ITunes not playing full songs before going to the next

Like, I have a song here that is 5:49 minutes long. It plays until 3:21 then suddenly skips to the next. This has been happenning to a lot of the songs on my library - not the ones I added a long time ago, but the ones I've added recently. I first noticed it when I added the Homestuck albums I purchased from the Homestuck bandcamp page. First I thought there was something wrong with the files, then I noticed it was happening to all other songs I'd recently added to my library as well (also, none of the other people purchasing the albums seemed to have this issue).
Some cases are different than others. In some songs, it really only plays till a certain point and then skips to the next; no matter what I do, I can't access the rest of the song at all. For others, it plays until a certain point and then stops, and if I manually skip a few seconds ahead, I manage to get it to play the rest. Some songs have the issue on both my computer and my iPod, others don't work on iTunes but for some reason work on my iPod.
When I first started getting this issue, my iTunes wasn't in the latest version, so I thought maybe if I updated and installed the most recent version it would fix the issues, but there was no change.
I also tried converting the MP3's to AAC through iTunes, and the result is that it cuts off the final part of the song. For an instance, that 5:49 minute song that only played till 3:21 results in a 3:21 AAC file.
The songs play fine on other media players.
I've searched for other people with this problem, and only found people who have an issue on their iPhone but the songs work on their computer. I have an issue on both my computer and my iPod. I really want to solve this because it's seriously annoying.

This same thing is happening to my library while playing on my MacBook. The files are NOT currupt and play fine in QuickTime player.

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