ITunes files only play for 2-10 seconds

I added some new tunes from my hard drive into the iTunes Library. One time I did it by placing the files into the Library in the finder and then using the "Add to Library" command in iTunes. Another time I simply used "Add to Library" and navigated to where they were located on my desktop. The files' information shows them to be complete tunes and when you play one, the timer indicates the full track's time. But after anywhere from 2-10 seconds iTunes moves to the next tune. I can go thru an entire CD in about 30 seconds!
The info about the files shows they were encoded using iTunes and QTime in various configurations - e.g. one reads "iTunes v4.7.1.30, QuickTime 6.5.2," and another reads, "iTunes v6.0.0.18, QuickTime 7.0.3.
I'm using 10.4.3 with iTunes 6.0.1(3) and QuickTime 7.0.3.
Any help is appreciated!

trying to figure it out myself...annoying, makes me not want to buy anything. Wish someone could enlighten me on this.

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