ITunes cutting song length

I am extremely frustrated with this, and it seems like many other people are having the exact same problem. First of all, I do not have crossfade turned on. The lengths of random songs in my iTunes library somehow get shortened, and these shorter versions of the songs get fed to my iPod, where this becomes a problem when I won't be back at my computer for a while to fix it. When I get to one of these songs in iTunes, the problem is corrected immediately, and the song length goes back to normal. There is no telling which song will be shortened until I notice while listening to my iPod, which is very frustrating. I'm glad the problem isn't with my iPod, since the 1-year warranty just expired, but I hope that Apple employees are seeing these posts from people with the same problem and working to fix it.

Well update to my own post. It isn't all songs over 10 minutes. Seems to just be random songs. So still, any assistance would be helpful. Thanks

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Help! I am having an issue where two of my iTunes podcast episodes are being cut off and ending prematurely - about half way through. I've spent half the day trying to trouble shoot this without any luck.
I am editing the files correctly in Garageband, uploading them correctly, etc. They appear fine on my website and when I download them.
The two episodes in questions are here: http://www.openworldmag.com/22-created-muse-business-backpacking-europe-fred-per rotta-tortuga-backpacks/ (length - 55:58)
And here: http://www.openworldmag.com/21-digital-nomad-ben-finnigan/ (length - 1:04:41)
On my site, they are fine, but when you go to my iTunes page (itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-openworld-podcast/id896941830) and try to view them in iTunes the length of episode 21 is only 24 mins and episode 22 is 37 mins.
I am hosting the podcasts on my WordPress website and using the Blubrry plugin. Can anyone give me a hint as to what is wrong? I have tried a bunch of things, I've reuploaded new files, changed meta information, and nothing is working.
Thank you for your help!

Well finaly broke down and gave rebuilding from the XML file a try. That's solving a problem with a sledghamer.
So yes my songs now end up in the right length, but:
It duplicated a huge part of my exsisting library, and maybe moved parts of it or maybe deleted files*. No idea which. Original itunes library was 620+ gigs and now I have two itunes librarys each 430+- gigs. Look forward to figuring that out!
It turned a massive number of my Podcasts into songs. So that will be fun to disentangle.
iPod and iPhone preferences don't copy, so I have to rebuild all my phone sync settings.
So basically, a really crappy fix unless you have a small library and don't use podcasts.
Better solution needed Apple!!!!!
*I was one of the lucky bastards who had iTunes delete hundreds of gigs of podcasts on r11. So I have no faith in it not doing it again.

ITunes trimming song length

I run Windows 7
I have iTunes 12..1.2.27
I have one album - not purchased from the iTunes store - that iTunes has decided every track is the same length - 4'22". Most of the songs are longer than that, but even the ones that are shorter still show as 4'22"
I have deleted the album from iTunes and re-added it, from different backed up versions of the album.
I have created new copies of them in different locations on my computer, but when I add them to iTunes, they still all show as the same length.
I have payed the MP3s through Windows Media Player, just to confirm that this is not a fault with the MP3s, and WMP plays them for the correct duration.
As far as I can tell this is the only album that this happens with.
Anyone have any ideas please?

Well update to my own post. It isn't all songs over 10 minutes. Seems to just be random songs. So still, any assistance would be helpful. Thanks

Ipod cutting off songs. itunes plays songs just fine. not using "match."

ipod cutting off songs. itunes plays songs just fine. not using "match."
reformatted ipod, resynced, same problem.
help!

I have also had the same problem...
The songs appear to be random, and when I plug my iPod into the computer it is fixed. Sure enough, a monthish later, it happens again.
When my songs get cut off, they are stopped exactly half-way through. Apparently, the iPod thinks that is how long they are, because it plays the time that it shows (the total time only goes to helf of what it normally is).
This does not seem to be a matter of old software, as I am always up-to-date on iPod software, and this has been happening to me with version 1.4.1
I have not Restored my iPod, but apparently that will not help (according to the other posts).
I hope somebody can answer this (although I've posted it twice before with no luck, so...)

