ITunes is skipping tracks. Why?

The iTunes player skips two tracks in a row of an album I bought at iTunes store. All the the other thousands of tracks play OK, but these two won't play, either on the PC or the iPod. Any help? Thanks.

Hi, Susana.
Thank you for the question. If the issue is being experienced on the computer and iPod, it could be an issue with the downloaded files itself. I would recommend deleting the songs that are giving you the issue and download them again free of charge via the Purchased section of the iTunes Store. When you selected the songs to delete it will present you with two options. Make sure to select the option that says keep file as it will delete it from iTunes but not off the computer.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Cheers,
Jason H.

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Still waiting for a solution, I found a kind of workaround (not very useful if you had a lot of new music since you experience the bug).
I came to think that the problem is due to a bug in the analysis that iTunes performs to album tracks when importing new albums (what was called "gapless playback before iTunes 11). So I tried this and it works for me:
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- in the Finder (or Explorer for those on PC), re-import the songs one by one
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Hi Youckle,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
You can download any items you purchased from the iTunes Store directly to your iPad if they are not syncing properly. Here's how:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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I just noticed that my 1st gen and 3g iphones have been skipping tracks, maybe two or three per normal-sized album. The same tracks get skipped on both iphones. They will stop on the song, then go go on to the next one, as if the track was zero seconds long (though it displays the correct length). But the tracks that get skipped in the iphones will play fine in itunes. They are apple lossless btw. These skipped songs have played fine before in the 1st gen iphone. So I know it's probably not the files themselves, nor is it the iphones (unless it's related to 2.0), which leaves me thinking itunes is the culprit. So I want to delete the albums from itunes and bring them in again. When I do, they come right in, as opposed to when you bring in a new album or one you haven't had in itunes for a long time, where it analyzes each track, etc. In other words, itunes gives the albums the "I know you, come on in" treatment. Well this didn't fix my problem. So I want itunes to pick up the tracks/albums as if they were new, without having to wait a year. I can't figure out how to do this without reinstalling itunes. I even changed the path to the song files, thinking this would do the trick, but itunes basically didn't buy it- i.e. still recognized them. Is there anything I can do here?

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Are the little checkboxes to the left of name ticked? If not iTunes will not advance to the next track as iTunes skips unchecked tracks.
To check all, press ctrl & click in one of the little boxes or use select all, then right click in the selection and choose check all.

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Hi lucasrod
Thank you for trying that. I also recommend verifying that your software is up to date. You can check for updates by going to Apple () menu > Software Update…
You can find more information here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1338
If the issue persists, I recommend reinstalling iTunes:
OS X Mavericks: Reinstall apps that came with your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14193
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Presumably, you want to skip to the next track because you don't want to hear the current one, and that is because...
You don't like it.
You've heard it recently and don't want to hear it now.
Simply don't want to hear it at this time.
For problem number 1. Don't put it on the iPod in the first place. (I know, obvious answer!)
For problem number 2. How about playing from a Smart Playlist (initially created in your iTunes Library) which has only songs you've not played recently?
For problem number 3. Hhhmmm! Create alternative Playlists for use in the car.
As for going back to the start of the "now playing" track.... Well, if your Playlist has only songs that you really, really want to hear, then you'll be looking forward to that rather go back to the beginning of the current song.
I'm not trying to be prescriptive, just giving you food for thought.
(They are all cheaper options than buying a car which can control the iPod from the steering wheel.)

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See:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
To copy iTunes purchases to the computer you have to log into (authorize) the account that purchased them and them transfer
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
When associating a device with an Apple ID see the following regarding the 90 day limit.

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My iPod Mini continually skips tracks all the time
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goes again. This means noi music is able to be played
because it's always skipping. The menu button works
as does the backlight if you hold the menu button
down. The enter button works and the touch pad
navigation also works. Both skip buttons have no
effect on the unstoppable skipping. Can anybody help
or at least verify the problem with other users of
simular problems and if they were able to fix them
simply, without having to go to an Apple dealer (it's
out of warrenty i think)Any help would be appreciated.
---thats what happened to mine, then it stopped working altogether. liek not playing songs at ALL. i have tryed reformating it, i finally got all the settings erased, but then it woulndt 'talk' to iTunes. it has been about 2 months and im still working on it. my suggestion is send it in beore it gets as bad as mine.
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See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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That is a different issue; the hard drive on your iPod is probably fine.
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