ITunes Skipping in the Middle of a Song

Ever since I updated iTunes about 5 months ago it's been skipping in the middle of random songs. This happens to random songs, but always hapens to the songs it effects. It happens to purchased songs from iTunes, as well as other music files from other sources. Any idea how to fix this?
I've got the most current version for iTunes on the mac(my mac is also fully up to date).

I get this too, with the latest edition of iTunes. From what I can tell, it is a corrputed mp3 file. Apparently, older versions of iTunes were able to ignore minor errors in MP3 files. And the newer version just skips to the next song when it encounters one of these minor errors.
To fix it, I used a small utility app I've had for years that is wonderful. It's called "MP3 TRIMMER" by "DeepNiner". http://www.deepniner.net/mp3trimmer/
I don't know what this app sells for now, but it allows you to open and trim off quiet space at the beginning or end of a song, it's useful in the creation of ringtones, and it has a feature that REPAIRS damaged MP3 files
When you repair a file, it's often split into two separate files, but run it thru again and it allows you to join multiple files into one MP3 file. (this feature is super handy for attaching two songs that always go together like "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" by Queen. Then those two songs become one file, and ALWAYS play together. But I'm slipping off topic.
Once your file is repaired, the files re-joined (if necessary), then you merely re-import it into iTunes and delete the old one.
I hope this helps, and also, the $10 (or so) cost of the software is totally worth it, IMO. This has been an invaluable tool in my music collection.

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