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I tried everything from deleting and adding the songs. and Installing uninstalling iTunes. I don't know what to do anymore. iTunes cuts down the track time of the converted version and yes, This is happening to the most of the plays. I used everytime because I always convert my MP3s to iTunes M4A version but now it's broken. I found a same thread to this issue here, but I don't think they already found a solution. I know I can use another 3rd party software to convert my tracks but I know iTunes converts different and now these please help me.
Sometimes iTunes cuts down 1sec of the songs total time but it still matter to me.
I hope you can help me. But sometimes its worst cutting down almost 20sec of the song.
(check out the last song)

Same. Ever since i updated my iTunes, a lot of crazy things are happening like when a drag an album and you will see the playlist sidebar there forever until you restart iTunes and more. I need to create AAC version of my files so I can add explicit and clean tags to some of my songs,
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HT201272 According to iTunes, my song was downloaded, but it's cut off in the middle. Help!

According to iTunes, my song is downloaded, but when I play it it's cut off in the middle. I cannot download it again. Help!

Try deleting the problematic tune (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option from the Quick Links section in the top right corner of the iTunes homepage in your iTunes application on your computer.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option at the bottom of the screen of the iTunes app on your iOS device.
If the problem re-occurs, select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History using your computer.

Why won't Apple fix this problem of iTunes Cutting off songs?

I've owned seven different ipods and three iPhones. On EVERY ONE OF THEM iTunes cuts off many songs after two or three seconds of playing. We're talking here about songs either uploaded from commercially purchased DVDs or the iTunes store. I have no bootleg music, I don't customize anything related to iTunes. I just buy music and download it into iTunes from MacBook Pro laptops that are similarly as standard as one can get. Yet when I listen to the albums of songs I've just purchased, random songs play for two seconds and then change to another song. When I've researched this issue across the Web I've found detailed complaints going back as early as 2004 and I can't believe that EVERY Apple iTunes system and device I've purchased over many years has behaved in this exact manner. What are these "Apple Support Communities" FOR is Apple fails to either correct the problems they report or, worse, even acknowledge problems that are documented by thousands of users of a wide variety of iTunes related products? I don't want to have to use a work-around or a reload or some of the other Rube Goldberg-like solutions others have suggested in these and other forums. I'm spending thousands of dollars on Apple equipment and software and I simply want the Apple iTunes devices and music that I buy to WORK AS ADVERTISED, which they don't. I just want my music to play as it is supposed to play. Why can't Apple make that happen?

That's happing to me, any solution ?

Itunes cut off ends of songs names

My songs names are cutted by itunes, a tried to convert with the ID3 converter but nothing has changed...
Thank you for your help and sorry for my poor english.

Dude, I first noticed the problem on iTunes a while back. I've been growing my mp3 collection since 1999 and its about 80gigs now so you can imagine how ****** off I was when iTunes cut all the song titles that were long. I have songs that are now named like this: Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five -
Chris CA you are totally missing the point here. iTunes didn't warn Neesh and I that it was going to completely f*%k our song names up. The first time I installed and ran iTunes it also took my 60 gigs of music and sorted it into folders, most of which were named "Unknown Album". It also copied the music into the iTunes Music folder so that there it took up twice as much hard drive space.
Anyway Neesh, I tried Media Monkey but that was worse. Now I have a bunch of files that are .mediamonkey files. What the **** is that?
So far, the best mp3 player was the original WinAmp. Its since been messed up so we're all stuck with iTunes. I wouldn't be surprised if one day it deletes all my mp3's that weren't purchased from the itunes store. So now I am backing up all my music.

