played these affected files in iTunes and the song plays to completion. Also, the tracks are not checked as part of a gapless album and the start and finish times are also not checked. Please advise me on what to do as it is getting very frustrating. I have tried resetting the iPod, and also restoring it and syncing my entire library twice. I do not want to do this again as it takes hours as my library is quite large!

I have the same problem on my shuffle and my 60gb iPod. It skips on song, pauses in the middle of videos, tv shows and movies. I returned to Apple, but they found no problem. I have restored both iPod and NOTHING!!! I wish someone would find out how to fix this. It is driving me completely nuts!!!!

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