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I've owned almost every model since the 3 gen and these mp3/aac files have played perfect on all other models. The ipod is nearly full, with over 50 gigs of videos, music, and photos. If you were to ask my opinion, I would say it was due to buggy software or just poor hardware performance. I've tried reformating from hfs to fat32 and the problem still occurs.
Some things to mention is that my ipod is configured for manual song management. It also works as expected when plugged in via usb as I can play songs on the ipod on my computer with no skipping. Anyone else experiencing any performance issues? Or do I just have to exchange my defective ipod?

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