Converting to m4a from mp3 song length error

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"If it's not too late delete itunes off your c
drive and reinstallit on d"
No need to uninstall iTunes from the
main C: drive and install it to another drive. In
fact, it is a bit safer to keep the iTunes
Program installed on the same drive with the
other programs.
iTunes operates as a database of information for your
music files. The actual music files are stored on
your PC, not within iTunes. iTunes keeps absolute
references of the music file location and other
information in its database file. This allows iTunes
to use music files from any location on the PC:
different directories/folders on the main HD, another
internal drive, and external drive or a network drive
(or any combination of the above). Each song
reference has a specific and hardcoded path so iTunes
can find and play (or sync) it.
Make sure you only change the location of the iTunes
Music Folder, rather than the iTunes
program. Move all the music files to the D: drive.
I respectfully disagree with your claim. I've been running itunes on a dedicated music drive for over a year and had not one issue. iTunes can still allocate a file from any one of my computer's 5 hard drives. Keeping it where other programs or OS are installed makes no difference at all. By installing iTunes on the music drive, the iTunes music folder is automatically where she would want it.
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-iTunes Clips Songs-

Upon importing songs into my library I have noticed that itunes will cut the length of various songs down. For instance a song that is 6:31 will be chopped to 0:04. Occasionally when the song is played on an ipod the track will reach the four second "end" and keep playing through. On itunes the track will simply reach the four second mark, end there and the next clipped track will begin. The songs aren't programmed to be shorter in "get info" and they play through in VLC.
This is a well annoying bug, and I feel as though I've tried everything. Has anyone else encountered this? Maybe even found a workaround? I am using iTunes 9.0.1 and a relatively new 80G classic iPod.
Please help Apple!
Thanks.

If this is a known issue, and if Apple is listening, I'd like to add the following case:
I had a long track that I digitized from my LP to mp3 (Live/Dead Dark Star, if you must know). The track is 23:09 long, but iTunes would only play it to ~22:20. It also didn't increment the play count! The slider showed the track's length as 23:09, but if I clicked on it near the end it would only go up to 20:19. I inspected the mp3 in another app (Audacity) and it was fine. So I asked iTunes to "save as mp3" and examined the saved result -- no problem, it goes up to 23:09. However, at this point iTunes relented and started playing the track all the way up to the end. Oddly enough, it still doesn't let me click beyond 20:19.

How do i get my screen that show by columns (letf to right) 1) showed Albumn Name then under that showed Artist, next column listed songs on that albumn, next was time (song length), then Artist, Genre, Rating

I imported 2174 songs into my itunes from my husbands CD collection. Then for some reason i was checking out some of itune features. I clicked on FILE>DISPLAY DUPLICATES, Just to see what this feaure was. it changed my page to something that i did not like. I am trying to figure out how to get my itunes VIEW to what it was BEFORE i clicked on the DISPLAY DUPLICATES. My page before looked like: as follows (columns from LEFT TO RIGHT) showed:
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THEN I THINK I BETTER (TAKE THE TOUR) BEFORE I START CLICKING ON THINGS THAT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS!
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The large text size makes your post almost impossible to read.
Excessive use of bold or capitals (also) makes posts difficult to read.
You can drag most of the column headings left or right, or right-click on the header to turn columns on or off.
Once you've used File > Display Duplicates or Shift > File > Display Exact Duplicates you can use File > Display All or the Display All button at the bottom of the list to restore the display.
For general advice on organising your library see this article on Grouping tracks into albums.
tt2

Downloading iTunes Plus song upgrades problem - network connection msg

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ITunes cuts filenames of mp3s short?

Is there anyway to stop this?
I noticed if the title of the song is pretty long, iTunes cuts the filename short and doesn't have the whole title of the song.
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If you have the 'keep' option enabled then iTunes will rename the file name on the HD to match what is displayed in the 'name' column in the main iTunes window. Even without this option enabled I have not info missing for the tune name
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I have noticed that my 5G iPod will cut songs short sometimes. These are always the same songs, and they play perfectly fine on iTunes (and my other iPods). Any clue as to how to fix this? Thanks a lot!

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Over the last few months my 2nd generation iPod (bought March 2006) has started cut songs/tracks before the end, usually with about a minute or so to run, then skips to the next track. However this fault is intermittent and appears to be random as there is no pattern to it, eg. every 2nd or 3rd track.

In iTunes, there is a feature which allows you to trim your songs. This feature simply sets a different start and finish time on the song. If you sync the song to your ipod, then it will appear to you that the song has been cut.

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