Itunes will not play music or other media files suddenly.

Itunes will be playing a file, usually an audio file, then suddenly it will stop playing mid track. When I tell it to continue using the shortcuts, or the controls, or window bar it says it playing but no volume is produced and the track does not actually play as marked in the status bar. No error is reported or crashing. Any suggestions? Only remedy is closing itunes and opeing the application again. Mild annoyance but it shouldn't be happening. Macbook Pro on Mavericks and latest version of itunes

Hi santonss,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may find these articles helpful as starting points for troubleshooting iTunes and your Mac:
Troubleshooting issues with no audio from built-in speakers on Macs
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1574
iTunes 11 for Mac: If you have trouble playing music or other audio
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12135
All the best,
Jeremy

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