ITunes Match, Music App Crash (even while playing a song)

Ok,
I read a lot of posts about this. There doesn't seem to be one concerte answer. I also notice that I get prompted often for my iTunes Password. Not sure if that is to connect to iTunes Match or Itunes Apps updates.
Either way after Re-Opening the Music App on my Iphone 4 3-4 times and select a playlist (I created on PC) and start playing a song, my phone goes to the lockscreen as usual and blackens. So my songs are playing, then I decided to unlock my phone. Since the Music app was the last app open it still shows the last Song that was being played before it locked the screen. Then after 10-20 seconds of hagning there, the APP closes! The current song stops playing, and I have to repoen the Music App 3-4 times again.
REALLY ANNOYING!
Getting my playlists to sync correctly is a hassle too. I hate wanting to add a song to the playlist on the iDevice itself without updating iTunes Match with the changes I made. Does it push that change from my iPhone to my iPod only once I run Update iTunes Match?
I'm trying to make the most of this but it does have plenty of issues!

yes i have the same problem and it has happened 4 times now .. It is ridiculous .. Putting right off Apple Devices .. seem to be getting like Microsoft ... Too Buggy.. How can your music just vanish ?

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Step by step on the iPad:
- delete all music on your device:
Go to settings->usage->view list of all apps->swipe music icon ->choose delete
- set itunes match off
- run music app
- give it a while till it shows "no music" info and only shop button. It needs to reload all settings and clear all data. Wait till no loading circle.
- go to settings app again
- music settings - itunes match on but "show all your music" off !
- open music app
- wait till all your music lists covers download. It will take a while. Scroll down to load them all if you want. Wait till no loading circle.
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I found this and it worked!!!
kcp123456789
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I had this exact same problem. I found a fix on another support post that worked perfectly for me. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support and copy the filen named QTMovieWin.dll. Then browse and past that file into C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes.
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