IPod Video Nano Skips music

When listening to my ipod video nano (3rd generation), it skips certain songs or plays a short clip of the song then skips to the next song. What should I do?

i am having this problem, too, and it's driving me nuts! i got a 3rd generation nano to replace my old nano, and had problems right away. i returned it to the store a week later and exchanged it for another new nano, and this second nano is having the same issue. some songs play just a couple seconds, other songs play almost the whole way through, and other songs are completely fine. and i've also noticed that it's only songs that are saved to my computer from my cd's are the ones that skip. songs i purchased through itunes don't have any problems. the song files are completely normal when i listen to them on itunes, and they always played perfectly with my first generation nano.

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